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R. Chetwynd-Hayes (selector) - The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories - Fontana - 1975
#witches#ghosts#occult#vintage#the ninth fontana book#great ghost stories#fontana books#r. chetwynd-hayes#1975#from beyond the veil
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Joseph Lewis French, (editor) - Great Ghost Stories (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926).
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When a non-horror game has a horror section, I often find it a little more effective or memorable than a full-on horror title's horror, in a way. I think that's because, for characters in fiction, they usually don't know they're about to experience a horror story, so they aren't mentally prepared at all. As the audience, we know that when we boot up Silent Hill, we're gonna see some scary stuff and can mentally prepare accordingly. But when some innocuous children's platformer or RPG or whatever suddenly throws genuine horror elements at me, I'm taken out of my comfort zone much more roughly since I don't expect it at all.
I think that's neat :>
#Fallout has some great examples of this#A Hat in Time and Rayman as well#the Zelda series of course#One of the most fun uses of this trope to me is in games with sidequests#Where you're send to some location that might be kinda suspicious#maybe sent to get an item or look for someone who got lost#and Oops! The places is Haunted by Actual Ghosts!#An until now unknown element of this world!#That's so fun#you get to feel just like some investigative journalist or whatever from a horror story#who has no idea what they're about to get into
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Fall of the House of Usher has everything, tbh. Seven Deadly Sins family. Everyone’s queer. No one has a moral compass. Nightmare goblin energy everywhere. The most grotesque deaths you’ve ever seen. Hilarious snark. The hottest women in the world. Carla Gugino in fifteen different wigs. Violent lesbians. Cats coming out on top. Cool tattoos. Orgiastic vibes. Katie Parker being Just A Lady, for once. Terrific hair. A granddaughter who takes no shit. Intimacy issues galore. Storytime. Storytime. Storytime.
#the fall of the house of usher#the fall of the house of usher spoilers#tfothou spoilers#it somehow manages to be the least and most Flanagan thing at the same time#everyone’s awful but what are ghosts? guilt. grief. a wish. a dream. penance.#everyone sucks ass but what is the most important thing we can do for each other? listen. tell stories. immortalize through words.#the seven deadly sins of it all is so great#the denouncing of capitalism and greed is so great#it won’t live in my chest for two years like the haunting anthology but it was super fun and I’ll be thinking about it for a while
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If pokemon wont give me bea and allister siblingisms ill just make it MYSELF
#siblignsf…… real#art tag#pokemon#pokemon swsh#gym leader bea#gym leader allister#started thinking abt leon/sonia/nessa/raihan/piers friend group while drawing this theyre all great#or polycule. either or#i think all the version exclusive gym leaders has their own found family going on#besides the literal family#melony definitely spoils bea and allister and i think gordie babysits and acts like a cool older brother to them both#raihan babysat allister once and got him addicted to subway surfers and mr beast and bea hasnt let him near allister since#all of the swsh gym leaders are just one big family when u think abt it#bea reads allister bedtime stories but the stories allister suggests are infinitely more horrifying than bea can handle#in allisters concept art theres a part that maybe suggests beas scared of ghosts. i like that i think its funny. have u seen ur brother#i could make a whole post abt these two i bet anyway. i need to wak eup at 6am tmrw. gootnighth :>
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I’ve been getting really into magical stuff recently and also DC so I’m just gonna drop this here:
Fae Dick Grayson
F A E
okay so fae stories are special to me because I grew up on hearing pagan folklore and fairytales about fae and fae adjacent creatures as good night stories so hooo boy yes I adore that trope! (I mean, I made Dick a Banshee in my fic Shuck so… hehe)
Anyway, Fae Dick Grayson! There’s just so many things you can do with it ✨
Robin appears from one day to the next, following in Batman’s shadow like a mischievous sprite, so honestly rumors have been going wild about him since day one. Robin actually being something non-human doesn’t really come as a surprise!
The fae folk are known for being awfully good at blending in with regular humans when they put their mind to it, the only thing that puts them apart (in most stories) is their otherworldly beauty, and Dick Grayson? Well, he’s definitely got that in abundance.
Just sometimes, when the light reflects off a surface in just the right way, when someone pours a glass of water and you happen to look right through the spray, or when you think you catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of your eye and you spin around— but there’s only Dick Grayson, even if a second ago you could have sworn you saw eyes where there weren’t supposed to be any; colors that aren’t supposed to exist; feathers where only skin has any right to be.
And, gods, all the talking. Dick is terrifyingly good at talking to people without actually saying anything, to the point where you walk away from the conversation feeling utterly drained after spilling your entire life story but when you think back on it— you can’t remember him ever telling you anything about himself. You know there were the usual pleasantries of “hi” and “nice to meet you” and “how are you doing?” but anything beyond that just kinda… seemed to spill out of you? It’s very strange. It’s very unnerving. By the end of the evening you other convince yourself you’re overreacting or you simply push the incident out of your mind altogether.
And there’s another thing about Dick. His name.
He only ever introduces himself as Dick Grayson/Robin. Never Richard. Never. Especially not Richard John. Names are sacred for the fae folk, names have power, so while Richard John Grayson may not be Dick’s true name, he treats it as such to honor his parents. None are allowed to use it. None except Bruce or Alfred on special occasion.
Of course, Dick’s “true” name isn’t exactly a secret so when someone does happen to use it… well, Dick may be… other… but he’s still intrinsically good in a way many of his kind don’t have the patience to be. Dick judges on a case by case basis, just like his parents and Bruce taught him. And usually people do not mean it maliciously when they use his name so he kindly corrects them and that’s that. But oh man, if they still insist on calling him “Richard”? Well..
“Oh no, it seems your credit card is being declined, sir!”
“Sheesh, you tripped over a root? In Gotham?!”
“What do you mean ten birds flew into your window last night? You live on floor level!”
“Dude I’m telling you that rash doesn’t look normal.”
“I… don’t think crows are supposed to follow you like that.”
It’s little things (most of the time, unless you really pissed Dick off) but they keep piling up, slowly driving you insane. You feel like you’re being watched, but it’s just a bird sitting on the window sill again. You feel like someone moved all your furniture just slightly to the right even tho you checked all the cameras.
The fae are kind, but they are also vindictive when crossed.
(Thanks to Bruce, however, I think Dick’s bouts of “vengeance” rarely go much farther than that though.)
Dang ok that ended up being an entire rant… wow. Anyway, yeah. Fae.
#look growing up in the middle of the woods just does something to you#my entire family told us tales about the creatures in the woods#looking back on it now a lot of them were fairly creepy#but my cousin and I always went looking for the one who ‘swayed the trees’#there’s not a good translation for it but it sounds pretty cool in my language#and also slightly gruesome#double meaning and all that#then again our idea of fun was traipsing into the moors and finding ways through it without getting stuck so idk#wow ok that reads like a bit of a horror story but I swear it was great#anyway#ghost talks#fae dick Grayson#dick grayson#nightwing#Robin
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Freddie Fox as Edward Bellingham in Lot No. 249 [A Ghost Story for Christmas, d: Mark Gatiss, 2023]
#freddie fox#lot no. 249#mark gatiss#ok so I know freddie is like the obvious choice whenever you need someone louche or weasely or twinky or ambiguous or sly#but it doesn't mean he isn't great anyway#also he is now getting old enough that he's growing into having a more interesting face I mean he looks TREMENDOUS here#how has mark gatiss not done dorian gray with freddie yet? I mean yes OBVIOUS but also it would be GREAT before he's too old#anyway yeah this is the best of the gatiss ghost stories#and I think a lot of that is because m r james is so hard to translate to the screen#my wee gifs
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We should totally start a soapghost fic google doc (or something) that several writers have access to
The idea is that everyone has to work together to make a (semi) cohesive story. Anyone could add anything or change (enhance) wording, but couldn't erase or discredit anyone else's writing (probably differentiate using font colors)
The catch is that everyone has to communicate via only the comments feature, no calls or anything.
Edit: check the reblogs, yall :)
#honestly this is a genius idea#by me#but I don't know how this would work#is anyone even interested in this?#probably not#it's probably just me#but I can only imagine how great the story would be#AND we could be our own beta readers#fanfic writing#writing#writing ideas#fanfic#call of duty fanfiction#simon ghost riley#john soap mactavish#ghostsoap#soapghost#call of duty#cod#cod mw2#el rambles
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My heart keeps finding new ways to break and sympathy-panic for Jonathan with today’s entry. Because, God. God. How could he ever have expected this? How could he ever have prepared for anything like this?
He was just on a business trip. His very first. Important, certainly! For his future, for his mentor, for his life with Mina. But now, somehow, his entire life has been broken at the neck and detoured down into this impossible scenario ripped from a sordid penny dreadful. Even as he plans and prays and tries to keep a stranglehold on his sanity and hope, the thought has to be there:
“This is it for me. This is really it. I’ll never see Mina again. I am going to live out the rest of my life here, in this cold stone box with all its monsters. I am going to be used and preyed upon by an inhuman Thing that used to be a client and is now my owner.”
(This man belongs to me.)
“I am going to have every last comfort and freedom and choice stripped away by him. I am going to be handed over to three demons with women’s faces to be used as a living winepress. I am going to die. And there are very good, very horrifying odds that death will not free me.”
(Yes, I too can love.)
Yes, he loves. And he keeps all the ones he’s loved before bound in this castle like his personal dragon’s hoard.
Jonathan will try, of course. He’ll do everything he can to try and escape. To live. To beat the nightmare or at least hold off its climax until maybe, please God, he can wake up safe and away and in Mina’s arms.
But the thought is there. The rational, odds-figuring thought that, in this scenario, every single factor is stacked against him on a supernatural level. And his hope will likely drain from him long before the blood does.
#weeping wailing and howling over my good friend Jonathan Harker#he just wanted to do a good job!#he wanted to make his mentor proud and take his first big step toward a foundation that he and Mina could get married with!#he wanted to bring home recipes and ghost stories and all the details of a great trip to Mina!#that's it! that's all!#and now this#jonathan harker#dracula#re: dracula#dracula daily
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Eis accepted her new life and found balance once again. It’s nice to have Flo around, and she and Sleeps went back to their normal routine in no time :)
#since flo's a ghost he helps around 24/7#literally#he has no needs to tend so it's great :D#ts4#ts4 gameplay#ts4 story#ts4 legacy#disney princess challenge#ts4 dpc#happily ever after#natolesims#snow white
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pizzaplex post-earthquake wouldve made for a great location for those youtube channels that like to explore abandoned amusement parks, or for the “i spent 24 hours in [blank]” videos.
but most importantly i think there would be tons of ghost-hunting channels for the mimic to toy with using its scared little boy voice. i imagine the plex would eventually gain some sort of reputation for its more active than average ghost
#fnaf#security breach#fnaf ruin#mimic desperately trying to lure people into the basement#but they keep pulling up in groups w camera crews and dumb questions#outside of ghost stories i definitely also think there would be a whole bunch of rumours about what actually happened to the plex#which makes for great dramatic fuel for the youtube videos#lotta thoughts about this#i also dont think gregory is the only voice that the mimic would be able to use ofc#def would have access to the animatronics’ voices as well#all of this getting caught on video for youtube but since so many of those channels r fake no one actually believes theres anything there#feel free to add on lol
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Great Ghost Stories - Cover art by James Warhola
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inspired by some tiktoks i saw
#fuck u ryuseitai best unit#ghost talk#takamine midori#shinobu sengoku#chiaki morisawa#tetora nagumo#shinkai kanata#saw someone say kanata is great if only he wasnt in this horrible unit which is just false#just admit uve not read his stories at that point bruh he loves his makeshift family so much#enstars#ensemble stars
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was no one gonna tell me that Ghost Trick’s plot involves an overzealous police detective pulling his gun on a suspect that almost leads to a civilian casualty who blatantly acknowledges this fact and is wracked with guilt over it for years
and also has another police detective straight-up say “there’s never a good reason to shoot someone”
#Like I’m not SAYING ghost trick is anti cop#but I am saying it’s more mature and nuanced about its portrayal of police officers than some “adult” stories I know#And it does more than just a corrupt cop storyline while doing it#Anyway hi I’m playing through ghost trick it’s fucking great#No spoilers please I’m still playing through it#ghost trick
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#Lolly has great power#sorry Mr. Director#S5 is now called Kitty’s Story… and some idiots#bbc ghosts#simon hynd#lolly adefope#six idiots#the six idiots#them there
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[IDS IN ALT]
teenagers scare! the livin shit outta me!! (aka a pallas and agnes art dump. bc in case you can’t tell i don’t think about anything else.)
#consider this the art equivalent of that super long excerpt i posted lol#me drawing the same two characters standing against coloured blocks again: oh hell yeah this is great this rules#anyways have you guys considered uhhhhhhh. them. the two of them in fact. pallas and agnes. like from lay me down. those guys.#have u thought about them. bc OH BOY I SURE HAVE.#(<- rendered inconsolable by characters from her own book)#wip: ghost story#creme does an art#pallas and agnes#tw blood#tw eyestrain
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