Category: Ghosts
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Ghost Ship
“Ahoy me hearties!” bellowed the actor on the deck of the Sulphur Sark. Holding a steel blade aloft he started to swing it around in a figure of eight fashion. He was alone, and knew he wouldn’t cause any damage if he came on board to rehearse. “Shiver me timbers!” he continued, although now he…
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Mystic Springs
Emeralda looked out through the bay window to the road outside. A rather well kept street on the whole, she thought, looking across the road to the houses opposite. Number one had the tree in the garden, and, on the branch that reached out across the road, she could see Tuppence, one of number three’s…
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Une Minute Ramble: Étienne et Étienne
Just a quick post, this one.Yesterday, I wrote about my name in French class at school being Étienne. I wrote this as I had discovered that Étienne de Flacourt, Governor of Madagascar from 1648, may have been the only western person to have witnessed the huge Elephant Bird. I wrote it due to the coincidental…
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What’s that knocking?
When night time comesAnd darkness fallsWith silence all aroundI settle downAnd try to sleepBut can’t due to a soundA gentle tappingNo – strong rapping!Is coming from my doorI’m wrong againIt’s beneath me nowA knocking from the floor The rooms belowAre all aloneFor I’m here by myselfAnd I’m not so sureThat was what I sawWhen the…
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The Ghost Train
With the flashing lights, loud music and sirens from the rest of the funfair all around me, I am now next in line to board the Ghost Train! I pay my entrance fee at the booth and step onto the metal platform, where the criss-cross design on it reflects all of the different colours from…