A Warped Witch I Be You're absolutely right. It is sticker shock. What I bought I thought wouldn't be enough. So I ordered this time from Amazon another bag to be delivered ASAP on Friday. I hope they make it in time. Otherwise, if I run out, kids will be getting home-made cookies.
Spiderman! So cute!
And thanks for reading.
I have only one bag of candy this year from Amazon. I'll get more probably tomorrow or the day after when I do my food shopping. I'm hoping the lines won't be too busy.
I think my grandson has a costume that will still fit - the boy loves his Spiderman! I've also put off buying a few bags of candy about as long as is prudent. I'm not sure the prices of the remaining bags go up appreciably, but the length of the lines at the stores sure do!
The writer values the horror genre for addressing tough themes, but she dislikes it for remaining unhappy. Her first scary story was "Jack and the Beanstalk", sparking a fear of the dark. She prefers stories with meaningful lessons, favouring "The Phantom of the Opera".
I really enjoy horror as a genre in general... when it's well done. I don't find jump scares (in movies) or gratuitous gore and gross-outs particularly appealing, but if it's psychological horror, supernatural horror, etc. I'm a lot more interested.
Stephen King's writing I wouldn't say is total horror because many people say it's more psychological suspense, thriller, fantasy, or crime fiction. I like that books can be in multiple genres.
I do like horror in some versions like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Bram Stoker's Dracula, think about it even some of Poe's writing was considered to be in horror genre and I love his writing.
I enjoyed Psycho because Alfred Hitchcock was an interesting director and this was hailed as a huge success. I read the book Psycho by Robert Bloch and I found it okay but seeing it on the screen was much better.
Slasher movies, they're not interesting to me because the goal is to simply scare without a plot beyond that.
I don't like evil stepmothers. Poor Cinderella and Snow White. Phantom of the Opera. I felt sorry for him. We do need horror. I won't write it. I will let Stephen King do that. Good entry
Prompt:
Take any cliche and subvert it to bring it alive again in a poem or a blog entry.
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Bag of Bones
They said, "This baby, a bag of bones!"
and rattled, "She may not even throw stones"
a bag of bones, where my shadow lies
World War II, macabre with gray skies.
But dreams I've built and spells I've cast,
I charted my course, battled the past.
Alas, today, other lines are drawn,
fears of war wail from dusk to dawn.
Although people speak in whispers low,
in death's embrace, demons can grow.
So, this bag of bones sways and waits...
as, just one click, next war dictates.
Such a shame it is, to undo the seams!
Or let's mend the world, guard our dreams?
I hold my breath and hear the moans
and warnings from all bags of bones.
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