Tag: ghost story
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October 04, 2009 09:45 AM EDT --
This week's genre is Ghost Story . Your story may be serious or light hearted or as silly as you like just so long as it is 100 words or less and written for the following prompt
Jimmy has . . .
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July 13, 2007 06:26 AM EDT --
The local Native American tribe holds a couple of powwows every summer. The location is a large meadow far from civilization, overlooked by a mighty stone bluff. Woods press close, all . . .
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October 24, 2008 08:13 AM EDT --
My dad was well into his 80’s when he began to slow down. He was independent and still lived in the house he built. He was alone. Mom died years ago and Dad was still kicking . . .
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October 15, 2009 07:21 PM EDT --
I used to live in a haunted house. I would voices, feel footsteps on my bed, cold circles on the floor, and even breath on my face. I wrote about it here on Gather in a story called, Elizabeth. . . .
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October 04, 2009 10:35 AM EDT --
This week's genre is Ghost Story . Your story may be serious or light hearted or as silly as you like just so long as it is 100 words or less and written for the following prompt . . .
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October 29, 2007 02:13 AM EDT --
It seemed like a slow motion déjà vu nightmare as Mrs. Parker rushed into her daughter’s room to find her cowering under the covers and again pointing to the window. Her daughter’s . . .
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October 29, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
My father would tell this story on Halloween It was the only ghost story he ever told us and he told it so well that we were never sure if he was reminiscing or relating a tall tale.
Lars . . .
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September 29, 2009 01:17 PM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: Ghost Story, 100 words, using one of the supplied phrases/terms/concepts, about Jimmy's challenge to Bobby to spend the night in a haunted house.]
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September 30, 2009 06:37 PM EDT --
Bobby sat hunched on the floor and complained, “I’m hungry.” But Jimmy ignored him and splashed on the rain-sodden carpet to dark kitchen door. Pale moonlight shone through the cob-webbed . . .
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June 06, 2007 02:14 PM EDT --
I'm just curouis to see what other people think. I believe that they truly are ghosts of those who once lived. But what makes them stay? Are they truly waiting for thier justice, if they were a murder . . .
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October 27, 2007 10:45 AM EDT --
Mrs. Parker had heard Jolene scream before, but never like this. This was a scream of pure terror making her feel a dread even greater, if possible, than the news of her husband ’ s death. She rushed . . .
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October 29, 2007 12:26 PM EDT --
The next morning Mrs. Parker found Jolene under the covers and when she jostled her, Jolene jumped out of bed and ran into the kitchen. Mrs. Parker came out and found Jolene was shaking, so she asked . . .
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June 06, 2007 08:34 PM EDT --
I have just a few more stories to go in this book and then I will be finished with it. But I thought I'd do a book review on it for my new group.
I have really enjoyed this book. It tells the ghost . . .
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October 30, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
Mrs. Parker was anything but okay. How could she be? Jolene’s scream, the strange coin and the window shade had all left her was a foreboding feeling of dread. That along with still going through . . .
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October 09, 2009 05:46 PM EDT --
While Uncle Harry was eating his dinner with Aunt Marge, there was a knock at the door. Uncle Harry said he'd get it, but Aunt Marge went to the door instead. I always loved their door because . . .
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June 14, 2006 09:26 AM EDT --
Last night was Janis Joplin night on the Biography channel. They had an hour-long biography piece on her followed by an hour-long search by two ghost hunters for her spirit on what would have been her . . .
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October 26, 2007 01:03 PM EDT --
About 15 years ago, I was camping with some students on a weekend in late October. As we sat around the late night campfire, another teacher thought it would be a good idea to tell ghost stories. . . .
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October 30, 2007 04:52 PM EDT --
Children are curious and Jolene was no exception. She had promised her mother not to scream and the next couple of nights after she made this promise, she had seen the figure on the window shade and was . . .
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March 21, 2008 09:32 PM EDT --
My family is aware that we have ghostly activity in our house. It can range from noises to full body apparitions. We're used to them, and we know if they meant to harm us, they would . . .
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October 01, 2009 02:16 PM EDT --
Prompt: Jimmy has challenged Bobby to spend a night in a haunted house. What happens? Include one of the following in your story: A talking cat, a glowing skillet, An Axe, dancing boots, or Reeses . . .
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