This short story for Halloween was written in response to Linda G. Hill’s Stream of consciousness Saturday prompt This weeks’ prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “strange/stranger/strangest.” Use one, use ’em all, or just let them inspire you. Have fun! **** The stranger: A Disquieting Short Story for Halloween. Last night I was alone.Continue reading “#SoCS Oct 10/30 The Stranger: A Short Story for #Halloween”
Author Archives: LucciaGray
Find Out What Happened on ‘All Hallows’ at ‘Eyre Hall’ #HalloweenBooks
All Hallows at Eyre Hall, owes its title to the fact that the main events in the novel occur on and around All Hallows. The following two excerpts narrate the events leading up to All Hallows, at Eyre Hall. When Richard Mason returns to the place where Thornfield Hall had been and Eyre Hall hasContinue reading “Find Out What Happened on ‘All Hallows’ at ‘Eyre Hall’ #HalloweenBooks”
#Author Spotlight Gloria Antypowich & #BookReview of her Novel ‘Full Circle’
This week’s Author Spotlight features Gloria Antypowich and her novel Full Circle. My Review One of the reasons I read is to travel, and another is to encounter events beyond my daily routine. In Full Circle, I was alternately shocked, surprised, upset, and cheerful. I also travelled to Canada and found out what life onContinue reading “#Author Spotlight Gloria Antypowich & #BookReview of her Novel ‘Full Circle’”
A Story For #Halloween by Noelle Granger @RheBrewster
Source: A Story For Halloween? Crime writer and valued, virtual friend, Noelle Granger, has written a short and spooky Halloween story about a modern-day Sin Eater. I’m proud and honoured to inform you that she says I inspired her, because a 19th century Sin Eater appears in my own novels. It’s the least I couldContinue reading “A Story For #Halloween by Noelle Granger @RheBrewster”
#3linethursday: The Clown’s Trunk
This post was written in response to this weeks’ Three Line Thursday prompt. Three lines, 30 words maximum. The Clown’s Trunk Lipstick smeared on bruised lips. Blackened tears. ‘Let’s play,’ He said, then pointed. ‘Would you unlock the trunk, my dear?’ @LucciaGray Clowns are such sinister characters, and well, their trunks, they’re just theContinue reading “#3linethursday: The Clown’s Trunk”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place
This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch **** The Day of the Dead “Eve, You’ve been chosen to read the Sacred Words this year on the Day of the Dead.” “I don’t want to rest without you!” “If we take turns and rest for a year,Continue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place”
The Sin-Eater in Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall #HalloweenBooks
Spine-chilling Characters in Real Life and Fiction: The Sin-Eater Sin-eaters really existed from pre-Christian times to the end of the 19th century. They were summoned to the bedside of a dead person, with the objective of absorbing their sins by eating and drinking food placed on the corpse’s body, thereby enabling the deceased to continueContinue reading “The Sin-Eater in Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall #HalloweenBooks”
#SoCS Oct 10/23 Beef and Rhubarb
This nonsense post was written in response to Linda G. Hill’s Stream of consciousness Saturday prompt Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “beef.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy! Beef and Rhubarb I’m afraid I’m not at all at comfortable with this weeks’ prompt. I’m a vegetarian, most of the time,Continue reading “#SoCS Oct 10/23 Beef and Rhubarb”
#BookBlitz & #Giveaway Phobic by #Author Cortney Pearson for Loving The Book
This post is part of the Loving the Book Book Blitz. Here’s the Blog Schedule to follow the tour on their Official Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/479010522258923/ Phobic by Cortney Pearson Fifteen-year-old Piper Crenshaw knows her house is strange. As if never needing repairs since 1875, or lights flickering in response to things she says,Continue reading “#BookBlitz & #Giveaway Phobic by #Author Cortney Pearson for Loving The Book”
#BookReview A Kiss From France and #Author Spotlight Susan Hughes for #BrookCottageBooks
This Book Review and Author Spotlight is part of a Blog Tour of A Kiss from France by Susan Hughes, organised by Brook Cottage Books. Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance Release Date: 19 July 2015 p/back; 29 July 2015 e-book Publisher: Silverwood Books London, 1917. Lizzie Fenwick is young, ambitious, and in love. At least, she thinksContinue reading “#BookReview A Kiss From France and #Author Spotlight Susan Hughes for #BrookCottageBooks”
Rereading Jane Eyre 