copyright Dale Rogerson
A Date with Death
The moon was a milky corpse eye shining over the Lopinot Estate, Trinidad’s most haunted site. Inside, flashlights beams swept back and forth.
One disappeared.
“Honey?” There was no answer. She listened. A scream came from out in the jungle. Just an animal. Probably.
Creak. She hid her light. Come on, she thought.
Nothing.
A light appeared in the next room. “Hey, I found the basement!” he said, poking his head out. “It looks like there’s a grave. Let’s go down and sit in the dark.”
“Awesome!” She kissed him hard. “I love you. This is the best anniversary ever.”
I wrote this story for my wife Leah. As of tomorrow we will have been married for sixteen years, and I’m sure one of our anniversaries in the future will be spent exploring a haunted house in the dead of night looking for ghosts.
The Green-Walled Tower 
June 15th, 2017 at 10:06 pm
Weird…but everyone has their own way of enjoying life. 🙂
June 16th, 2017 at 3:32 am
Congratulations on your anniversary, David.
Haunted house explorations – what will he think of next 🙂
June 16th, 2017 at 7:12 am
Aw, that’s sweet, in a spooky way — a couple who plays together stays together! Happy anniversary, David!
June 16th, 2017 at 1:29 pm
We’ve just celebrated our 48th, and we have yet to spend an anniversary exploring a haunted house. Maybe I should suggest that for our 50th 🙂
June 16th, 2017 at 3:23 pm
Great description “The moon was a milky corpse eye”. You lead me word by word until I was sure disaster was going to strike. Nicely done.
June 17th, 2017 at 4:02 am
Great set up of tension with a happy release. Happy anniversary to you both.
June 17th, 2017 at 2:06 pm
Wow, what an imagination you have. And I just have to add that I’m glad she’s your wife and not me because, in my estimation, the mere suggestion of ‘celebrating’ an anniversary like that would be grounds for divorce. 🙂
Good job, David.
June 18th, 2017 at 8:31 am
Dear David,
To each their own. Good story in any event. Happy Anniversary to your and your lovely Leah.
Shalom,
Rochelle
June 18th, 2017 at 2:43 pm
I would not do that for an anniversary unless it was the time to put an end to the marriage.
June 18th, 2017 at 5:26 pm
This was a fun read. Happy anniversary!
June 18th, 2017 at 11:47 pm
Awww…Happy Anniversary!
June 19th, 2017 at 5:09 am
Happy Anniversary, Dave! I actually liked this story. The descriptors were really nice. You hold on to that girl!
June 19th, 2017 at 4:02 pm
Not my idea of romance, but to each their own. Happy anniversary.
June 20th, 2017 at 11:16 am
Happy Anniversary to you and Leah. This was fun.. Hey, if both in the couple enjoy this type of thing, then more power to them. But that would not have flown with me! 🙂
June 21st, 2017 at 2:45 am
Happy Belated Wedding Anniversary, David. Good luck on that future ghost hunt. Good writing. 🙂 — Suzanne
July 5th, 2017 at 7:09 am
great story D, happy belated anniversary, may you two grow old together!
September 16th, 2017 at 5:22 am
hmmmm… anniversary celebration in a haunted estate is the last thing that comes to my mind. My husband cant even convince me to watch a horror movie with him. 😀
I loved the description. Expected something scary to happen, the thought that they can be at peace in a graveyard itself is scary to me. 😉
September 17th, 2017 at 7:58 pm
Yeah, some people like weird things. 🙂