Hello people! Okay, dad just divulged something that COMPLETELY freaked me out and I totally believe him, so tell me what you guys think. It's frightening, that's for sure. Dad gets up before everyone...things happening around the house ? Kay, well I forgot about 'em til now. And on the eve of Halloween. I'm a tad freaked out, I must admit. *shudders* Thoughts? Love y'all - Mira/Doc/Kat *meow

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"The Bully of Brocas Court" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I'd hoped to post "The Sand-Walker" by Fergus Hume today, but I couldn't find it for free online. I do urge you to seek it out, though; I found... it's one of the 31 Tales of Terror . Only one day left! I'll try to post the last story early tomorrow so there's lots of time to read and comment on it before the contest ends at midnight CST.

The trouble with October is that it’s hard to find ghost stories. I know, right?! But during other months, when I go searching, I find a handful of metaphors ( Ghost of decisions past haunt new coach...too. Heidi, Wendi- read this at noon. Any later in the day than that, and the shadows’ll be long and you’ll be too scared! Originally published at MSUFaL . You can comment here or there .

Dreams are where ghosts live; the powerlessness of night lifts the veil between past and present, allowing them to find me again. Darkness reveals truth, and here I cannot hide. I am small and cold, my bare feet curled under me, my gaze fixed on the quiet street outside. Where is he? I think I see him, long brown hair ruffled by the wind, cigarette in hand, a gaping hole in the right knee of his blue...

"How He Left the Hotel" by Louisa Baldwin. First published in Argosy in 1894. This is another one of those iconic tales that's worked its way into the public subconscious over the years. Even if...for a nice, short read. Remember, it's one of the 31 Tales of Terror . Comment on it for a chance to win 6 BookMooch points and a copy of THE HAUNTED DOLLS' HOUSE by M.R. James. Only three days left

Steven awakes to a nightmare: he is alone, under the rain, amid of nothing. He is injured, scared and without a clear memory of who he is or why he is there. He knows his name, he has some flashback of...him in finding the true. http://www.aspenmountainpress.com/new-releases/his-gift/prod_174.html Reading List: http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bott om.php?tag=reading list&view=eli sa.rolle

...Smoky cauldrons of kettle corn, Candy apples and steaming cider, Startling masks and clever displays, Wandering nightmares in daylight. Did you find faces forgotten Alive and hidden within the crowds? Jeering ghosts have come to chase you Down cobble streets, past iron gates. Your shadow a fleeting mark on the graves. Before you crumple to the sopping leaves. Dappled orange ground.

Oh, yes...the small pleasures in life =) It has been truly one of those perfectly lovely, lazy days off when nothing needed to get done, and we were in absolutely no hurry to go anywhere. It's a luxury... The dead man was said to have had three cows he took down to the lake every evening to graze in the long grass overnight. Could this have been the black man-figure and the three other we saw? 

Our very own Mr. Cramer is listed in the Britannica Blog Ghosts in the Library feature !