Did you realize we are surrounded by creepy crawlies? These creatures are enough to bring on scary dreams if you think long enough about them. One or more of these creepy crawlies could be used as fodder for a nightmare-inducing tale. If your character has acarophobia (an irrational fear of small bugs), murophobia (irrational fear…
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Owls: Harbingers of Doom
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• •According to dictionary.com, a superstition is a belief or notion, not based reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. It is an irrational fear of the unknown or mysterious. Many myths and legends, good and bad, exist about the owl. Some see them…
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An Academy of Apparitions
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Cats – Egyptians, a Pope, & the Middle Ages
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• •The Egyptians worshiped them. Noah prayed for them, but Pope Innocent VIII declared them to be evil. During the Middle Ages, they became associated with witches, and some were even burned. A group of them can be called a destruction, or you could call a group of them a cuddle. Egyptians and Their CatsAncient Egyptians…
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Town Names for Halloween Tales
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Phobias That Could Thwart Writers
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Chariss K. Walker Interview – Alec Winters, New Orleans, and Self-Publishing
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Crescent City – a Review
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• •Do you believe in angels? Do you believe in demons? Do you believe that one being could be both? Vivien is a reporter that lives in Crescent City. Working on the story about Hurricane Katrina left her feeling burnt out. Then something happens that reinvigorates the investigative journalist in her. After digging deep into the…
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Bombay Blood – a Review
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My Cold Kentucky Home – a Review
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• •Could a land be so haunted that the residents of any houses or apartments built on that land are doomed? We’ve all heard about the possessed house in Amityville, but are you ready for the horrors of Hubertson? The supernatural occurrences at Hubertson and the land it is built on are subtle, but that doesn’t…