On the 25th of November, 1941, my Great Uncle was killed when the HMS Barham blew up like a powder keg after being torpedoed by a German Submarine. The event was captured on film and is an horrific sight, as the men serving on the ship scrambled for their lives on the capsized hull, before the main magazine caught fire and exploded. When word got back to my gran, she was heartbroken having lost her dear brother.
Sifting through the memories of their love, she sat not long after, reading the letters my Great Uncle Frank had sent her while on the ship. As she wept inconsolably, she just could not let go of the pain. Surrounded by the letters like tombstones, anguished reminders of what had been lost, suddenly someone knocked at the front door. Yet there was no-one there, just an empty street at night. When my gran returned to the room where she had been crying for hours, something strange had happened – all the letters were gone, save for one, which my father now possesses.
I don’t know how true the story is, for grief can make illusions of the world, but I have read the letter, many times in fact. There is something curious about it, because it was signed twice by my Great Uncle. The second signature is undoubtedly his handwriting, and reads: “Don’t cry, sis. Always with you. – December 12th, 1941”, the same night someone came knocking at the door.
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Enjoyed this
I LIKE IT but yeah, not scary.
Wow
Not enough of an explanation to be particularly interesting.
I enjoyed this story. It proves how strong the bonds between some people can be.
i like it, i legit went awwwwwhhhh.. it may not be creepy but it was sweet pasta, 7.5/10
Maybe there should be a SweetPasta site. It would be better than having people continuously posting them here.
Every time I come across one of Michael Whitehouse’s pastas, I notice a very old-fashioned quality to the writing. Most of the time it lends a Lovecraftian feel to the story, but here it gives off the impression of being something from “The Big Book of Victorian Ghost Stories.” Kind of bland.
Still, if you’re looking into pastas for the first time around here, definitely check out more by this author.
Grammatical rules change and there are many, many grey areas. If you don’t know that then I’m afraid it is you who is ignorant. I’ve deliberately placed a grammatical ambiguity in that last sentence to highlight this. Language is fluid, it changes with time. Meaning is everything, form is not.
Not very creepy but it was actually a nice story
Either you don’t edit your writing (likely) or you don’t have a mastery of English grammar (more likely). Casual writing is shameful.
Hi Bac. Nice to see you again :) Please do point out the grammatical errors, it’s the only way for me to get better.
It would have been a lot scarier if Walter White was knocking on the door.
Grammatical error, you don’t say “the HMS” you say “HMS”. It stands for Her/his Majesty’s Ship. so “The Her Majesty’s Ship Barham” doesn’t work.
Hey :) Thanks for pointing that out, however, it’s a bit of a grey area. Abbreviations are tricky, for example you would say “I’m having a magnetic resonance imaging scan”, but you wouldn’t say “I’m having a MRI scan”, it would be “an”. There’s a lot of debate about how abbreviations should be handled, I tend to go with “the” in front of HMS, because that is how it is often said where I come from and in the literature. You’ll find numerous examples with “the” included and omitted. Once you have an abbreviation the HMS becomes part of the name. That’s why “the” can be argued to be correct. I stress “can”, because grammatical experts have different opinions on this issue. It’s a tricky one. Technically, it’s both right and wrong. A kind of grammatical Twilight Zone :p But again, thanks for keeping me on my toes :)
Not too creepy in my opinion. There were also minor grammar errors
It’s touching and sweet to family, but not so much creepy.
Aw this story was nice, Not creeping me out, but this is really sweet.
Not creepy, but short, sweet and I like it Xx
This wasn’t scary, it was more touching. I liked it though.
This is a nice story. However, it’s fully built on clichés and is generally unoriginal. On top of that, it’s not all that scary. I’m torn between giving a 6 and a 7 because of this.
This was not creepy. There was no buildup, no tension or real surprise. This could work with an extension of the story.