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I have been wanting to do this for a long time! Okay, so as it is Halloween and all things spoooooky are in order, I thought I'd share some original fiction I wrote about three years ago. I like writing horror a lot, and when I write outside of fandom it's my comfort zone, so to speak. I love to do with words what artists like Emily Carroll manage in pictures. Sometimes I even manage it within fandom, although that's rare! re-reading it, I still think this short story is pretty good. I don't think I've ever really matched this again, so it's nice to put it out here and share it with all of you.

The poem is 'Saturday Market' by Charlotte Mew. I have omitted the second stanza for brevity.

Bury your heart in some deep green hollow

Or hide it up in a kind old tree;

Better still, give it the swallow

When she goes over the sea.

 

( They call it Abbott's Water )

Another origfic_bingo prompt, this time 'posession/mind control', though it could also be 'fairy tales/folklore/mythology'.

( I always found Ariel vaguely creepy... )

Well, after that I think you guys deserve something more regular! Here's something I wrote for origfic_bingo that doesn't quite fit into any of the categories any more. Consider it a 'teaser trailer' for one of my original universes- if you like this, you'll probably like what I post at the end of the month!

( From the New Nottingham News, 1894 )