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Lady In Forest by pedroaugust The places that scare me: FeverShe used to       tiptoe       into my darkened bedroom and tuck
the thick, green comforter       around my body       ––locking in the heat
like I was       one of her spring rolls       on the kitchen counter.
She’d lay a cool rag       on my forehead, then       whisper
prayers over me       as if       anointing the dead.
:thumb490011424::thumb490022144: Lilith by TinaLouiseUk
:thumb489871166: The Female Titan by RedCoaster Scary Dream_01 by caddman The Queen of Darkness by Wesley-Souza Zombie Woods by spyglassphotography
:thumb488825807: The Spider Queen's Door    For as long as I could remember, the field by my neighborhood was empty. The ground was too soft for construction equipment, and the soil wouldn’t nurture anything but weeds. Only two dead trees, surrounded by mushrooms, broke up the emptiness of the field.
    The owner couldn’t do anything with it, so he left it empty. My parents wouldn’t let me play over there. They called it trespassing. My friends called it something else.
    Spider Queen.
    They said the trees were the doorway to her cobweb kingdom. They said if you went between them she’d catch you up and eat you. No one ever found the kids who wandered into the Spider Queen’s home.
    We never played in the field, even though it would have been perfect for any game we could think of. But no one wanted to risk death, or worse, getting grounded. So we played in the streets and driveways and broke up games whenever a car drove through. And we n
Empty But Alivebreathing you in, october
i taste the numbing agents
even on the very surface
of your conspiracy, this
prepping of the patient
this unworking of the earth
sealing it as-is
hardening the sites
of future graves, forced shallow
not harvesting, just weakening
arranging late-year stacks
of blurry panic, while disabling
the defensive response
so much decline to wage
before the winter kills
october knows i'm a fool
for the dark underbreath
of its dead open air
the howl of the breeze
through its night fields, empty
but alive, and so very not empty
its rhythm of silence
between barks and calls
stalls my heart mid-beat
i used to pray for its engines
to restart, before it hit ground
but now i realize
that there is no floor
to this dream
and no bottom to this fall
Dia de los Muertos 2014 by Phatpuppyart-Studios Girls Night Out by JCCJ756
:thumb489794637: Ciara by Flobelebelebobele Silence by vampirekingdom Living DaylightsQuite simply,
he was there
until he wasn't.
Stuck in black within
the corners of my vision,
I found him staring
unwelcome
as I bent over the kitchen sink,
saying "Hail Mary"
and ignoring his shape
limp-crawling closer,
impossibly tall,
collapsing in on himself.
I could not place him
unless I found him centered
in my sight,
and though I tried,
he slipped consistently sideways
and forward.
Needle-fingers curling on the counter edge,
dead-minnow breath rattling soft.
Trembling, I shut my eyes
and felt his presence gone.
I can only keep my eyes closed
for so long.
HauntedOctober winds blow
Torment with scent of snow
Bedroom windows rattle
Closet specters leer and tattle
Cold bones creak
My many winters speak
Shadows dancing with the dead
I pull the blankets overhead.

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As the chains broke,tribute for Nick Stone. by Villenueve
Blue Crow by maccarta
Wolves, Love and Pincushions - PrologueHe’d always hated funerals, they were a reminder that hunting was not without its risks. Dominique bit down on his lower lip, daring a glance at his mother standing next to him. She hadn’t said much since they’d found his brother’s bloody clothing by the servants entrance. She hadn’t had to, it was clear enough what had happened to Augustin. Killed by a pack of wolves that they’d been sent out to deal with.
Dominique looked up and at Adele, seeing the tear track that streaked his mother’s face. Augustin had been her favorite, the one most like her in temperament and it was hard not to resent his older brother for it, even in death. Then again, maybe Adele’s upset was understandable, she’d lost a brother- two of them and a younger sister in the aftermath of a Scottish rebellion. Losing a son as well…
He tried to focus on what the priest was saying but his thoughts kept wandering, back to the night Augustin had died and the wolv
October GardenMy garden rambles through old vine tangles
Autumn ambles down afternoon's angles
Thorny brambles the old gate wrangles
Herbs in shambles, leaf-fall spangles
Up close mansion by TriZiana Happy Halloween!!! by Lantern-Tan:thumb487846476:
: raziel : by Bastard--Prince Freak Show by Celtica-Harmony Graveyard shift by TinaLouiseUk Kitty Freak by mashina That Innsmouth flavor by juhoham
Inhabitants by Designdivala The Mummer by JinxMim Maleficent by Ariel87 Cornered by PaperDreamerArt The Haunted House by Roy3D
The Rogue Titan by RedCoaster Dark fairy Queen by KateKatnisspage Immortality desires the mortality by ser1o Smoke-and-Mirrors by EnchantedWhispersArt Stock - Black and gold Vampire Queen Faun Demon 43 by S-T-A-R-gazer
Alone in the Dark by RoseCS Night Traveler by vampirekingdom Crow demon by LilifIlane - Princess of Dark: Ashlinea - by SandyLynx Angie by kapaike
Halloween! by aoki6311 Halloween Mood by APetruk:thumb483389276::thumb484028827: Happy Halloween by JenniferRenson
Halloween by gogo888 Nurse by DanDanDanTheMan

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Stunted by AbbeyMarie
No Light by naradjou14:thumb480429807:
Let Me In by shadeley

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Ashes to ashes by Vilk42
:thumb480342958: DEMON by MarquisAmonArt Migraine by eikoweb
Shtriga by CRaght:thumb482026473: On Her Bed Of Dead Leaves by KarahRobinson-Art .:Deathly Whisper:. by SummerDreams-Art Watch Out For The Ghouls During Halloween by illusorya

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Hand of Ghost by inshoo1:thumb54358975: Ghost by Tsabo6 GHOST OPERA by intano
Ghost Story by Phatpuppyart-Studios GhostGhost
i hold my own wrist,
as if it's broken,
'cause there are no hands,
available left to hold it.
to rest in the base
of your touch cannot happen.
it's much too tough to ask.
so i sit staring
into a blank field,
eyelids empty, 
body in reverie,
mind in ennui,
sick of you and i.
i love you
but hate i fell too
deep into the pool,
of what I thought was true.
5 feet, 5 inches,
brown locks,
spectacled eyes
once folded 
around my 5'7'' frame,
now left a shell.
my arms hold me,
as i clutch my abdomen,
and rest against the floor.
i lie there,
knowing the pain 
will finally stop
but aware,
that it's just beginning.
because the hardest
part about this,
is loving a ghost
that isn't dead in body,
but in your mind,
and you can't kill her,
no matter how much
you wanna take the gun
and pull the trigger.
so i let pellucid phantoms
perplex the crevices
of my intricate labyrinth.
and i let the apparition
fly around inside,
before it fades and dissipates,
just like the b
The Ghost of Emily WhiteThe cemetery never changed, or at least not very much.  The trees and hedges were trimmed every few years, and when Scott was six, they started turning off the water butts in the winter because the pipes froze, and so did the streams that the local boys used to make by overfilling the water butt at the top of the part that sloped.  The weather changed, of course, and the plants and the animals with it.  Sometimes a new grave was added.  When Scott was ten, his grandmother was buried there.
Sometimes he popped in to see her on the way home from school, just as he always used to.  He missed being able to see and hear her, but it wasn’t so bad, because he was sure he could feel her there.  He had always felt that way about the cemetery’s ghosts, ever since he could remember.
When he was learning to read, Scott used to like deciphering the names on the headstones.  When he fully understood how the system of years worked, he liked looking at the dates as well, the older the bett

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Thanks so much for the feature! sorry it took so long to say so, Happy halloween!