Tag: Just Because
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Pumpkinhead
In the field.All day long.No one near.Waiting.Watching.Hanging around.I’m meant to be fearsome. Frightening.Instead I have to wear a bright green striped shirt that is two sizes too large for me.Oh, they’ve stuffed it.With tickly, itchy straw. They’ve tied a thick piece of string around my waist to hold my trousers up so tightly it’s hard…
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Trick of Light?
“The Illusion of Reality!” declared the compere. Three spotlights lit up three different areas of the stage, the rest of the place was in total darkness. The circles of light began to move, and danced around each other on the stage, all moving in separate figure of eight patterns, and all managing to overlap in…
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The Boiling Pot
Winnie watched the grey liquid ferociously boiling. Bright yellow flames licked the side of the cauldron, as if trying to reach over the sides and taste what was lurking inside. Occasionally, some of the liquid managed to escape over the side and instantly hiss into steam. An arm appeared above the surface of the water.…
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Wizardus Twirlius does it again!
With a rustle of ivy and a whiff of strong smokeA dazzling bright flash transforms into a long cloakWhere once there was nothing, where no-one stoodNow stands a wizard with a dark cloak and hoodA cackle of laughter reveals one magi’s gleeAs the Master of Skeletons holds out a keyThe gathered all watch in anticipation…