Category: Eerie
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Houses of mystery
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If you were a 19th century archaeologist with an unholy Egyptian artifact in your possession, and you wanted to both keep it out of the hands of bad guys and protect your family, where would you put it? Why, a secret room in your mansion, of course. At least, that…
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Hitchcock: a Master Storyteller
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“Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” Alfred Hitchcock There’s a large maple tree in the centre of the circle I live on, and from time to time an unusual number of crows will gather on it early in the morning and…
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The Earth’s Entrances to the Underworld
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There’s a plain just east of Naples, Italy that smolders away. I’ve been to a place like that before, on the island of St. Lucia, a large, collapsed volcanic crater called Sulphur Springs. It’s been dormant since the 1700s, but it doesn’t seem that way when you’re watching steam boil…
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Happy Halloween!
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Hope you have a fantastically eerie Halloween this year! If you’re not going out, reading books 1 & 2 of my trilogy would be a great way to spend a quieter evening.
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Happy Halloween!
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October needs to be longer than 31 days, IMHO, so we could enjoy more of it. After all the build-up of the season, I hope you have a marvelously eerie evening.
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And demons shall meet with monsters
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As writers, we get to have fun with the idea: ‘What if this character really existed?” Since it’s October and the season for fear and frights, in this post we’ll take a look at Lilith, a nasty creature who shows up with annoying regularity in my heroine Romy’s life. They…
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Edward Gorey, master of the macabre
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I suppose fiction writers must seem a little strange to people, spending much of our time inside our heads in imaginary worlds where we make up weird and wonderful tales to entertain you with. Especially those of us who specialize in the eerie and macabre. We love to twist your…
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The Great Art of Light and Shadow
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Phantasmagoria and Magic Lanterns “Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.” Les Brown Terrifying audiences isn’t a modern invention. There’s something about shared horror that has captivated people for several centuries, huddling in a darkened room waiting to be scared out of…
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Mysticism, Divination & Tarot
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We’ve reached that point of the year when the world balances between 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. This year it took place on Sunday, September 22. From hereon in, until the Winter Solstice, the nights will get longer, which creates a magical feel to our days.…
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Forbidden Planet and the Golden Age of Sci-Fi Movies
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Our theme for the month is exploration, and this week we’re going to have some fun and take a look at one of my all-time favourite movies, Forbidden Planet. Forbidden Planet (1956) was a ground-breaking science fiction movie in many ways. The script had a great pedigree – it was…