Samantha Wilcoxson's Blog - Posts Tagged "hauntings"

A group of authors gathers to scare each other with ghost stories - it's a tale as old as time. Hauntings is an anthology from Historical Writers Forum, and I enjoyed contributing my own story set at the Northern Michigan Asylum in 1927. Throughout our blog hop, we will get an insider's view into each author's story. We begin with Sharon Bennett Connolly!

Hauntings, An Anthology from HWF

Stop 2 on the Hauntings Blog Hop:
Judith Arnopp hosts S.J.A. Turney for a behind the scenes look at the Roman invasion of England and the druid history they destroyed. It is rich inspiration for Simon's ghost story in Hauntings!
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Lynn Bryant is a prolific author of Peninsular War era historical fiction. Her Hauntings ghost story features a soldier suffering from PTSD before it was recognized as an ailment. Would he admit he'd seen a ghost? Would he believe it himself?

Read this excellent interview with Lynn Bryant by Danielle Apple for more inspiration for An Unquiet Dream.

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Jennifer C. Wilson writes the Kindred Spirits series, which follows the adventures of ghosts from across time, in various contemporary settings. Therefore, she was particularly equipped to join HWF's Hauntings anthology.

Learn more about her inspiration for The Monster of Machecoul today on K.S. Barton's blog!

Next stop on the Hauntings Blog Hop! Paula Lofting hosts Stephanie Churchill, discussing Churchill's inspiration for Shades of Awakening, a poignant tale in which sometimes the dead don't sleep.

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Rising to the Hauntings challenge, becoming immersed in the mythical culture of Somerset, and going in search of a ghost.

It starts with a cold case, an unsolved disappearance of a police officer just before the outbreak of WWII. The story line moves backwards, through the witchcraft trials of the 17th century, and further back to the time of Henry VIII and the childhood of Anne and George Boleyn. And it all takes part in an abandoned castle that rings with the echoes of past inhabitants.

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Today, Lynn Bryant hosts D. Apple: Danielle’s contribution to Hauntings is a story called Hotel Vanity which brings a light-hearted tone to the collection. It is set in a decaying hotel, where the owner’s efforts to sell-out are hampered by some mischievous ghosts.

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A Norsewoman shipwrecked in a cursed land. Does she dare enter the ghostly barrow to confront the undead’s fury?
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