The Librarian

Update Nov 1 - As Halloween has passed, the bat and ghosts who are mentioned below and who were haunting my blog have gone away. Hopefully they will return again next year.

Oh no! My blog has become overrun with scary critters. They have made it knownst to me that they intend to loiter in the general area until Halloween or until they get bored beyond reason, whichever comes first.

I have named the cute little bat Alice, after my favorite vampire and Ed's sister. Most of you will be able to see only her. That is actually a very good thing indeed.

For those of you who can also see two ghastly white, or maybe I ought better say, somewhat pasty, even skim milk translucent and completely stereotypical ghosts, you must beware. For only those rare few of you who possess The Sixth Sense™ or who are telepathetic will be able to see these two foul creatures.

Though they may seem friendly, in a Caspery sort of way, their intentions are genuinely sinister, of that you may be sure. They may at any moment when you're not watching, leap from your monitor, unbeknownst to you, and take up residence in your very own home and become your personal poltergeists.

Basically this would mean more unexplained noises, faint creaks and cracklings you have never noticed before.
It would mean finding keys which were positively hanged on their very own hook somehow appearing, only after much searching, in the pocket of the jacket you hadn't worn since... the last time you drove your car.
It would mean coming home to find that your computer had somehow restarted itself for no good reason, and that you have new updates installed and everything is running just a bit more slowly than before.
It would mean..... finding those dark corners and dimly lit spaces of your home, which were previously unspooky, now a bit more creepy and somehow occupied, by someone or something... even when you know no one is home but you.
It would mean unexpectedly waking in the deepest hours of the night only to, from under your covers, just catch a glimpse of a doomed face in the dark recesses of a closet left open...

Basically you'd be in for all the classic haunted house shenanigans, but only if you have seen the two ghosts.
Don't worry though, I haven't talked to anyone yet who can see them so you probably don't have anything to worry about.



Have a Happy Halloween!