The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: halloween

  • A Scary Story for Halloween, or Charleston’s Dark History

    Then I looked closer at the photo…

  • I Want a Familiar

    Who couldn’t use an assistant to do all the errands?

  • What’s REALLY Scary

    They walk amongst us.

  • My Halloween Tradition

    It’s that day again. Time for me to turn out all the lights at the front of the house, refuse to come to the door, and pray earnestly that no one vandalizes my car. This has been my time-honored tradition for my entire adult life. Happy Halloween. For starters, I don’t like kids. I avoid…

  • Tales from the Not-So-Dark Side

    So in those halcyon days when I was actually a homeowner, my new boyfriend at the time was sitting with me on the couch when he heard the water turn on in the bathroom sink. “Uh… who’s that?” Oh, God, he’s going to think I’ve lost my mind. I let out a sigh and looked…

  • The Drawbridge Ghost

    Deep in the bowels of one of the many drawbridges of Seattle (I shall not say which one), lies a dungeon-like room that is dark, damp, and empty except for three folding chairs. I don’t know why the chairs are there, but I must confess that whenever I enter that room I get the feeling…