Monster House End Novels & Stories

Talking made things worse. He looked at the shelf of toys. There were dolls. Cars. Animals. Monsters. He picked up a monster. It was green with big teeth. He put the monster in the hole. Then he covered it with sand. "Hiding the monster," Dr. Yuki said. "Good idea." River looked at her. She understood. You had to hide the monsters. If you didn't, they came out at night. He picked up a small doll. A boy doll. He put the boy doll on top of the sand mound. Right over the monster.

One by one, the eighteen monsters were snatched, dragged through the window, which snapped shut with a sound like a thunderclap. The warehouse was suddenly, deafeningly quiet, except for our ragged breathing. Bryan stared at the spot where the portal had been. “Holy…” “Hey,” Mello said, pointing. “You forgot one.” In the far corner, one last boar-creature cowered, having been hidden behind a generator. It was smaller than the others, trembling. Shadowalker’s voice filled the space, deeper and resonant. “I know. Classy. That one is all yours.”

“The dead aren’t coming back?” “Marie’s gone,” I said. “The spell snapped with her. Corpses will stay corpses now. You just have to worry about the living monsters.” Jo flinched at that. Shiloh touched her shoulder. “We’re shutting the factory down,” Shiloh said. “Every cage. Every crib. Gone.” Kofi’s posture changed. “You serious?” “I didn’t nearly get eaten and shot for a half-plan,” she said. Harris glanced at me. “And your King? He’s really in on this?”

My mother’s screams hit me out of nowhere. One minute I was in the car with Nathaniel and Rowan, and the next, I could see mother. I felt her arms around me, I felt her body shaking as men dragged her away. In the distance, I heard father’s shout, raw, and furious, followed by the sound that ended everything. It had been a single gunshot, clean, final, and the almost end of an era. I blinked hard, and the car turned sharply, jolting me back into the present.

Hamish says. "What were you watching?" "Mrs. Hendrick⁠—" "What were you watching?" I ask again, more forcefully this time. I reach past him for the remote and switch on the TV before he has a chance to answer. And there, on the news, I see Nicholas. It's not live and according to the anchor, it was filmed late last night.

Metal screaming apart. And then… nothing. THE END

I made a plan that night to end her. The next night my parents had a big important party with some of my father’s clients from work. I knew that Rose would be over. When she arrived my mother kissed my forehead and left with my father. The sun hadn’t set yet so I asked Rose to go for a walk with me. She agreed and we took off into the woods behind my house. I got ahead of her and then made her think she had lost me. While she frantically looked for me I snuck behind her. I found a large piece of wood and crept up behind her. She heard the brush below my feet break as I approached her and quickly turned around. I then unleashed the Monster inside me. It was brutal and very sloppy. I honestly

The sea vanished. The tower vanished. The monster vanished. Everything— became light. And in that moment— Thomas understood. This was the end of Arc One. To Be Continued…

That was more than enough. The End

"It’s over. He’s gone." "Are you okay?" His voice was a raw, urgent weight in my ear. "I'm whole," I replied, looking out at the city skyline. "And I’m coming home." The execution was finally finished. The mouse was gone, the Queen had her throne, and the monsters were finally, truly, in the dark.