Tag: storytelling
group name: ghosttales
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January 29, 2006 11:34 AM EST --
I am a ghost.
I am condemned to walk among the living,
A silent testament to my own sorrow.
I watch with envy, as the world around me continues,
Unaware of my presence.
The sun continues . . .
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June 14, 2006 09:26 AM EDT --
Last night was Janis Joplin night on the Biography channel. They had an hour-long biography piece on her followed by an hour-long search by two ghost hunters for her spirit on what would have been her . . .
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August 12, 2006 03:55 PM EDT --
There were no blinking lights, no mysterious machines. I wasn't even outdoors. I was in my own house, in a quiet neighborhood, behind locked doors with my dogs lying around me. But still I was captured . . .
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June 13, 2006 05:33 AM EDT --
Fireside 8: Hot Chocolate
What a wild evening it is! Thunder and sheet lightning all over the place. Damn, I'll have to oil these squeaking front door hinges. Oh, . . .
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October 13, 2006 06:22 PM EDT --
The low floodlights come up first, gels of blue, deep red, purple and some muted yellows. Hakim, with his own mini floodlight in the left-hand bass drum takes up the beat, both feet beating out . . .
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February 27, 2007 12:10 AM EST --
I was updating profile here on gather and came to the question about what books I like. I said it was easier to say what I DON'T like... science fiction, serial killers and horror. The horror part . . .
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October 22, 2006 11:41 AM EDT --
Authors note: This is loosely based on an experience that I have had. I actually have seen the man, and when I described him to my mother I found out he was the owner of the cabin I was staying . . .
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October 10, 2007 10:06 AM EDT --
Here is my Halloween Poem for 2007. I hope it gets you in that scary mood for All Saints Day!
Breeze In The Boneyard
In the dread of night when most are dead asleep, . . .
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June 16, 2006 05:33 AM EDT --
Fireside 9: Friday, 13th
Oh, I thought I'd never see you again. You're brave to be out tonight, it being Friday the thirteenth, and all. Oh, you're not superstitious? . . .
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October 31, 2006 02:15 AM EST --
"Doctor! Doctor!"
A torrent of tiny bangs shuddered the door. Zach leaned up and tried to focus on the clock. 3:00AM.
"Doctor! Doctor!"
Zach threw off the covers and jabbed his feet . . .
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July 06, 2006 07:13 AM EDT --
I heard he finally got what was coming to him. It took long enough if you ask me. Some of the others said he took precautions so grave robbers wouldn't steal his body. Poured cement . . .
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June 16, 2006 09:49 AM EDT --
The accused woman spy was hanged. The fort was tense with suspense from waiting for the dreaded moment. Now it was over. It was reminiscent of being in a time . . .
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October 12, 2007 04:13 PM EDT --
As Halloween appoaches, I get more and more in the mood for spooky stuff. I have already submitted my poem for the Halloween season, "Breeze In The Boneyard"; now, here is my story ...
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August 07, 2006 09:24 PM EDT --
The wood surrounding Hurston Acres was dense with green, like hugely overgrown blades of grass. The trees grew so close together that, in places, Lance and his friends were unable to squeeze their wirey . . .
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February 12, 2008 02:53 PM EST --
If you are into ghosts, you might want to check out my book.
GIFT OF A BLUE BALL Path of a Fortune-teller in Okinawa
This is a historical fiction following the life of a yuta (fortune . . .
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February 12, 2007 12:59 PM EST --
I sit here wondering, why am I here? These thoughts empower my mind, justifiably causing me to think that I should be in my happy place. I hear a noise, but I ignore this distraction, . . .
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August 08, 2006 02:50 PM EDT --
(Part 1 of this tale, The Wood: Root, is found here )
The middle of July that year was hotter than ever. All across the Eastern Seaboard, record high temperatures were driving people into air . . .
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October 24, 2006 10:27 PM EDT --
After putting more than 300 long miles on my bike, I was ready for some caffeine, some greasy food and a bed. The motorcycle was ready for some gas, some bug removal and maybe a sip of oil. Being . . .
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October 08, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
Tonight begins one of the more somber Jewish Holidays, Yom Kippur. For those who don't know, Yom Kippur is the second of two High Holy Days in the Jewish faith.
The first, Rosh Hashana, . . .
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August 05, 2006 05:51 PM EDT --
by Baba Pell
With the leaves dying and turning brown and cold winds taking over from summer's warmth, the end of October was rapidly approaching and All Hallow's Eve would mark its passing. . . .
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