I dwell with a strangely aching heart
In that vanished abode....
Night comes; the black bats tumble and dart;
The whippoorwill is coming to shout
And hush and cluck and flutter about:
I hear him begin far enough away....
—Robert Frost,
Ghost House
....he turned his back on them and cursed them so that they became black as night and ugly as sin.
—Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale,
The White Bride and the Black Bride
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Children of the Dark Dwelling
Mystery / Thriller"They answered my questions, they told me stories. But I know it's not the whole truth. They're hiding something." Stark darkness, mysterious faces, and memory loss. A girl wakes up all alone in a strange place, and she doesn't even know where to ru...
