RHP Prose Competition

Dame Peel came in by way of some parkour onto the balcony. She was sure Steed would have approved. Poor old Steed. Those were some good times. Her catsuit fit a little more loosely now, but she could still survey his shabby and ill-kept apartment with the sharp mind of a scientist. "Nothing really to be done here," she thought, "It will all just crumble to dust eventually."

The phantom of fear,
promoted and expressed.
Becomes superstition,
at twilight...undressed.

@wolfe63 said
The phantom of fear,
promoted and expressed.
Becomes superstition,
at twilight...undressed.

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

@ghost-of-a-duke said
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

In the morgue we had no patience with superstition
But at twilight in walked the long dead mortician
A bloody scalpel clamped in each hand
He looked like a phantom or demon
And he smelt like an old merchant seaman
Line up girls he laughed I'm your new beautician.

@great-big-stees said
I seem to have hit "writer's block" and that after just the first word. 😢 July 7th, right?

@torunn said
Can you try "Once upon a time..." ?

@great-big-stees said
I seem to have hit "writer's block" and that after just the first word. 😢 July 7th, right?

@Great-Big-Stees

Dear Stees, another idea would be to write some sentences based on "superstition," "phantom," and/or "twilight" individually (using the last-word-sentences idea) either just as background scraps to get you going and to prime the pump, or maybe even to be included in the final product. (Sometime in college years I glanced through a book that mentioned acrostics to be found in Shakespeare.)

More entries have arrived, so we will have some good reads before us I think.

@caesar-salad said
@Great-Big-Stees

Dear Stees, another idea would be to write some sentences based on "superstition," "phantom," and/or "twilight" individually (using the last-word-sentences idea) either just as background scraps to get you going and to prime the pump, or maybe even to be included in the final product. (Sometime in college years I glanced through a book that mentioned acrostics to be found in Shakespeare.)

@great-big-stees said
Thanks for the advice I appreciate your help but I really am having trouble "getting into" it. It's been a couple of years since my last kick at the can and well... 🤔 🙄

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Always throw in an unexpected twist. 🙂