Tag Archives: ghosts

Living Lore: The unquiet spirit of Moll Bloxham ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Continuing Gary Stocker’s Sunday series of posts on the folklore, ancient sites and legends of Britain. If you have similar stories to share from the area in which you live,  please read the footnote and send them in. Moll Bloxham … Continue reading →

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Melancholy #writephoto

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Stirring memory Inexplicable sadness Forgotten ghosts pass *

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Being Haunted… A True Story in Time for Halloween ~ Susie Lindau

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Susie Lindau’s Wild Ride: Most think being haunted requires a creaky old house where a person died unexpectedly. The shock of a fall, suicide, or murder traps them between our world and the next. They believe these lost … Continue reading →

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Elusive realities and strange encounters: Will you share your story..?

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Sue Vincent

This post also exists as a ‘page’ in the menu, but as so many people now read on devices where the menu headings are not immediately visible, I thought it might be an idea to share it again here… there … Continue reading →

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Illusions #midnighthaiku

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Hunting for success Lives spent pursuing shadows Only ghosts remain *  

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Rifts in reality?

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There was a fleeting conversation that got me thinking again on something I have pondered over for a long time. There are lots of ghost stories flitting about, wafting their sheets for our delight, some making us shiver even more … Continue reading →

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A Ghost Story ~ Bladud Fleas #writephoto

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Along that passage we share with presence unseen, only knowing they’re there and perhaps where they’ve been, by the scent of dankness, like dew on old earth, or stone dust; by the motes which twist in the morning’s beam, and … Continue reading →

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Monochrome ~ Willow Willers #writephoto

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Stormy skies matched the house. The scene, perfect monochrome. As she approached she asked herself when did this place cease to be a home. Times of banquets, times of joy Times to be bold, times to be coy. Continue reading … Continue reading →

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Time travelling: St Wystan’s

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We finally made it through the outer door of St Wystan’s church in Repton…and stopped. Two huge columns flank the inner door and, scattered around the porch are fragments of ancient masonry. carved medieval grave slabs and Saxon crosses. It … Continue reading →

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Time travelling: Ivar the Boneless and the Bone-yard…

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Repton today is no more than a small Derbyshire village, but once it was the capital of Mercia, one of the most powerful realms of its era. For three hundred years, Mercia encompassed most of what would eventually become the … Continue reading →

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