IWSG: Scary Ghost Stories

 

Welcome to October! The year seems to be moving along faster as we get closer to the end, doesn't it?

It's time again for another Insecure Writer's Support Group post. Learn more about the IWSG on their website and Facebook page.

Our hosts this month are Nancy Gideon, Jennifer Lane, Jacqui Murray, and Natalie Aguirre. 

Here's the question for this month: Ghost stories fit right in this month. What's your favorite classic ghostly tale? Tell us about it and why it sends shivers up your spine.

This is a tough question to answer. I read a lot of fantasy/paranormal cozy mysteries, but I don't find them particularly scary. I'm going to jump ahead in the season a bit and choose Dicken's A Christmas Carol with the ghosts of Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future. Even if ghosts aren't real but metaphors, it can still be scary to look at traumas from your past and realize how little future you have left. 

Enjoy the fall season, and I'll see you again in November!