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Who’d be a politician? – reviled, however hard they tend to their constituents’ needs, and pompousness discard. … Would you have stood aright? …

‘Ok, so were looking for gold and money, ok?’ ‘Where are we looking?’ he asks. ‘That’s a very good question!’ ‘Why not start in her bedroom!’ Zach...

(1972) The grotesque pointed teeth and eye sockets were slowly taking shape as Dad carved carefully at the turnip, scattering pieces of it all over...

Given our cramped living circumstances, it was something of a surprise to return from afternoon teaching to find an unfamiliar man sat on the sofa...

Halloween Night By Paul McCann . Halloween is when I walked unseen around the street , knocking doors dressed up like a ghost underneath a sheet ,...

Time. Seriously, England needs to Stop messing about with the time. It as a serious affect on my dyslexia, I don’t know if I’m coming or going. My...

I am trying to write a ghost story every month. Here is a grisly one for Halloween.

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (The tale of the Headless Horseman) is a ghost story set in Upstate New York in the town of Sleepy Hollow. It was written in 1820 by Washington Irving who lived there. The story has been depicted in plays, movies and even in Disney’s memorable cartoon form. I had visited this area when I was in New York and during Halloween the town does do justice to its legend...this sparked a story for me and what follows is a short story spun from that visit...I hope you enjoy it.

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] People laugh at fear of sprites, ghosts or ghouls, and all such frights … do they ever really wonder is...