Shaded and Faded

They had warned him about the house. About the tales. The ghost that were there, and the people who never came out. However, he didn't believe them. Ghosts, he thought, just another stupid urban legend about an old house. "Someone probably died of a heart attack in the 20's and now everyone thinks the creaky stairs are his ghostly moan," he'd joke. He wasn't joking now, but he did think it was funny when he saw a couple coming to buy the house. They probably didn't believe the stories either. But they would soon. Just before their hearts stopped beating.