Shrieks and Thrills and October Chills
Meet us at the door
The Moon holds Sway
Over Mind’s own Play
And the Raven creeks,
“Nevermore”
RC 2010
The house next door to us has been vacant for awhile now. I’ve become accustomed to not having to worry about closing the blinds at night even if I happen to be wearing…well,not much.
As I was passing through the living room a few nights ago I caught a glimpse of someone walking down the pathway on the side of our house. Startled, I jumped back behind a doorway because this was one of those times I was wearing “not much”.
My partner, noticing my odd behavior, gave me a quizzical look. I mentioned that I saw someone in our yard. I went on to describe a short statured male with light-colored hair.
“Sigh, I was hoping you wouldn’t notice,” he said. “There’s been a traveler checking out the place next door for the past week or so; I just haven’t had the energy to deal with him yet.”
I knew then that he had understood—we weren’t talking about a person.
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A Ponderance of Things 
October 27, 2010 at 6:40 am
I don’t know that anything creepy has ever actually happened around me…but that doesn’t keep me from IMAGINING creepy stuff.
When I was around 10 years old, there was a paint spill on my bedroom window that looked exactly like a ghost, complete with two empty eye sockets. I had a friend spending the night, and I scared her so bad, talking about the paint/ghost on the window, that she crawled into bed with me and we didn’t sleep the entire night. She also didn’t spend the night with me again!
No surprise why I grew up to be a writer, huh? 🙂
October 27, 2010 at 12:12 pm
HA! Reminds me of a shadow I had on my wall once. My poor Dad moved all my furniture around trying to get it to go away.