Cold And Stormy

It was a cold, black and stormy night when I stumbled drunkenly out of the pub. I couldn't see or concentrate and so when a cab came zooming towards me I was relived. But it zoomed straight past me. There was only 1 shortcut to my house from here. Though I really didn't want to think about it I knew I'd have to go down dark avenue. It was such a creepy street. Though now abandoned it used to home great mansions. No one goes down that street it's got far to much of a freaky history.
Slowly I took a few tentative steps toward to avenue then summoned all my courage and stepped into the gloomy shadows...
To be continued...