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November 2, 2018
Poetry Friday ~ Afraid & Grave
Hello, everyone! Welcome.
I’m taking part in Colleen Chesebro’s Halloween edition of Tanka Tuesday. I’m sharing an Etheree poem today.
Author, Colleen Chesebro
Afraid and Grave are this week’s prompt words chosen by Colleen Chesebro ~ The Fairy Whisperer.
*The catch is that we can only use the synonyms to these words in our poems.
Colleen hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called, Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challengeevery Tuesday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your Haiku, Tanka, Haibun, Etheree or Cinquain poem. She is an author and poet, and also does book reviews and so much more on her blog. Be sure to check it out.
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Angel Of Death
She
extends
bony hands
don’t be fearful
The angel of death
where she leads you follow
to your final resting place
into the darkness this night…
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October 30, 2018
Random Book Review-Church Mouse: Memoir of a vampire’s servant by R.H. Hale
Halloween is almost here and what better way to celebrate than with vampires and creepiness lurking in the dead of night! I recently finished R.H. Hale’s book, Church Mouse: Memoir of a vampire’s servant and left a review. If you like creepy, supernatural, and horror in a collective swirl of spooky goodness give it a shot, but don’t blame me if fear sets in and you wake up at 3am thinking someone is watching you, they very well may be! 
October 29, 2018
Random Image Day!-#36
It’s almost that time! I would say I’m excited and I am, however, I also want to hang onto the massive collection of Halloween treats I bought with the intention of handing out to all the little ghosts and ghouls. Is it wrong to spend all that cash on candy only to turn off the walkway light Halloween night and giggle maniacally behind my front door while eating copious amounts of sugary treats? I’ll let you know how it feels…(insert villainous laugh/fade to dark)
As we approach the fateful evening when the supernatural veil thins and the hidden haunts climb from the shadows to dance in the pale moonlight, we need to savor the build-up, the fun, the festiveness of the season. Much like during Thanksgiving, I am thankful for many things and this season is one of them. I am thankful for the rotating amount of scary horror scream-filled movies playing on numerous channels. I am thankful for the hint of cooler air and the dryness that comes with it. (It’s Florida, we’ll take what we can get!) I’m also thankful for friends and family who share in the fun and most importantly, my writing career and all that it has brought my way.
I may not always bang out gazillions in words every week but I do enjoy writing, more importantly, being a part of the world of indie authors. This is some great work out there that begs to be read in every genre imaginable and I feel blessed to be able to have access to it through social media knowledge and random searches. There are people out there writing because they love it, writing because they want to share, and writing because they are about as crazy as I am, some even more. We owe it to them to read their work, to wade into the pool of creative processes and enjoy the swim.
As I’m getting ready to scare the kids from the lawn so I can pass out in bed surrounded by the discarded wrappers of hundreds of pieces of candy while some vintage horror film plays in the background, I will give thanks to the readers and writers out there! The next morning when I’m falling over myself with a headache and a stomach full of Laffy Taffy and peanut butter cups, I will sit in front of my computer and begin the next chapter, the next sentence, the next creation. I’ve recently started Book 4 of The Keeper Chronicles and after about 45 pages in so far, I can say I’m moving along as best as I can. Doing what I love, enjoying how I do it and supporting my brothers and sisters out there in the big writing world by reading their offerings.
As I write, I’ll leave Halloween and the spirit it entails stashed in the closet next to lawn decorations and carry on towards the inevitable dental appointment from Sweet Tart overload and Heath bars. I’ll continue to write as I leave the ghosts of another holiday behind me while embracing the ones resting comfortably in my mind.
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Enjoy the season and have fun, save me some candy…just in case!
October 26, 2018
Son of the Serpent, on #LisaBurtonRadio — The Writer Next Door|Vashti Q
Originally posted on Entertaining Stories: Welcome all you demonologists, and exorcists. You’ve landed on Lisa Burton Radio, the only show that brings you the characters from the books you love. I’m your host, Lisa the robot girl, and have I got a seasonal treat for you today. “Welcome to the show, Dracúl.” “I’m not sure…
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October 24, 2018
“Art.” A #Paranormal short story for Halloween #RRBC @pursoot #IARTG #Romance
Welcome to the World of Suzanne Burke.
Hi again and thanks so much for stopping by! Here’s another Paranormal short story to help celebrate Halloween. I do hope you enjoy it.
“Art”
by
Suzanne Burke
The mood on the boardwalk screamed summer. Laughing, flirting teens and hand-holding couples walked in the early morning sunlight, the waves in their perpetual season of change pounded the golden sand along the shoreline. It was easy to believe that this had once been my lifestyle, to pretend for a short while that I could still be in that life.
Summer was a blessing; I had no need to remain behind closed doors. I was free to enjoy the warmth and fresh salt in the air. It was of my own doing, the isolation. I chose to separate myself from the proximity of human company. I no longer had a tolerance for it. I remained closeted away, watching from a distance. It…
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October 22, 2018
Random Book Review!-The Dead Undone by Ellie Douglas
What better way to celebrate Halloween then with zombies and bloodshed!! I recently read Ellie Douglas’s, “The Dead Undone” and my review is listed below. Highly recommend if you like your horror with a side of arterial spray!
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Taken from my Amazon review and also posted on Goodreads!–4 out of 5 Stars.
October 16, 2018
Portrait in Time — The Final Curtain1 – BR Chitwood – MUSINGS: Authors – Books – The World
Portrait In Time Young man, do you not see me as once I might have been? Is it the wrinkle, the sagging skin Time laid upon me that you see? Once I stood, perhaps like you, with noble thoughts and dreams A new bright morning might bring. Time wore me down with its ceaseless ubiquitous […]
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October 12, 2018
Poetry Friday ~ Color & Creepy — The Writer Next Door|Vashti Q
Welcome, everyone! “When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.” ~ Albert Einstein ◊ I don’t know about you but I haven’t outgrown fairy tales. I still love them. Did you know […]
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October 9, 2018
Random Image Day!-#35 (Picking a diamond from the mine)
Recently, fellow indie author and dark fantasy maven, Vashti Quiroz-Vega (@VashtiQV) tagged me on Twitter to list my 5 favorite horror films or my top 5 scary movies. I was excited to list them as it’s not only close to Halloween, but I also love horror films, love spooks and haunts, and I’m all about the supernatural and paranormal. The only problem I found was that, as I started to spool up the hundreds upon thousands of movie titles that could fall into this category, picking became a daunting task. Staring at the screen, my finger hovering over the keyboard, it hit me. It was and would be nearly impossible to list only 5, I love them all in their own special ways!
I thought about certain titles while watching numerous people respond to the tagged tweet with their own, envious of their ability to quickly choose. How could I possibly narrow down such a wide field with a measly five choices? I mean seriously, how do you tell certain ones that don’t cut the mustard and grant others a top spot. Are we basing our decision on anything special or just random picks? See where I’m going with this? If not, hang on.
See, when it comes to scary and horror films I do enjoy my fair share. The only problem is, I factor in so many variables. I could choose “The Fog” as Stevie Wayne’s husky voice urges me to flee to the church on the hill or I could go with the original “Night of the Living Dead” as it remains on loop every Halloween. I could say it’s “Poltergeist” as spirits and kids getting attacked are always good fun, but then again maybe it’s the lonely night and bloodshed of “An American Werewolf in London” or the original “Halloween“.
I noticed as the list grew and grew it would never get done. See, movies for me stir emotions, stir thoughts and ideas. They take me back to my younger days, they remind me of times spent through the years and the people that came along for the ride. I can’t narrow down a single film, but give me a title and I can weave you a tale of when I watched it, who was with me, how I felt at the time, and the snacks that were enjoyed during it. Through the years, favorites have changed, feelings have shifted, and the top five have been reordered.
I can say that “Nightmare on Elm Street” was a personal fav, or that “Friday the 13th” scared me so bad after watching Kevin Bacon take one for the team I refused to sleep in my bed for a week. I can recall “The Thing” made me almost stroke out when a late night HBO airing and watching by my brother with the volume turned up to the max during the stomach/teeth spider/head gimmick was going on nearly ended my TV watching days and nights forever. I remember in art school how “Suspiria” made me rethink art and horror while “Evil Dead 2” made me chuckle through the gore.
I have to thank and scold my parents. Lovers of horror classics, thrill, and chills themselves, they shared that love at an early age. We grew up watching Erin Moran become victim to an alien force in “Galaxy of Terror” at the drive-in and giggled like idiots when Chucky decided to partake in some “Child’s Play” all the while watching “Ghoulies” and “Critters” until we were old enough to understand and enjoy “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” the always fun “The Amityville Horror” and “The Exorcist” which, to this day, is still not allowed in my mother’s home. :O
I can’t pick a favorite five, I never could. Each one a memory, each one a cherished feeling of loved ones, friends, relatives, and snacks. Years of VHS tapes, gallons of soda and stale pizza, days of replays at odd hours during long summer months and even chillier falls. Now, as an adult, I watch the older ones as they are replayed throughout the year. Sometimes, with full interest. Other times, as background noise but everytime hoping for a return, hoping for the faintest whiff of younger days, innocent days, and non-stop thrills and chills with those that just know exactly how it feels to be scared.
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Photo Credit: Edward Honaker, Sept. 2015. Website at http://www.edwardhonaker.com/
October 1, 2018
A Closet Dark With Fear — The Final Curtain1 – BR Chitwood – MUSINGS: Authors – Books – The World
A Closet Dark With Fear Thought I might titillate you with the first two pages of a ‘Prologue.’ Call me shameless because the ‘Prologue’ is from my novel, Mama’s Madness. This book was taken from some true life events and it was tough to write. It startled me to think that mothers of such quantifiable evil existed and doled […]
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