(Click this picture for spooky poems) “That’s so gruesome!” Megan said. “Of course it is,” Stephen said, “it’s supposed to be. What’s the fun in Halloween if the stories aren’t even spooky?” “They don’t have to be gruesome to be spooky,” Megan said. “Tell him Jeffrey.” “You tell him,” Jeff […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
(Click this picture for Halloween ghost stories*) I love how…innocent this picture is. The cave entrance you see is for Ghost Cave. I fell in love with the picture before I learned the name of the cave, so when I did learn the name, I had to laugh at the […]
Halloween Nights Pt. 2 – Ghosts of the Cave
(Click the picture to read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow*) This is the beginning of a three-part short story Halloween collection. What this post contains is the premise behind the stories, or in other words, this is the story in which lie three stories. ____________________________________________________ Pumpkins lined the pathway up to […]
Halloween Nights Pt. 1 – An Introduction
(Click the picture to learn more about Halloween from Wikipedia) A week or two ago we got a bunch of snow in the mountains. I thought we might have bypassed Autumn altogether, so I was glad when the snow all melted. As you can see from this picture I took today, plants […]
A Loose Halloween Story Pt. 2
The Halloween muse struck me yesterday. I realized at least five years have passed since I celebrated Halloween beyond purchasing candy for others. I’m craving Halloween this year, and I remembered that some of my earliest writing came from attempts to write Halloween stories. I stumbled upon one of my […]
A Loose Halloween Story
I wanted to highlight some of the main reasons for books I placed on my favorites list. You will see why by the end of this post. First we have the entire Harry Potter series. J. K. Rowling makes excellent use of description in her books, loading on elaborate details while […]
A Study in Mastership
The colder weather we’ve gotten here in Utah has gotten me thinking once more about reading and writing. Ever since I fell in love with books, I have felt that cold weather and rainy days produce the perfect setting for reading and writing. Perhaps it’s something about throwing blankets over […]