The Ghoulish Man

The Ghoulish Man wears a fiery red cloak of  rage. His beard is gray, knotted, and blood stained. His face is long and wrinkled and his dark eyes are reckless and lustful from lurking each night in search of his next victim. He used to be a normal man, a kind man but he felt unloved all his life and finally died inside. He became a walking corpse that hungers for young female souls to fill the empty hole where his heart once was.

Each night, he finds girls who are barely out of their adolescence. While they’re innocently sleeping, he at first watches them with sick desire. After a few moments, he proceeds to move his ice cold, bony hands up their spines and up their necks. The girls always wake up but before they can scream, he grabs their throats with all of his might, choking them and crushing their vocal chords. Then, taking them in his arms and draping his cloak around them him and the girl as if it was a private curtain, he sucks all of the essence from them and leaves their lifeless bodies behind.

One night, a courageous girl named Ariel Marie felt his cold hand and quickly woke up and grabbed it, twisting it. He howled in agony. She had heard the stories about the Ghoulish Man and swore to herself that she wouldn’t ever be his victim. He tried furiously to get her with his other hand but she punched him in the face, making him fly across the room and black slime that was suppose to be his blood pour out of his mouth. Then, with him laying on the ground, she kicked him in the groin repeatedly.

With such venom in her voice, she said, “You have no power over me and never will! You’re just a heartless, lonely, creepy ghoul! I’m not afraid of you, I feel sorry for you. You’re so pathetic, preying on young girls!”

Feeling helpless and defeated, the Ghoulish Man then disappeared into thin air, leaving behind his cloak. She had fought back. His power was completely gone. Ariel nor did any other girl ever saw him again.


©Lena Holdman, all rights reserved 2011

This story was inspired by an elderly man who wasn't very nice to me. Be careful who you talk to online or you might be chatting with a ghoul.