{"id":536,"date":"2011-10-20T01:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T01:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/2011\/10\/20\/halloween-nights-pt-1-an-introduction\/"},"modified":"2018-11-04T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T18:16:11","slug":"halloween-nights-pt-1-an-introduction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/2011\/10\/20\/halloween-nights-pt-1-an-introduction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Nights Pt. 1 – An Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Click the picture<\/span> to read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow<\/span>*<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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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.<\/i><\/div>\n
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Pumpkins lined the pathway up to the door. They lined the entire yard one right after another. Some even rested on the roof of the house. On the stairs sat three people \u2013 Jeffrey in the middle, his girlfriend Megan to his right, and his friend Stephen to his left.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cMan, this is going to be a great Halloween,\u201d Jeffrey said. \u201cThanks for helping guys. I couldn\u2019t have gotten everything set up without your help.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cYou know it\u2019s not Halloween until we tell scary stories,\u201d Stephen said. \u201cYou can\u2019t have it without them.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cOh yeah?\u201d Jeff laughed. \u201cYou\u2019re just dying to tell one aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cWell n<\/span>ot particularly, no,\u201d Stephen said. Yes, Stephen told a lot of stories, but he didn\u2019t enjoy sharing his own with others.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cHaha,\u201d Megan laughed. \u201cComing up with ideas, but just as usual you don\u2019t want to follow through on them.\u201d<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cHey,\u201d Stephen said, \u201cthat\u2019s not fair. Someone\u2019s got to be the idea creator. It\u2019s up to others to run with the idea. Besides, there are loads of books with spooky stories.\u201d<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cWhatever you guys,\u201d Jeff laughed again. \u201cYou think we need stories?\u201d<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cOf course!\u201d Stephen said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a haunted house we\u2019ve put together \u2013 it\u2019s a Halloween house.\u201d<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cWhat do you two say we each tell a story then?\u201d Jeff asked.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cThat sounds like a good idea to me,\u201d Megan said.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cI guess if you insist,\u201d Stephen said.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cSo what\u2019s yours?\u201d Jeff asked Stephen.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know. We just came up with the idea.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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They sat on the porch stairs for a minute before Stephen began telling the story of the “Ghosts of the Cave.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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*A Jack o’ Lantern<\/a> made for the Holywell Manor Halloween celebrations in 2003.<\/span>
Photograph by Toby Ord on 31 Oct 2003.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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