Hell House

by Richard Matheson

quell

somersaulted,

toppling

lurched

flailed

shin.

pendulum,

gauze

gritted

appalled

treatise

stooped

avidly.

judicious

circumvent

mirthless

elation

thwarted

Then he saw, through the swirling mist, the nebulous rectangle of the front doorway, and hurried toward it, one arm around Edith, drawing her along beside him.

loins

cognizance

deter

den—

tauten

Shackled

‘poltergeist’

stigmata.”

severed.

emasculate

gibing

elated

waltzing

tenderness

taut,

faltered.

unclasped,

inexorable

entreated

eerie

lacerations,

jimmied

overwrought.

lacerations

mauled.”

derelict

appalled.

harried

brandy

tote

ruefully.