also called A Summer’s End -a short story: Megan looked over the last of the Black -eyed Susans glowing in the morning sun. It was time to lock up the summer cottage forever, she thought. Something happened yesterday that had confirmed all her old fears and misgivings about the place. Some years before she had…
Category: Haunted Tales
Happy Hauntings! The Custodian’s Tale
I wish you all a Happy Halloween or Samhain. I hope you have left an offering at the crossroads and may all saints and all souls be blessed. I managed a little haunting for the occasion ( story) and then another haunted tale The Custodian ( or Crypt Keeper) Mr. Wharton wearily made his…
The Last Witch of Scotland
People often walk by the place where I died. I have no grave, but only a stone to mark the spot where I met my fate. It still stands at the foot of someone’s private garden. There is no name on it, just a date, and I might add, an erroneous one. I did not…
A Summer of monochrome and fairy lore
my submission to Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness (4-9) this week was this lovely butterfly at one of my hanging baskets. I had no idea that internet connection might be a problem from time to time when you live outside of town!! but that means I actually get to go out more! and when days are…
Ghost Stories of Old Victoria
Old Chinatown. (In the spirit of Ed Mooney’s wonderful ghost stories and history challenges, here is a little local history. ) Fort Victoria was one of the last outposts of the British Empire (established by the Hudson’s Bay Fur Trading Company), and as with all frontier towns had its’ share of colorful characters and lawlessness. At…
The Swan Maiden’s Tale
I have not been inspired much lately but here is a swan snippet that popped into my beleaguered brain. The images were taken at Hatley Castle’s lagoon in late summer, and after playing with textures and Photoshop edits, a fragment of story emerged.This might be a continuation of one of the chapters of Tales of the Tuatha where Niamh met…
The Siren’s Bones (Chapter 8)
We have come to the end and again thank you all so much for your following of the tale and for your great responses all the way through. It was a difficult ending for me and a bit of an agony but I had to let it go so here it is! see The Siren’s…
The Siren’s Bones (chapter 7)
(previous chapters one through six are on menu header) Part one The day after Muireal’s disappearance the bodies of two young men washed up on the shore. A small boat had apparently overturned out on the loch. A third man had managed to make it to shore. It had been Alasdair. The news of this tragedy overshadowed Fiona’s…
the runes of the gatekeeper's daughter- dedicated to Nick 