Category: Halloween
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Contract 42: The Eternal Circular
Queenie noticed the bus approaching in the distance, over the brow of the hill. “That’s an old bus” she muttered to herself as she rummaged through the stack of old Lottery tickets and sweet wrappers in her handbag, looking for her bus pass. She didn’t speak aloud, although there was nobody else with her at…
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The Halloween Selfies
It had to be done. Vampires should always have cool hair. Werewolves have a slightly untamed look… and almost but not quite wild eyes. Ghosts need to be semi-transparent. Witches and warlocks need to look as perfectly normal as they possibly can. Mummies need to give off an almost human feel. Zombies must look as…
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View(?) from the window: Boxed In
I don’t know what I noticed first. The darkness or the skittering sounds coming from the Vestibule. Maybe it was both at the same time. I popped my head in as I walked passed and noticed immediately where both were coming from. The darkness caused by a huge brick wall just outside the Vestibule window;…
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She’s put a spell on me…
She must have done. It’s 9:50pm on Friday 10/10/14. I’ve completely lost my internet connection. Gone without a trace. I’ve restarted the computer, and the router, just in case, but I only have 3 indicators on. The power, the LAN and the WLAN. I understand the power bit, but that’s about it. The important one,…
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High-Flyer!
Clutching broomstickCackling loudlyShe circlesSwoopsAnd dives. She sings an enchanting dittyAs she passes across the Full Moon. She’s searching for something… She notices me, cackles once more and flies high into the morning sky, becoming a tiny speck against the bright whiteness of the Moon – before hurtling back down toward me at great speeds. “’Tis…
The Mansionic Perspective 