Scary starts with S

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Scary starts with S

Did you ever notice that the scariest words start with S? Take

S-s-s-spooky. Just the word sends shivers down my spine. So I took that idea

Halloween Eve

and made a list I find scary.

10. Spook is another name for a ghost, but where ghost

conjures up cute images like Casper, in my mind spook is the sheet-clad figure

shifting through shadows.

9. Swamp is the site for slithery, slimy, sucking muck. The

victim always stumbles into the swamp, tries to escape and sinks.

8. Sarcophagus is more frightening than a simple tomb or

crypt. Picture the stone lid sliding aside for Dracula to ease out in his

nightly hunt for blood.

7. Shadows move and shift in the darkness. Shadows conceal

the evil things we strain to see. Shadows appear in places they don't belong.

Shadows dog our steps.

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6. Shape-shifters are more terrifying than werewolves since

they can assume any form.

5. Skeletons are a Halloween favorite to hang outside. They

rattle in the wind. Or make a click-click-clicking noise as they sneak along

the hallway of the old mansion.

4. Skulls are skinless, eyeless, sometimes toothless shapes,

all that remain of the place considered strong enough to protect our brains.

Skulls remind us of their past humanity.

3. Snakes are slithery and slippery. Asps hiss.

2. Stake is not exactly scary until you put it in the

context of killing Dracula or staking out your enemy on an anthill.

1. Samhain (pronounced Sow-een) is the Druid or witch

celebration of the holiday we renamed Halloween. Samhain is the time when the

curtain between worlds is thinnest and allows the creatures from the other side

to come into our world. Souls, demons, incubi, ghosts can roam freely and

do. Fear they will not return is the

reason for November 1st to be called All Souls Day and a day of

prayer in many religions.

I'm sure you can think of more s's. You're welcome to add

them to my list.

Barbara Edwards writes paranormal romance.

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Lily Alban escapes a murderous stalker, but his vicious attack

leaves her with the ability to see auras. She finds safety in the tiny hamlet

of Rhodes End where a stranger stands out like a red light. Try as she might to

deny her growing desire for Cole, she seeks his help but soon discovers the man

she loves is not a man at all.

Werewolf Cole Benedict resists his attraction to Lily. A botanist

researching the healing herbs to find a cure for Lycanthropy, he's determined

to protect Lily from her stalker as well as himself even in human form, but

instinct takes over when he changes to his inner beast.

Together they must use their extraordinary gifts to catch Lily's

stalker before he attacks again, but revealing their secrets to one another

could destroy their growing love or save them both.

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