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Dame Peel came in by way of some parkour onto the balcony. She was sure Steed would have approved. Poor old Steed. Those were some good times. Her catsuit fit a little more loosely now, but she could still survey his shabby and ill-kept apartment with the sharp mind of a scientist. "Nothing really to be done here," she thought, "It will all just crumble to dust eventually."

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The phantom of fear,
promoted and expressed.
Becomes superstition,
at twilight...undressed.

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@wolfe63 said
The phantom of fear,
promoted and expressed.
Becomes superstition,
at twilight...undressed.
Now the phantom was malicious,
though highly superstitious,
and would only give a fright,
each day at twilight.
Thank God he is fictitious.


(To avoid any confusion, the above is NOT an entry to the competition).


Repetition:

topic: ghost/supernatural/scary

keywords to be included: superstition - twilight - phantom

max. number of contributions per author: 2

amount of words: up to800

Last date for entering the contest: 7th of July 23:59 RHP-Time.

Post to Ponderable_Dickens@yahoo.com

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Repetition:

topic: ghost/supernatural/scary

keywords to be included: superstition - twilight - phantom

max. number of contributions per author: 2

amount of words: up to800

Last date for entering the contest: 7th of July 23:59 RHP-Time.

Post to Ponderable_Dickens@yahoo.com
I seem to have hit "writer's block" and that after just the first word. 😢 July 7th, right?

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In the morgue we had no patience with superstition
But at twilight in walked the long dead mortician
A bloody scalpel clamped in each hand
He looked like a phantom or demon
And he smelt like an old merchant seaman
Line up girls he laughed I'm your new beautician.

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@great-big-stees said
I seem to have hit "writer's block" and that after just the first word. 😢 July 7th, right?
Can you try "Once upon a time..." ?


@torunn said
Can you try "Once upon a time..." ?
Or, 'It was a dark and stormy twilight.... '

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@great-big-stees said
I seem to have hit "writer's block" and that after just the first word. 😢 July 7th, right?
Maybe just start scattering seeds by jotting down a few elements you'd like to see in a story, or some ridiculous lines of dialogue to be included, maybe do a little bubble-mapping.

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@Great-Big-Stees

Dear Stees, another idea would be to write some sentences based on "superstition," "phantom," and/or "twilight" individually (using the last-word-sentences idea) either just as background scraps to get you going and to prime the pump, or maybe even to be included in the final product. (Sometime in college years I glanced through a book that mentioned acrostics to be found in Shakespeare.)


More entries have arrived, so we will have some good reads before us I think.


@caesar-salad said
@Great-Big-Stees

Dear Stees, another idea would be to write some sentences based on "superstition," "phantom," and/or "twilight" individually (using the last-word-sentences idea) either just as background scraps to get you going and to prime the pump, or maybe even to be included in the final product. (Sometime in college years I glanced through a book that mentioned acrostics to be found in Shakespeare.)
Thanks for the advice I appreciate your help but I really am having trouble "getting into" it. It's been a couple of years since my last kick at the can and well... 🤔 🙄

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@great-big-stees said
Thanks for the advice I appreciate your help but I really am having trouble "getting into" it. It's been a couple of years since my last kick at the can and well... 🤔 🙄
Always throw in an unexpected twist. 🙂


@ghost-of-a-duke said
Always throw in an unexpected twist. 🙂
Which is something you always do. 😉.... Change up this time goad!!! 😛

-VR

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