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Top 5 Halloween Reads 2021

Posted on October 27, 2021 by J. S. Collyer

The nights a longer, wind is blowing, All Hallows Eve is approaching. Read on for my recommendations, old and new, for reading material for the spookiest weekend of the year! Ranked in order of both awesomeness and spookiness. Read on…IF … Continue reading →

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The Nights Are Drawing In….

Posted on October 17, 2018 by J. S. Collyer

…the temperature is dropping, leaves are changing colour. Halloween is approaching. I always associate this time of year with stories and reading. I read and write all year round, of course, but there’s something about the long evenings and the … Continue reading →

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Halloween Short Story: ‘Baba Yaga’ Part 1

Posted on October 31, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Happy All Hallows, my friends! Last week a launched a poll for the subject matter of a Halloween short story. The choices were: a haunted space ship, a cursed lunchbox or a stranger at the party. Of course, everyone chose … Continue reading →

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From One Retreat to Another

Posted on October 9, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Well, good evening all and greetings to my new followers. Great to have you on board! Long may we continue. I have now returned from my Grange-Over-Sands writing retreat, and what a great retreat it was. I highly recommend it … Continue reading →

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The Witching Hour

Posted on October 14, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

October is one of my favourite times of year. The air and the leaves are crispy, the smell of bonfires is wafting in the air and time to break out the snuggly coat. It is beautiful in Lancaster at this … Continue reading →

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Cenwick Priory

Posted on October 16, 2009 by J. S. Collyer

Halloween is on the approach! Always a time for fun, mystery and imagination. In honour of the Eve of All Hallows I thought I’d try my hand at a ghost story. I’m reading an exerpt from it at tonight’s ‘Spotlight’ … Continue reading →