Twelve Short Stories of Christmas 10: What They Say

Day nine can be read here.

Everyone said the house was haunted. They said that ghosts danced in the ballroom during thunderstorms when lightning struck through the hole in the roof and that the bats sleeping in the main hallway transformed into vampires each night. They said that witches brewed potions under the light of the full moon. They said that they had all been inside the house and had brought back something from inside to prove it. They said Edwina had to do the same. She took a deep breath and pushed open the creaking front door.