Posted in Tales on December 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea
-The Garden of Prosperine
by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Clover Boonan takes the bus to work, she’s taken the same bus..the 477 for the passed ten years. Before that it was called [...]
Posted in Halloween Stories, Tales, The Arts on November 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yes!! Our Gwenerrella has a spooky story to tell you!!
Hi! I gotsa spooky story ta tells ya!! My friends wanna hear it too.
Theys Loodlelalla an’ Sassy.
Loodlelalla gotsa black eye from beatin’ up da bully dat was teasin’ Sassy.
Sassy is one a my favouritest friends, she’s funny an’ smart, an’ she lissens ta me.
Once upon [...]
Posted in Halloween Stories, Tales on October 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hadley Happenings Pt. II
Now, lookin’ around I can see some faces that didn’t hear about the Witch and her poor dog. I’m sure any of the others’ll be more than happy to tell you the tale later. I’m not here to be repeating myself.
The Witch told us things were gonna get worse, we should [...]
Posted in Halloween Stories, Tales on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »
This tale requires a wee bit if an explanation, back in 2004, as part of a Soul Food Cafe project I was to write an article on the Red Death ( a la, E. A. Poe’s tale, “The Mask of the Red Death”. The first article is the one I wrote in 2004, the second one [...]
Posted in Halloween Stories, Tales on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I found, much to my surprise and great delight, a retelling of his folk legend online, an except from an anthology called, Spooky New York, by S.E. Schlosser. I’m thinking of adding it to my Amazon Wishlist…
One cold winter night, early in the New Year, a certain Dutchman left the tavern in Tarrytown and started [...]
Posted in Tales on September 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »
”‘Member, don’t step on a grave or the ghost’ll haunt you!” taunted Louise.
Lacey and Mary Jean dodged behind her in a rapid game of follow the leader
through the old cemetery. All of the children came over here to play as, one
by one, they grew restless and received permission from their parents to
leave church early and [...]
Posted in Tales on September 2, 2007 | 5 Comments »
by Lori
This is a true story I wrote for last year’s Halloween blog. Be sure to read the new Postscript.
The church I attend meets in a wooden building that is about 60 years old. By the standards of the area, this is an ancient structure. It is a pleasant building in the day [...]
Posted in Halloween Stories, Tales on September 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
You’re about to meet Mrs Parsons…this may look like the
end of her story
but of course it’s not.
Come On In
and Meet Mrs Parsons.
When I was a kid our next door neighbor was a nice old lady named Mrs. Hanley Parsons.
She lived all alone in a house full of old fashioned furniture that looked brand new [...]
Posted in Halloween Stories, Tales on September 2, 2007 | No Comments »
There’s this expression people use when they’re telling you about some life changing event they went through. Some of them will say, ” I can’t pinpoint the exact time when I really decided to kill my children,” or ” no, I can’t pinpoint the exact time I became addicted to…”
So that little moment in time that [...]
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