Welcome to day seventeen of the Haunted Hotel Writer and Illustrator showcase! You can find a list of all participants here. Come back each day, the entire month of October for a scare! Today's scare comes from room #317! My entire life, all twenty-three years, have lead to tomorrow. The day my life begins. I glance at my phone as it vibrates in my hand, the screen bright with a call. I tighten my grip, resisting the urge to throw my cell across the parking lot. “Give it up, Mom.” I drag my suitcase out of the backseat and slam the door. The wh[...]
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2 Welcome to day FOUR of the Haunted Hotel Writer and Illustrator showcase! You can find a list of all participants here. Come back each day, the entire month of October for a scare! Today's story comes from the deepest corners and shadows of the Thornewood...the basement! It’s the smell that gets to you first. It burns the inside of the nostrils a bit going in, and settles its rancidness on the inside and you think it’ll get into your blood and you’ll never get it off again. Sweet like rotting meat, tinged with the dankness of the baseme[...]
Welcome to day THREE of the Haunted Hotel Writer and Illustrator showcase! You can find a list of all participants here. Come back each day, the entire month of October for a scare! Today's story comes from room #23. Marni dangled the key in front of her face. It looked old to Jo, worn, a cliché of a key rather than the real thing, round at one end with a slim shaft ending in an irregular set of teeth. The broken teeth of a mad fool, Jo thought, and giggled. Marni frowned at the noise and shrugged, closing the distance between them. “The hotel’s[...]
Welcome to day ONE of the Haunted Hotel Writer and Illustrator showcase! You can find a list of all participants here. Come back each day, the entire month of October for a scare! Today's art work is due to the unfortunate fact that someone at the Thornewood got their hands on a Master Key... I WEAR IT BETTER. Isn't this amazing? I feel like the longer I stare at it, the more detail I see that I missed before. I'm in awe of Sean and there hasn't been a showcase where he hasn't dazzled us all! It only seems appropriate that he kicks off[...]
The Haunted Hotel Writer & Illustrator Showcase is almost here and I couldn't be more excited! We have some amazing writers and incredible artists who have signed up to partake in the spooky fun. Several of you have asked about participants and wanting to follow them on Twitter SO here's the list of participants so you can mingle and haunt hotels together! Just click the participant's name to link to their social media account. If you signed up, I've already sent you a key so that you know what room (or not room MUAHAHA) you have access to. I'm also[...]
