THE GHOST GIRL OF CARVEREX MANSION By Mark Mackey

For weeks now
Nicholas Velvetstone 
Had made it known to 
Anyone who would listen
He’d was going to 
prove the rumors 
Of the long abandoned 
Carverex mansion
Being haunted
Were absolutely true
Monstrous in size
The mansion gave new meaning 
To the word Gothic
He received humiliation 
left and right by 
His peers of Misercraven Academy
No ghost inhabits it
They’d taunt him needlessly 

Now with the full moon 
hanging overhead he’d prove 
Each and everyone of those 
doubters wrong 
Aboard his black pickup truck 
He crept slowly along the 
lonely long stretch of road 
Leading up to the mansion

Making an arrival in front of it
The mansion’s appearance 
Sinister and uninviting
He climbed out
Dominated by excitement
Over the possibility
Of laying his eyes on
An actual apparition
For the first time ever
Glancing upward 
To an upper window
For a brief moment
He swore he caught 
Sight of a girl
Who matched his age
Dressed in an ancient white gown
Popular a hundred years ago 
Appear in it
Making his way to the door
He found it unlocked 
It was as if the mansion was 
Desperate for him to venture in
Setting foot inside
There was 
gloom and misery
Everywhere to see
With brave steps 
He crept towards the stairs
They creaked vibrantly
As he traveled up them

Coming off them, 
he hurried over to the room 
In the center of the hallway
It belonged to the same one
He saw the ghost girl

Making his arrival to it, 
he twisted the brass knob
Pulling open the door
He stepped in
Shimmering white 
and translucent
She stood there
Facing him
He felt immediate 
desire for her
She was beautiful 
Beyond belief\
My name is Jemma Carverex
And my life expired 
from natural causes
Exactly one hundred 
and seven years ago
Nicholas Velvetstone
She spoke in an 
eerie hollow tone
It was as if she somehow 
could read his mind
I know what you desire
Setting foot into my 
Family home
You want proof
Of it being haunted
Take out your cellphone
And take a picture of me
In death 
I’m filmable 
He smiled
Now knowing 
He was going to 
received proof 
The Carverex mansion
Was indeed haunted

 

Mark Mackey is a long-time resident of Chicago, Illinois, with no plans to relocate elsewhere, either city or state. Has written tales included in various anthologies and co-written the Soulless, a harrowing horror novel commencing on an ocean liner and concluding on a mysterious island.  
 
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mark-Mackey/author/B0054EB7PY 

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