Tag: Tales
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Hell, Help or Hello.
The moment I moved in I could tell there was something different about the house. I’d hear doors open or close from the other end of the house when there was only me there, or floorboards would creak in the rooms above. That was particularly unsettling when I was up in the loft. Water could…
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The Moany Lisa
From the pages of Lisa’s Special Book of Hidden Spells: Theys sez I looks likes a cartoon, they do. Theys sez I haves a big noze.Theys sez I eatz cobwebs and frogspawns and prickly leaves. Cackle cackle cackle cough cough cough. Aziff! Aziff I’ds eats such things. Noze, I uses them in me cooooking. Well,…
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The Skeletine Dance
Out of stepOut of timeOut of rhythmOut of mindWrapped togetherBones entwinedThey do it badly;The Skeletine Do they Tango, Twist or Waltz?Whatever they do, it’s without clothesApart from a hat, or maybe shoesThey simply concentrate on their movesNaked clicks when bone meets boneRib cages lock without a moanLegs outstretch and don’t snap backBony fingers creak and…
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Eyes of the Museum
When the lastOf the visitorsLeave The PartyReally starts The ghosts fromThe relicsOf Yesteryear Dance by theRhythm of theirHearts Standing guardEvery night are Two who never miss a thing One was an upstart who tried his bestTo replace his then High King The other, much to his dismay,Is the king him Very Self And every…