#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Screaming into the wind. A Voice in the Leaves air pushed blown with force and speed I felt them even saw them in the movement of the trees’ branches and leaves listen to them whisper and rustle they scream their truths in the wind holding my weight against the stormContinue reading “#Writober Day 21: Screaming into the wind”
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#Writober Day 20: Mountains or Oceans
#OctPoWriMo Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is Mountains or Oceans. This was the second prompt I wrote for OctPoWriMo and I chose Haibun for the form. The call of the seagull The gull, a dark speck on the white mountain backdrop, reminds me how close I am to the ocean by wing. If I could rise above,Continue reading “#Writober Day 20: Mountains or Oceans”
It’s Writober! Time for some creepy flash fiction and poetry
I had pretty much spaced #Writober3 until this morning. Because I’m in New Orleans and my schedule is out of my hands, I won’t be as on top of my daily writing as I have been the last couple of years, but I’m going to try to do the daily poems for OctPoWriMo and IContinue reading “It’s Writober! Time for some creepy flash fiction and poetry”
#Writober Day 31: Words magically open doors
This image is full of story potential. It makes me think of magical worlds like Narnia and Oz,but it also makes me think of all those great stories where the story an author is writing becomes real like Stranger than Fiction, Secret Window and In the Mouth of Madness. What story do you see? IsContinue reading “#Writober Day 31: Words magically open doors”
#Writober Day 30: The skeletons are out of the closets!
An invasion of skeletons. Are they only after you because you accidentally summoned them with a spell book or an ancient amulet? Have all of the science class skeletons risen up to take over the world? This image makes me think of the attack skeletons from Jason And The Argonauts but it also brings upContinue reading “#Writober Day 30: The skeletons are out of the closets!”
#Writober Day 26: Are They Weasel People? Are They Rat People? Is One Less Scary?
There are many really great images of old, creepy costumes on the internet. This one really grabbed me. Maybe, it’s because I should know what they are, but don’t, or the dead-eyed expressionless affection of their pose. Is it just me, or is there a bony ghost hand grabbing for her dress? So what areContinue reading “#Writober Day 26: Are They Weasel People? Are They Rat People? Is One Less Scary?”
October Pairings (#OctPairs): Movies & Drinking Games
Since we paired books and candy last week, I thought we’d pair movies again. And what’s better than watching scary movies with friends and playing drinking games? (Doing a wooden jigsaw puzzle at the same time? Maybe.) A while back, a friend of mine gave me the book Drinking Games by Terry Burrows. I thoughtContinue reading “October Pairings (#OctPairs): Movies & Drinking Games”
Writober Day 17: The Smell Of Death
I will never forget the smell when I returned to New Orleans after the hurricane. It permeated everything. It’s impossible to describe, but it’s a mix of rot, blood, excretion and this sickly-sweet horror that triggers the gag reflex until it is so stuck in your nostrils and pores that you realize it will alwaysContinue reading “Writober Day 17: The Smell Of Death”
#Writober Day 14: Monsters under the microscope.
Now here’s a real monster from The Science Library/Getty Images. I think if you watch Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and compare this guy to the storm-trooper carrying at-ats you’ll see some design similarities. This four-eyed alien-like face, belonging to the larva of a water-dwelling beetle, can be the last thing a tadpole seesContinue reading “#Writober Day 14: Monsters under the microscope.”
#Writober Day 13: A Well In The Woods
This is one of the wells at Longmire in Mt. Rainier National Park. This well sits directly to the left of the cabin in the woods. The well definitely makes me think of The Ring a great spooky movie for those you doing RIPXII’s Peril on the Screen. Why is this well in the woods?Continue reading “#Writober Day 13: A Well In The Woods”
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