THE LAST DAY FOR BLOODCURDLING SCREAMS AND THE BIZARRE

THE HOLIDAY SERIES
OCTOBER a month of BLOODCURDLING SCREAMS and THE BIZARRE

Thank you for joining me for the OCTOBER chapter of THE HOLIDAY SERIES by KM Wilsher.
Join me in NOVEMBER a month of gratefulness.

Have fun tonight, All Hallow’s Eve, and be safe.
Are you dressing up?
Do tell! What you are dressing up as --- how about your kids!
I am dressing as a Goth Elf for the party tonight. . .with the elf ears and cape and everything. My niece is Snow White.

See you in a few days.

Your favorite horrific, creepy bad guy

THE HOLIDAY SERIES
OCTOBER a month of BLOODCURDLING SCREAMS and THE BIZARRE

Who is your favorite creepy guy of the big screen?
Mine:
Doctor Crane from Batman Begins











Who is your favorite horrific guy in print?
Mine:
Severus Snape from Harry Potter

















Tell me about your horrific characters. Do you have any creepy guys in your Tale inProgress?


Mine:
From my sword and sorcery story, COBRA CUTLASS: Sorceress Evixen Mosk – A Beyta demon from the depths of an Euvel cave.
















From my sci-fi tale, REMNANTS: Gnuid – Captain of the Guard for two kingdoms, loyal to neither.

A GHOST STORY by KM Wilsher

THE HOLIDAY SERIES
OCTOBER a month of BLOODCURDLING SCREAMS and THE BIZARRE

A GHOST STORY by KM Wilsher

One summer night I watched a spine-chilling, horror film with a friend, and then drove home.

On the drive home, I laughed. Okay, I squealed like a baby. Zombie hitchhikers turned out to be trees, and glowing goblins reached out. Oh no, just road signs.

Then as I arrived in the driveway, my headlights twinkled through dark windows. I ground my teeth together and moaned, NO KEY! My roomate should have been home, but the absence of her car said she wasn’t.

The house my friend and I rented that summer sat in the middle of an eerie neighborhood. No neighbors. I mean, the 1930’s-style homes showed signs of inhabitants -- lawn chairs, live plants, garden hoses -- but no humans. Not once that summer did we see humans.

The spooky movie night was no different. From the driver’s seat of my muscle car, it's engine vibrating with a low rumble, I looked around -- Nothing stirred, except the light flickering in the one streetlight in a four block radius.

I was young and brave, a warrior princess chewing on my fingernails. I formulated a plan to “break and enter” my own home, then got out of the car and crept through the cool, ink-colored air searching the four sides of the house for an open window. The soundtrack of the scary movie earlier tickled the back of my mind causing my heart to beat faster and faster.

Then I couldn’t take it any longer. With a sudden snap, the warrior in me turned into white liver pansy. Panic mode turned on and I flexed my muscles to run. But before I hit full speed, something caught my eye. I noticed that the glass of the dining room window stood open just a little.

After composing my shaking innards, I took a deep breath and strolled through the flower bed. I had a hard time, but eventually the screen came off. Then with raw fingers, I lifted the pane. Proud of myself, I brushed my hands off and looked around. Shadows moved.

I took a quick step near the house, threw my hands on the ledge, and pulled my body into the window sill. While climbing through, balancing became tricky. I fell head over heels into the dining room table, and hit the floor with a thud. The impact caused the dishes on the side of the old metal sink to fall into the basin. Not knowing what had happened, images of séances and pentangles from the creepy movie filled my mind and I screamed.

My heart spasmed into a hypersonic rhythm, and I tried to throw my body back out the window. Again the shriek of the spooky movie orchestra filled my mind, and I froze, stupified, as a sudden brightness blinded me. The kitchen light flickered then blazed down into my eyes.

I blinked hard and pressed my fingers to my eyes. Once I focused, I discovered my roommate standing at the dining room door with a baseball bat in hand. Her eyes were as wide as Frisbees, her jaw hung open and her chest heaved.

Needless to say, within seconds we burst into sobbing laughter at our frightnight, impromptu, haunted house. I warned her not to loan her car to her boyfriend. At least not on the same nights as horror flicks. She warned me to give up breaking and entering, even if it was a place I paid rent.

I will say, that is one of the scariest things that ever happened to me!

How about you? Got any ghost stories?

MOVIE MONDAY the HOLIDAY SERIES

October the month for bloodcurdling screams and the bizarre
Movie Monday on the Holiday Series
HALLOWEEN WEEK

What movie chilled you to the bones? Turned your world upside down? Had you hanging on for dear life? Did you approach it on purpose?

The house of my youth had a ginormous lower level.

(gi•nor•mous Pronunciation: \jī-ˈnȯr-məs\
Function: adjective Etymology: gigantic + enormous
Date: circa 1948 : extremely large : HUMONGOUS)

It was easy to sneak down the stairs while everyone lay sleeping. One night, on the small television sitting near the sliding glass door, my cousins tuned into THE EXORCIST. We were 10-12 years old. I imagine we didn’t watch the whole thing, but it scared me senseless. I had nightmares for years. It is hands down the scariest thing I have ever seen.

What about you? Share with us the most terrifying movie you have ever seen?

THE PHOENIX RATTLER - DOES YOUR STORY HAVE BITE?

THE HOLIDAY SERIES
OCTOBER the month for
BLOODCURDLING SCREAMS AND THE BIZARRE

THE PHOENIX RATTLER - DOES YOUR STORY HAVE BITE?

The Fantasy catagory has some awesome editors and authors. This is a reminder to all Fantasy/Sci Fi/Allegory/Speculative writers (The Rattler has other catagories too, so tell your friends) You have just over 2 weeks until the deadline!



All right, here is a call out to all you awesome writers who love to compete; and who also love getting your name in front of published writers, agents, editors, and publishers.

CHRISTIAN WRITERS OF THE WEST(CWOW) the Arizona chapter of AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FICTION WRITERS (ACFW)is throwing a contest you cannot miss! The deadline is October 31st 2009 and the results will be posted in February 2010, (just in time to work on the parts of your story you received comments on and enter other contests in the spring.) The contest entitled, THE PHOENIX RATTLER - DOES YOUR STORY HAVE BITE?, includes great catagories, great published authors, and great final round judges.

CLICK HERE FOR: THE PHOENIX RATTLER - DOES YOUR STORY HAVE BITE? and click on the snake.

CLICK HERE TO READ LYNN RUSH'S BLOG (Find out what a contest can do for your writing.)

NOTE: All verifiable entries submitted by October 24, 2009 12:00 a.m. MST will receive a $1 rebate returned from their $20 entry fee from me, KM Wilsher. READ THE RULES:

To receive your $1 off, you must first go to CWOW, click on the snake, and follow the directions to enter. All steps on that site must be complete. Then, second, you must then come back here and leave a comment letting me know you've entered. I'll verify and mail you your $1 rebate!!!

Let the games begin!