Category: Ghosts
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The Painting

So, I’m in a room full of very sticky cobwebs. There’s a box with an eerie green glow on the dusty sofa. Expecting the box to explode or something, I glance up to the wall behind the sofa. There’s a painting of a man with a golden aura. Now, as is the norm in a…
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Observation

How observant are you? Did you spot the ghost? In the mirror, I mean… look: We are looking in a mirror, by the way. It is a tad steamed up; of course it would be, it’s warm in here and the ghost rapidly brings down the temperature. Why the mirror is steamed up, though, is…
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Bride

The church was as she remembered it the first time. Cold. Echoey. She could hear the choir, in her mind’s eye, and if she looked through this eye she could see them standing below the large colourful window. When she looked at this through her normal vision, she saw the ruins, the crumbling remains of…
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The Unicorn Challenge: White Shadow

The Unicorn Challenge, hosted by Jenne Gray and C E Ayr, asks we write up to 250 words based on inspiration gained from a photo they provide. Here is this week’s photo: And here are my words: The last customers left the theme park, and even before the echoes of my sweet pomegranate had faded…
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Spell

Mark my words, Watch this space, Do the wrong thing, See my face. Heed my words, Within this taunt, Cross my path, And you I’ll haunt.