Winner: “Open House on Haunted Hill”

13-year-old John Bell tells his friends that his family’s home is haunted. The house, sitting on the haunted hill, has a history stretching back to a murder-suicide in the ’50s. Now, it’s up for sale, and John is hosting an open house. The house has its own plans. It has spent decades cultivating a taste for the macabre and has been waiting for John’s open house to show off its spectral inhabitants and frightful past.

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Donna

Donna

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The House

The House

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Imagined AI depiction of John from "The Moment" by Lawrence M. Schoen, encapsulating the essence of this iconic archetype of {'value': 'Interior Designer', 'rendered': 'Interior Designer'} in the narrative.

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