I hated my new house. I hated my new school. And I hated that I had to move away from all my friends.

Then I made a new friend in the most unexpected place.

Inside my bedroom wall...

This mournful tale touches on classically teenage themes of loneliness and isolation, whilst throwing in a bit of gruesome horror for good measure; a tried and tested combination which should enthral any reluctant reader.

Author Tommy Donbavand took inspiration for this story by imagining "what you might find in a new home if not all the residents had left. At least, not completely..."

Despite being just 600 words, this ghostly tale successfully taps into our human capacity for irrational fear, and we bet you'll never look at your bedroom wall in the same way again...