RHP Prose Competition

@divegeester said
I enjoyed much of the stuff on flickr, although several groups were a little naughty and I couldn’t get access without registering and signing in.

@caesar-salad said

I should clarify that I am not Morris who posted the two Emperor Moth videos on YouTube.

Mistaken for someone else yet again,
CS

YouTube

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Not wishing to mistake you for a third time, but aren't you that chap from the Halifax adverts? (Howard I believe).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Y6V5sqf0U

@caesar-salad said
If I am, it's news to me!

(thanks for the youtube link -- I had not seen any of those ads)

Repetition:

topic: ghost/supernatural/scary

keywords to be included: superstition - twilight - phantom

max. number of contributions per author: 2

amount of words: up to800

Last date for entering the contest: 7th of July 23:59 RHP-Time.

Post to Ponderable_Dickens@yahoo.com

@caesar-salad said
It took me until this morning to figure out what you meant, since I don't have a flickr account. I thought "Morris" was a Morris the Cat reference.

I should clarify that I am not Morris who posted the two Emperor Moth videos on YouTube.

Mistaken for someone else yet again,
CS

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Although there is no minimum word count, I think it unlikely that a really (really) short story would win the competition. (Possible, but unlikely). The main reason for this is that voters will usually recognize the time and effort an author has put into their entry. This probably wouldn't be the case if it was a poetry competition. (I actally prefer short poems if they are well written).

@the-gravedigger said
At twilight the old house was musty,
The caretaker looked sort of crusty
Superstition or was he a real phantom
And believe me it was no bantam
I cried out dear God its old Rusty.

@the-gravedigger said
At twilight the old house was musty,
The caretaker looked sort of crusty
Superstition or was he a real phantom
And believe me it was no bantam
I cried out dear God its old Rusty.

@divegeester said
I thought you fitted his profile though.

It was fun for a while.

Superstitions are slowly dying
But the phantoms are still bye-bye-ing
So sorry to see that, though
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

The weather outside is frightful
But the twilight is so delightful
The lanterns are turned down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

When we finally say good-night
I'll become part of the storm
Waiting for absence of light
Just to show my ghastly form

Well my embers are slowly dying
And it's well past the time for crying
The phantoms know where to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

@caesar-salad said
Superstitions are slowly dying
But the phantoms are still bye-bye-ing
I'm sorry to see that, though
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

The weather outside is frightful
But the twilight is so delightful
The lanterns are turned down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Well my embers are slowly dying
And it's past the time for crying
The phantoms know where to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

@very-rusty said
Sounds quite familiar....You borrow that from someone? 😉

-VR

@caesar-salad said
Indeed! Credit due to Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne for the original:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!

@very-rusty said
LOL...Of course it was a rhetorical question. 😉

-VR