is this how a haunted house feels? the aching, resignation, anger the constant longing for freedom all the wondering if it will ever end, all the wondering what it did to deserve the ghost do they get annoyed with everyone who has heard of the ghoul and come tramping all over them screaming Show me […]
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These entries from October’s challenge were selected as Honorable Mentions. Those who completed this challenge are now encouraged to share their stories in the comments section of the “October Writing Challenge.” Grace Dearing 16 USA The Door of False Hope For as long as Emilee could remember, the door at the top of […]
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What better way to celebrate Halloween than to laugh at people getting scared out of their minds? For several years now, Ellen DeGeneres has maintained a wonderful tradition of sending her writer Amy and producer Andy through terrifying Halloween mazes and filming the whole thing because of their hilarious reactions. Since we here at Germ couldn’t […]
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Haunted. A word I have never been able to understand. As a child, I made up stories of ghosts and ghouls, just for the sheer joy it brought. But those were stories — made up fragments of my mind. Completely and utterly fictional. Now, I can’t decipher the word. I physically can’t figure out the […]
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