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Tags: murder, ghost, folklore, west-virginia

Perchta, the Winter Witch... or the Belly Splitter. Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: folklore, perchta

A review of Cambridge scholar Robert MacFarlane's eclectic mix of travelogue, history and personal examination based around an account of his walks in the wild places of the UK and other countries. Read More

Tags: history, england, folklore, walking

continued from Rivals, four unique individuals work to keep man and creature save from each other. They come across a dark cult that wishes to unleash a wicked demon on Japan. Read More

Tags: mythology, fighting, japan, folklore

The sequel to The Windigo and The Guard with all the characters from that team facing a threat of terrorism from wolf like creatures. Read More

Tags: canada, folklore

A nonfiction song lyric about the startling West Virginia trial when, in a very real sense, a "ghost" helped convict a murderer. Read More

Tags: murder, ghost, folklore, west-virginia

Short Story / Horror

April 15, 2020

Reads: 207

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Recalling of a sinister event. Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, folklore

Short Story / Horror

March 15, 2020

Reads: 235

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The The Imaginarium House

The following story is based on this prompt: Your main character is given an important heirloom, an item passed down for generations in their family. But it is cursed. Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, folklore, short-story, slavic-folklore

Poem / Poetry

February 29, 2020

Reads: 170

Comments: 1

The Poetic Dreamers House

A poem. Read More

Tags: poem, rhyme, christmas, folklore, long

Here are 14 pages of original poems with a unique rhyme and meter based on tales and folklore concerning historical figures. The poems represents the fruit of my studies as a History major at Worcester State University. From figures of monumental stature to lovers, warriors, heroes and villains, the poems,… Read More

Tags: history, folklore, cosmic

“Kaschey tales: Stories about death, dreams and other states of mind” - it is a book, written about borderline states of consciousness and the other side of being. Rulers of the Kingdom of the Dead, Kaschey and his wife, Kascheyeva zhena, roam the roads between life and death, where is… Read More

Tags: death, mind, consciousness, folklore, shamanism

I have spell checked this short story - about Wigan town in Roman times. Read More

Tags: fantasy, fun, gore, folklore

Short Story / Horror

October 20, 2019

Reads: 269

Comments: 6

Shelves: 4

The The Imaginarium House

Please note: this story will appear in the Imaginarium House Autumn/Halloween Collection in a few days time. Cover image: Jon Sailer on Unsplash. Read More

Tags: protection, folklore, pumpkin, threat, samhain

This story came about as part of a flirtation during a wonderful but brief romance. It began as silly banter, then took on a life of its own. It has the feel of folklore. I think it has the potential to be wonderful, but it's not quite right, just yet. Read More

Tags: folklore

This novella and our other novella, Dudes love fairies, will introduce readers to our new Dark Constellation series. Many mythical beings inhabit the world that the new Gods created for them but many wish to return to their old home and bring back the old Gods. There is some tie-in's… Read More

Tags: mythology, folklore, unicorns, fae, blood-drinkers

Short Story / Horror

June 13, 2019

Reads: 372

Comments: 6

Shelves: 2

The The Imaginarium House

Written for the Imaginarium prompt of 'desire'. Cover image: pixabay.com Read More

Tags: flash-fiction, folklore, superstition, imaginarium-house

Featured Review by AdamCarlton

"A kind of parable of the lumpen-underclass, voracious and uncontrolled, the ultimate horror for decent people. After us the deluge! Are we se..." Read More

A friendly snowman visits the village of Sundial... Read More

Tags: fable, folklore, short-story, fairy-tale

Teenagers Bill Dukes and his friend Warren Henry raiding Bill's Aunt Maude's grape arbor, were chased out by her. Afterward, they witnessed two other of Bill's aunts set afire an outhouse the Mayor of Hinesville had erected too close to their property downtown, the mayor inside. The ramifications prove severe… Read More

Tags: drama, folklore, comical

This is a piece that I wrote while living in a remote area of Vermont, USA. Read More

Tags: nature, prose, folklore

Short Story / Humor

March 16, 2019

Reads: 314

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

4 guys on a humorous mythological adventure Read More

Tags: adventure, folklore, celtic-mythology

Poem / Poetry

March 10, 2019

Reads: 309

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Persephone and Hades' story is one of my favourites in Greek Mythology, and I just had to write something for her. Cover art © by Alexandria Huntington Read More

Tags: mythology, greek, folklore, goddess, persephone

A mad game of chance and a doomed ship's crew. Read More

Tags: fantasy, pirates, folklore

Short Story / Horror

September 18, 2018

Reads: 555

Comments: 6

Shelves: 5

The The Imaginarium House

It's just a story right? that within twenty-four hours of being touched by a black feather, you are dead! Read More

Tags: halloween, girl, distress, folklore, ghost-story

Poem / Other

August 17, 2018

Reads: 424

Comments: 10

Shelves: 4

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: folklore, crows, roses, morrigan

One of my first stories for my new book about the folklore of the North York Moors, please leave feedback! Read More

Tags: folklore, project, short-stories

I just moved in, already things are weird... Read More

Tags: horror, mystery, folklore

Book / Horror

March 15, 2018

Reads: 2436

Comments: 33

Shelves: 2

The The Imaginarium House

Choill Dubh is 'Black Forest' in Irish. Read More

Tags: creepy, trees, folklore, atmospheric

Kayla Winston is a 23 year old film student who has a fateful encounter with a bizarre being one night. She finds a stone that holds a mysterious power that will change the lives of Kayla and her best friend Kaya as they undergo a surreal and transformative journey.… Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, weird, folklore, female-protagonist

Short Story / Literary Fiction

February 12, 2018

Reads: 521

Comments: 7

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: myth, folklore, marshes

When you are growing up, you believe stories told you, but don't really know why, but then as you get older realize some of these stories may sometimes be true, like this Indiana folkloric story of the Blue Hole. Read More

Tags: fear, growing-up, folklore, believing

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