It's National Marine Week with The Wildlife Trusts, so I thought I'd share some marine-related folklore!
This is one of the many rocky islands among the Farne Islands - I took this photo back in 2019 on a trip to see the puffins. Some say the islands are haunted by the many shipwrecked sailors who died in the area.
FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 092 - There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard by MR James
If you are looking for a tale to read aloud at Hallowe'en, we have another short sharp shocker for you here, this time from the master of the ghost story MR James!
I'm in the middle of a class on ghost stories. I'm about to teach a one off on creating scary atmosphere. And I just wrote this craft essay about accumulating horror.
Let's talk about what scares you when you read and how to make it happen when you write. Ideas?
FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 089 - The Story of Konnor Old House by E & H Heron
Occult detective, Mr Flaxman Low is called in to investigate a house where a glowing phantom lurks, and madness and death waits for anyone staying there...
If it sounds like the kind of thing you might enjoy, you can get it as a paperback and ebook from most of the usual places. Links here! https://sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/writing/
'From the #Thames to #Eternity' - well, now the #ghost of Lady Hungerford has something new to sit on as she scares away her eternity, brought from Tyburn to Greyfriars.
A lovely #halloween wander with fellow photographers for the last day of #Walktober