Spirits & Spooks!
written by: Linda M. Crate
@thysilverdoe
all hallow’s eve,
the day where monsters
can walk without
their masks because the
living are the ones
that don them;
skeletons dancing by
graves
and witches brewing
disaster—
vampires lurking
in the woods,
smashing open happily
ever afters;
werewolves
at the mercy of the
moon sometimes in
agony other times
causing it—
mist pouring in concealing
swamp creatures who want
to have some fun,
and humans walking around
none-the-wiser to the actions
of the creatures;
thinking it’s just dress up
or halloween costumes—
some find out
when it’s all too late,
that these spirits and spooks
are real!
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has three published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), and If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016). Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015. The second novel of this series Dragons & Magic was published in October 2015. The third of the seven book series Centaurs & Magic was published November 2016. Her novel Corvids & Magic was published March 2017.
Latest posts by Linda M. Crate (see all)
- Masks Off - October 31, 2025
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