Tag: 100 Words
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Raising expectation
“This end of the loch is the best to catch sight of the you-know-what”, the tour guide had said that afternoon. “Stay here, and look out between those rocks, and you may see something.” She left in her small boat three hours ago, through the rocks she was pointing out. She hasn’t been back since.…
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Leftovers
It’s over. For another year. Time to take down all of the fake cobwebs, fancy lanterns, candles and other decorations, and box them away. Time to put the witch back in her cage and the bat back in its cave. No, that’s not right. The witch in the cave and the bat, the cage. No,…
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Ghastlia’s Wedding Day
oooOOOooo HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! oooOOOooo Welcome to Ghastlia’s Wedding… Ghastlia is the bride who loves Halloween. She has no groom, but she doesn’t mind. She has a wedding day every year, always on October 31st! Ghastlia: Her wedding frock of horror: Her bridesmaids, Dierdre, who wants to be Daphne out of Scooby Doo: And Lady Emeralda…
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Thirteen of the Clock
Once a year, on Halloween, an extra hour is needed. Not by everyone, but by a specific few. This extra hour slots in between midnight and 1am on November 1st, and is referred to as thirteen o’clock. The true witching hour. This is the hour where the spirits soar… creatures of the night roam with…
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The Shadow Dwellers
The garden looked different at night. Especially in moonlight. Shadows stretched across the lawn like long, spindly arms reaching out, trying to grab whatever was there. They never managed to. No. The grabbing was done by the other things. Them. The dwellers. The moon lit the path to an extent, but not completely. The shadows…