Are your memories of childhood Halloweens as pleasant as mine? I can still taste the red wax lips that we clamped down on. I admire the Halloween masks, held on by the thinnest of rubber bands. How mysterious everything appeared through those small eye holes. My favorite mask was a gypsy wearing a gold earring,… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Beggars’ Night by Flossie Benton Rogers
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Mythic Monday: 13 Rare Halloween Spooks by Flossie Benton Rogers
It’s almost that splendidly spooky time of year, Halloween, and a chance to scare ourselves with a few creepy creatures! Don’t go out of your way to find these haints, though. In fact, it’s best to give them a wide berth. Pontianak – a female vengeance demon who was once a woman that died while… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 13 Rare Halloween Spooks by Flossie Benton Rogers
Halloween Birthday John Keats
Happy Halloween Birthday to John Keats! For your enjoyment here are a few lines from his poem Lamia. A lamia is part woman, part serpent, and in homage to Keats (not to mention the creatures are cool) one appears in my paranormal dark fantasy romance, Mind Your Goddess – Wytchfae 3, coming out in December from Secret… Continue reading Halloween Birthday John Keats
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Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday, John Keats
Today in honor of Halloween and John Keats’ birthday, here are a few lines from some famous poems to help us celebrate OCTOBER: O= “O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn’s being.” [P.B Shelley] C= “Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild.” [W.B. Yeats] T= “To bend with apples the… Continue reading Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday, John Keats
Tricky Halloween Haints Contest: Ghuillie Dhu
Update: Shadow K and Tessa B are the winners of a copy of Wytchfae Runes. The Ghullie Dhu or Dark Man is a prominent figure in Celtic mythology. He is sometimes viewed as a thin black-haired lad clothed in leaves and other greenery. I see him a different way. I see him as large, dangerous,… Continue reading Tricky Halloween Haints Contest: Ghuillie Dhu
October Octet
What’s special about October? Halloween, a celebration of childhood, costumes, and candied apples. Pumpkin patches and all those watchful Jack O’ Lanterns. Red, yellow, and gold leaves, creating bursts of color to spice up the emerald and azure. October greetings. A friend of mine developed a unique custom of sending me a Happy October card this… Continue reading October Octet