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Book / Horror

June 08, 2018

Reads: 13

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

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

Tags: horror, mystery, folklore

Book / Horror

March 15, 2018

Reads: 401

Comments: 29

Shelves: 3

The The Imaginarium House

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

Tags: creepy, trees, folklore, atmospheric

Book / Fantasy

March 09, 2018

Reads: 54

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

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: 56

Comments: 7

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: myth, folklore, marshes

Short Story / Non-Fiction

February 01, 2018

Reads: 81

Shelves: 1

The Two Rivers House

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

Short Story / Other

November 06, 2017

Reads: 88

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A short glimpse into a forgotten world. (Based off of British legends and folklore) Read More

Tags: folklore, legends, descriptive, serene, quick

Everyone has heard the song "Long Black Veil" before. It's one of the great folk songs from Appalachia that was further popularized in the 60's folk music scene. I know this song best not by Joan Baez or Johnny Cash, I've heard this song sung by mother… Read More

Tags: folklore, kentucky, long-black-veil

Short Story / Other

October 08, 2017

Reads: 161

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a person handed down by word of mouth. A genre that is widely held, but false and based on unsubstantiated beliefs. Read More

Tags: illusion, folklore, bipolar, prompt, creative-writing

Book / Fantasy

March 15, 2017

Reads: 187

Comments: 1

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

This is a Japanese folklore inspired fantasy fiction. Read More

Tags: mythology, folklore

The river folds into a forest today, at the brink of noon. Seth finds a note in his pocket with these words scrawled on it, and naturally, he has to go looking for answers. Read More

Tags: love, fantasy, humor, romance, folklore

Book / Children Stories

December 16, 2016

Reads: 174

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: horror, mystery, folklore

Short Story / Horror

November 02, 2016

Reads: 4386

Comments: 29

Shelves: 15

The Booksie Classic House

FIRST PLACE WINNER in 4thewords Fire Legends of Gantsu Writing Contest! (Official Booksie contest sponsored by 4thewords.com) The Beast of Stone manage to attain first place from out of 50 contestants, granting me the reward of "1st Place: $100 + 1 Year Subscription on 4thewords.com" ! Read more from the… Read More

Tags: horror, competition, folklore, campfire, the-beast-of-stone

Short Story / Horror

October 28, 2016

Reads: 262

Comments: 11

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

The Wild Hunt is featured in the folklore of lots of different countries, this story is based on the Welsh version. Read More

Tags: folklore, the-wild-hunt

This is a legend by my people. Read More

Tags: legend, folklore

Short Story / Horror

September 21, 2015

Reads: 498

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Local legend has it that there's something sinister lurking about the ruins of Old Lystra Church. A youth named Porter has been challenged to conjure it as a rite of passage to prove his maturity to his older brother and friends. But some legends should remain fiction... Read More

Tags: horror, folklore, ghost_story, based_on_a_true_story

Poem / Poetry

August 11, 2015

Reads: 136

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Urban folklore about the devil. Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, urban, devil, folklore, city, dystopia, the_devil

A brief overview both historical and actual of the pyrotechnic passion of the Maltese for firework displays. Read More

Tags: history, folklore, celebrations, saints, fireworks, malta, maltese, pyrotechnicians

Book / Fantasy

June 11, 2015

Reads: 1173

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Serenity just wants to find a good, wealthy husband to take care of her. Instead, she finds herself prisoner of an immortal man in a world far different from her own. Serenity makes choices that affect the future of this strange world. In the end, she unknowingly helps to create… Read More

Tags: fantasy, mythology, folklore, prequel, ilmarinen

Edin is a simple man. He follows the rules put forth by the gods of Ilmarinen. When he meets a mysterious woman, Edin begins to make choices that affect the future of his world. He unknowingly helps to create a prophecy that will change everything. It is the beginning of… Read More

Tags: fantasy, mythology, folklore, prequel, ilmarinen

Book / Fantasy

June 11, 2015

Reads: 170

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Altana Burrows has always been special. She’s smart, talented, and quick to learn. She also has a secret, and whenever she tries to tell anyone about it—her friends, her family, the school psychiatrist—they accuse her of letting her imagination run away with her. They don’t believe her. They don’t understand.… Read More

Tags: fantasy, adult, mythology, young, folklore

The story of how Paul Bunyan solved the problem of Nuclear Waste and fixed Global Warming at the same time. Read More

Tags: american, blue, army, folklore, global, warming, waste, nuclear, paul, babe, bunyan, ox

Short Story / Other

March 03, 2015

Reads: 97

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

If you had a wish, what would it be? Read More

Tags: others, folklore

About a girl who finds out of her real father that she is an Imaginus. she finds out that she has the fate of their race and the world in her hands and the only person to accompany her on the way is her horse which she soon finds out… Read More

Tags: fantasy, teen, romance, adult, magic, mystery, adventure, action, folklore, unicorn, pegasus

Book / Fantasy

October 23, 2014

Reads: 492

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? The Hoods are a long bloodline of Red Wardens. They're are sworn to protect the Western Woods, the home of the infamous Jack Frost. But somewhere along the line, the dedication faded, Jack Frost became nothing more than a bedtime story, and darkness… Read More

Tags: magic, folklore, fairy_tale, jack_frost

"Poisoned baklava" A story excerpted from: The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero ©2011 by Ron J. Suresha Lethe Press, 2011 See more excerpted stories at: http://www.mullahnasruddin.com Read More

Tags: humor, stories, folklore, jokes, folk, turkish

A collection of folklore-based, but original stories Read More

Tags: writing, creative, stories, literature, folklore

Book / Science Fiction

September 15, 2014

Reads: 178

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Her mother taught her better than to pick up hitchhikers, but there's just something about him that sparks her curiosity. What's the worst that could happen? Read More

Tags: paranormal, mystery, action, folklore, native_american

Book / Romance

August 08, 2014

Reads: 908

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Celtic legends collide with modern sensibilities and style in this contemporary gothic tale. Sarah MacAlpin has always felt like an outsider. Raised by her Scottish grandmother deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Sarah grew up with one foot in the old world and one foot in the new world. Her… Read More

Tags: legend, folklore, celtic, scotland, moonshine, scottish, appalachia, tarheel, scot, chapel_hill, folksong

The Third Race In the Beginning, God created the angels and the humans, but what if there was a third race? A race which had been cursed? Elocin finds herself dragged into a new world which she does not quite understand. She has been forced into the front lines of… Read More

Tags: war, adventure, mythology, heaven, supernatural, folklore, fairytales, djinn

Once upon a time, there were two countries along the sea. They were always fighting over the border. One day, a person suggested to pick up a dog from each country and let them fight... rural traditional story, 354 words. Read More

Tags: fiction, story, legend, dogs, rural, japan, historical, folklore, country, traditional, border

Booksie 2018 Poetry Contest

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