My Storytelling Mind

Happy Halloween! If you are anything like me, we'll all be binge-watching classic movies like Hocus Pocus , The Nightmare Before Christmas , Young Frankenstein , or even Rocky Horror Picture Show . But if you're looking for some binge-reading, try out the fantasy section - witches and magic may not be spooky or creepy, but they add even more fun to a holiday based on giving away free candy. Check out these 13 Whimsical Witches: Mary Poppins from Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers Illustrated by Mary Shepard It may be a stretch to call Mary Poppins a witch, considering her magic is subtle and she denies all magical events anyway. If anything, she's the kind of witch that tries not to use very much of their magic and that's the kind of witch we're more likely to come across in real life. We meet some of her magically inclined relatives through the series, like the giggly Uncle Albert; this only proves that she's a witch who chose to be incredibly responsible...

Where she walks, no flowers bloom,  and where she stops will be your tomb.  Fear not the witch upon her broom,  but the words she spits that spell your doom. Find this blurb on Pinterest !

Let's be honest: there is an endless list of horror stories you could find in any bookstore that could give you the required Halloween chills. But if you care to step outside of the horror genre just a bit, you'll find some classic fiction, some science fiction, some mystery, and even some fantasy. Check out these eight fiction stories for your Halloween weekend: The Vampyre "It happened that in the midst of the dissipations attendant upon a London winter, there appeared at the various parties of the leaders of the ton a nobleman, more remarkable for his singularities, than his rank." "His character was dreadfully vicious, for that the possession of irresistible powers of seduction, rendered his licentious habits more dangerous to society." Frankenstein "Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change." "The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turni...

Abandoned places have their own stories, buried under years of dust, decay, and possible overgrown plantlife. As prompts, abandoned buildings provide valuable exercise: your writing must be the shovel to uncover those old, forgotten stories. For exercise this weekend, and to get into that creepy Halloween mood, try some of these photo prompts: A House and Its Car via Content in a Cottage An old house with an old car doesn't seem so unusual on its own until you consider the fact that most people take their cars with them when leaving their home. Even in emergencies, people tend to use their cars as fast transportation, as opposed to the slower transportation of their feet. The Old Fortune-Teller via mrscaptainmonkeypants , Flickr. Was it a machine? A person? Who sits behind the glass waiting to answer your questions about life, the universe, and everything? More importantly, what would happen if you slipped a few dollar bills through the pay slot? Even now, wit...