Beware the Werewolf

 

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“Run. Go ahead, run. I dare you!” 

YRS

What's Wrong With a Bit of Romance With Your Horror?

 

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“I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss.”

— Gomez

Oh, Yeah, We Do! Daily!

 

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“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”

 — Stephen King

Halloween is All About Imagining

 

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Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

But It's the Perfect Mask?

 

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“Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.”

— Ichabod Crane

Ghosts Scare Me the Most

 

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“Men say that in this midnight hour, the disembodied have power.”

— William Motherwell

I remember the night

I drove straight through

At two AM

I fought exhaustion.

So when a woman

flagged me down.

I stopped to assist.

A ride she wanted.

Then proceeded to share

how in a hurry she too

drove through the night.

She spoke of the sorrow her parents

would forever know.

Pull over, dear friend.

Don’t drive to exhaustion.

Arrive at your destination.

Don’t end up like me,

cursed to walk this road

a phantom of the night.

YRS

Please, Please - Don't Send in the Clowns

 

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“Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…”

 — Nicholas Gordon

Remember Johnny - He's Back!

 

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“A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night.”

 — J.M. Barrie

He's Alive, But I Don't Think He's Too Happy About It!

 

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“The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.”

— Mary Shelley

A Magical Halloween Moon

 

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“There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight.”

— Unknown

Have You Shared Your Darkest Dreams

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“I am all in a sea of wonders; I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

— Bram Stoker

“That’s why fiction is such fun!”

When the Winds Shout - Don't Answer

 

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“‘Tis the night—the night of the graves delight, and the warlocks are at their play; Ye think that without the wild winds shout, but no, it is they—it is they.”

— Arthur Cleveland Coxe

There's Always A Price When True Love is Involved

 

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“Do you believe in destiny? That even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose? That the luckiest man who walks on this earth is the one who finds…true love?” 

 — Dracula

“For him I might just accept the cost.

Yum, yum, yum.”

Dare to Venture into the Deep Dark Woods

 

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“Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing/Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

— Edgar Allen Poe

“I’m thinking those orange eyes are a clue.”

When The Moon Howls - Hide!

 

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“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”

— George Carlin

The Headless Horseman vs The Headless Cat Woman

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“That’s the problem. He was dead to begin with.”

— Ichabod Crane

“I’m not sure that’s her problem. Might be ours though.”

It's Halloween - Run, Definitely Run!

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“Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?”

— Shirley Jackson

It Wouldn't be Halloween Without Them!

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“When the witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ’tis near Halloween.”

— Unknown

What Better Month to Shine

 

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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

— L.M. Montgomery

Me Too!

Devil - Politician or Both

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“Hell is empty because all the devils are here.”

 — William Shakespeare

And they all reside in Washington, D.C. 

Some permanently, others only 

when the vote benefits them!

And some are literally 

the walking dead!

Smile - It's Halloween

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“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.”

 

— Robert Braul

OCTOBER 2026 - THE MONTH OF HALLOWEEN!

 

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“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup… O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!”

 – Rainbow Rowell

 

“October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.”

 – John Sinor

 

“October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness.”

 – Henry Ward Beecher

 

October is my favorite month.

And my Halloween Celebration begins tomorrow.