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Invisible Watcher ...Part 2 ...Confronting the Shadow Side

He wanted to tell her how much he preferred to look at her, that only by watching could he memorize her, and take her and possess her. He could not touch better

Invisible Watcher

Where in the self-help section of Barnes & Noble is help on dealing with a supernatural stalker? ― Cosmo Knox A woman’s voice calls from the doorway, “Office

Empty Places of the Heart …Finale …Exorcising Ghosts

What you leave behind is not engraved into stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others. —Pericles Hiram's Monument I grew up in the shadow of a

Empty Places of the Heart …Part 2 …Custodian of the Past

All my house is peopled with ghosts... Some call such 'ghosts' memories. —Henrietta Stannard It’s spring—the season to ponder failed romances such as Cyrano and

Empty Places of the Heart ...Part 1 ...Ghosts

I grew up in the shadow of a legend—Hiram Morton, my grandfather, who rubbed shoulders with robber barons but managed to escape the crash of ’29. A few days before

Watery Wraith ...A Haunting Memory

A grey dripping figure kept trying to rise up in my mind which I ruthlessly violently banished. ― Iris Murdoch Childhood Streets The streets of my childhood are

Dark Lady …Part 3 …A Turn for the Better

The turning point is that moment of naked acceptance of the truth. —Ellyn Stern Cellar Stairs After my fall on the wine cellar stairs, I’m laid up for a week with

Dark Lady …Part 2 …Elusive Femme Fatale

Hope was the child, I thought, Felicity and I might have some day if I ever got up the nerve to ask her for a date. Hope I thought I'd end up a confirmed bachelor

Dark Lady …Part 1 …Out of a Dream

I love watching her, She's a portrait in noir —a silent film of gestures Felicity Dunn “Is this too mature for a six-year old?” Angie rolls her eyes. “Bubble bath?

Dark Lady …Part 1 …Out of a Dream

I love watching her, She's a portrait in noir —a silent film of gestures “Is this too mature for a six-year old?” Angie rolls her eyes. “Bubble bath? Really, Paul.”

Bumps in the Night ...Part 13 …The Name of the Ghost

It was a mistake to think of houses, old houses, as being empty. They were filled with memories, with faded echoes of voices. Drops of tears, drops of blood, the

Bumps in the Night ...Part 12 …Protecting Spirits

The dead appear to us in dreams because that's the only way we can see them; what we see is a projection, beamed from a great distance, shining from a dead star…

Bumps in the Night ...Part 12 …Protecting Spirits

The dead appear to us in dreams because that's the only way we can see them; what we see is a projection, beamed from a great distance, shining from a dead star…

Bumps in the Night ...Part 11 …A Startling Realization

She had followed a trail left by a dead man. It was only now she realised it might lead to a grave. ― Anthony Horowitz Gail and I both felt it since the moment the

Bumps in the Night …Part 10 ...Cosmic Cairn

A power outage is an interruption and leveller. In a blackout, progress ceases, time stops, technology freezes and we’re back in a cave huddled round a flame, painting

Bumps in the Night …Part 9 ...A Sudden Chill

When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow. ― Ursula K. Le Guin After talking to Poppy’s neighbour, Gail and I felt unsttled. He told us the story of the drowning

Bumps in the Night ...Part 8 …Labyrinth of Lives

The soul of place is like an invisible net―or force field ―cast up at times from within a house, neighbourhood, or landscape to draw us into its labyrinthine folds.

Bumps in the Night ...Part 7 …Perception or Delusion?

Vision does not take place in the eye, but in an area located in the back of the brain. Everything we perceive to be “out there” is being experienced “in here.”

Bumps in the Night ...Part 6 …Shadow People

Apparitions can be confused with hauntings. The difference is apparitions are "live" (intelligent consciousness) and hauntings are "recordings."

Ghost Stories and Paranormal Activity at the Algonquin Resort

In the town of Saint Andrews, you’ll hear tales of many ghostly happenings. At the Charlotte County Courthouse, executed convicts are said to haunt its halls, while