"I was born to a family that harnessed the winds and could read futures in fire and water. Yet my mother kept her secrets. Then the werewolf came, sharing his madness. Now it’s my turn to keep secrets...."
#BOTD H. Russell Wakefield. Some consider Wakefield to be the last great ghost story author in the classic tradition of M.R. James and Le Fanu, and his admirers include Betjeman, Lovecraft and August Derleth. Works include A Clock Strikes Twelve and They Return at Evening. #ghosts#books#bookstodon
Author copies arrived of this bulky anthology of African ghost stories. Now I can say that my story was published in the same book as the legend, Amos Tutuola!
There are no shortage of eerie tales about Virginia’s Old House Woods. Some claim to have seen ghostly pirates searching for their buried treasure there while others have encountered a group of skeleton knights wearing suits of armor roaming the forest. #FairyTaleTuesday
I hear that NYC today is much safer than it was in the 70s and 80s, but even so, it seems that assaults and shootings still occur at subway stations.
Tokyo's subways may be the most peaceful in the world.
Did you know you can download apps to turn your phone into a (so-so) EMF detector?
We thought we'd have a bit of fun and downloaded EMF apps. Most of them are advertised as 'ghost detectors'.
It turns out our refrigerator is the most haunted part of the house. The detectors practically screamed haunted and a possible portal to another dimension. The ghostly remains of deceased lettuce and tomatoes that had an untimely demise?
Nah. It was from the large number of fridge magnets that grace the door. The device was probably alarmed at some of the dreadful (deadful?) fridge-magnet poems. EMF -- electromagnetic fields -- see the word magnet in there?
Light switches and outlets were somewhat 'haunted' too, as were walls with live wires running through them (they detect electric charges).
So, if your home is haunted, just turn the breakers off.
Then, there is this article about why so many people see #ghosts. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-do-we-see-ghosts
#BOTD Margaret Irwin. Best remembered for her historical works – particularly Young Bess – Irwin also found success with supernatural stories. In the wake of WW1, she wrote popular timeslip romances, and ghost stories like The Book and The Earlier Service are considered classics of the genre. #books#bookstodon#ghosts
I stopped reading books so many days ago since I'm stuck in my writing journey just because I felt it was interfering with my book project.
Yeah, I miss reading, but I wanna finish my future book soon !
Virgil Finlay illustrating ‘And Not In Peace’ by A. Bertram Chandler writing as George Whitley from Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1946. #FinlayFriday
#BOTD Algernon Blackwood was a prolific author of ghost stories, even becoming a late-in-life celebrity on radio and television performing live readings. He was an enthusiast of eastern and esoteric philosophy, and many of his stories inspire awe and wonder, as well as terror. Famous works include The Wendigo and The Willows. #ghosts#wendigo#bookstodon