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castle, Ghost, ghostwriter, Halloween, humor, paranormal, writing
The Castle Ghost—A Cautionary Short Halloween Story for Writers
The Releaser’s chalk scraped the stone floors as she etched the complex runes. While mist solidified into a ghostly man clutching a sheaf of papers, she poured salt to complete the binding circle and intoned the formal Release.
“No, I couldn’t possibly leave until I’m done with my Book,” the ghost moaned. “I’m rewriting Chapter Four, Sixteen needs a complete replacement, and I’m just not at all sure about Thirty-One…”
Ghost Writers. They were the worst. The Releaser sighed and pricked her finger. Reaching for his ghostly manuscript, she wrote two words in blood. “The End.”
The ghost sighed, “Thannnnnkkkk…”
“Is he gone?” The castle’s new owner stood to the side, open laptop ready. “Because I’m on a deadline here and I have to get another twenty-thousand words to my editor.”
The Releaser paused as she was about to wipe off the runes and shrugged. She’d be back.
beth said:
Love the ghost writer- Happy Halloween 🎃!
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barbtaub said:
That’s going to be me one of these days!
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SD Gates said:
Ah – writers – they never give up, apparently not even in death.
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barbtaub said:
Sometimes it kills you to stop…
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Lynette d'Arty-Cross said:
That’s a great story – I really enjoyed it. 🎃
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barbtaub said:
Thanks! Happy Halloween.
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Darlene said:
A good one!! Happy Halloween.
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barbtaub said:
Thank you! Hope your Halloween was appropriately scary. We watched the most terrifying thing on TV—election coverage. [shudders]
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Darlene said:
And we watched Boris Johnson´s lockdown announcement, equally as scary!
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barbtaub said:
Right!
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Eileen said:
Good one….could relate.
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barbtaub said:
Am I going to have to come over there and write “The End” on something?
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catterel said:
Perfect!
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barbtaub said:
Thanks so much! 😘
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alexcraigie said:
Wicked!
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barbtaub said:
Thanks Alex!
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Jennie said:
Haha!
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