A story with an epiphany and gothic sensibility like Southern Gothic Assignment

A story with an epiphany and gothic sensibility like Southern Gothic - Assignment drillHe didnt want his brat of a sister using them while he was gone. He was pretty sure hed locked the video cabinet and he knew hed secured the padlock just in case, but he couldnt remember if hed fully bolted his sleeping room door.They drove all the way out to the house without a word. Uncle Jack was actually Stans granduncle and they didnt have much in common. Uncle Jack belonged to the old world before there was a color TV in every room and barely even knew what a computer was. He also almost never talked.As they pulled up to the crumbling old Colonial, Stans hazel eyes wi hideouted with impingement at what he saw. Just from the outside, it looked like the place should be condemned, not fixed up in a bid for a historical marker. The drive was choked with weeds, the balconies sagged and the shutters, where present, sagged in frames of broken or missing glass.Family helps itself, Jack muttered, ambling over to the front door, fumbling with the large ring of keys hed brought with him. Stan was impressed. Keys meant control and possession, two of his favorite things.Uncle Jack swung the blue painted wood door inward with a barely sensible creak and Stan walked into a hallway filled with sunlight as it danced across the millions of dust motes the outer cinch was stirring. His first reaction was a giant sneeze. It was going to be worse than he thought.Jack pointed to doorways as they stomped down a frayed rug parlor, drawing rooms through that doorway there, library, dens in the back, dining, storage, this heres where we stay servant room.The door opened to a junior-grade cramped space that was just large enough for two twin beds, a nightstand each and a single dresser no closet. But it was clean and he could smell the wholesome scent of lively sheets.Stan explored the rest of the house, finding several more bedrooms on the second floor, none of which had a decent