Brewing and conjuring Concentrate and focus While dealing with Hocus Pocus Spelling out ideas And jotting down thoughts Utilizing language To cope with memories That people might have forgot, And now that the new world Is nothing like it was before, Hope is still possible To prepare for what lies in store, While also remembering … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: Show and Tell a Halloween Spell by Alex Andy Phuong
13 Halloween Tales: McGinnis and Me by KD Smith
When Mom told me we were moving, I was ticked off. Their divorce wasn’t my fault, so why was I being punished? I didn’t want to leave my house or my friends, but I had no choice. And I wasn’t nice about it, either. Mom found a creepy old Victorian at the edge of the … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: McGinnis and Me by KD Smith
13 Halloween Tales: Bigfoot Halloween by Mary Bone
The local coffee shop talk in Big Rock usually centered around sightings about Bigfoot. Beth, a lady who lived on the outskirts of town, felt like she was being watched. One morning as she was cooking bacon, she saw some black furry feet through the blinds at the back door. She figured the bacon smell … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: Bigfoot Halloween by Mary Bone
13 Halloween Tales: Edgar Allan Poe and the Telemarketer by Maureen Mancini Amaturo
Once upon a midnight dreary, my cell phone rang, the number leery. Unwanted pest, this unknown caller, broke my thoughts, with breach uncalled for– I was hard at work, though nearly napping, when this man commenced kidnapping all my focus, which now is flapping, flapping from my present chore. “‘Tis some marketer,” I muttered, “flapping … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: Edgar Allan Poe and the Telemarketer by Maureen Mancini Amaturo
13 Halloween Tales: The Unkindness of Ravens by Regina M. Elliott
This is a tribute poem to Edgar Allan Poe Through shadowy veils of my mournful mind is the vastness of iridescent stars, their hopeful light does not comfort me. The very thought of not being in the treasure of your presence awakens the dulling grief of my heart's loneliness. The unkind ravens have alighted on … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: The Unkindness of Ravens by Regina M. Elliott
13 Halloween Tales: Autumn Moments by Donna Arthur Downs
Ghosts and goblins, pumpkin heads, witches riding brooms– Telling scary stories in dimly lighted rooms– Sitting ‘round the campfire, hot-dog-roasting fumes– These are autumn moments . . . vividly in bloom. Leaves raked high from autumn trees, fiery golds and reds– Jumping deeply in the pile, covering our heads– Darker mornings, shorter days, quicker “off-to-beds”– … Continue reading 13 Halloween Tales: Autumn Moments by Donna Arthur Downs
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