Hi, everyone! Welcome!
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My best friend, Sophia won’t stop wailing and howling in the middle of the night. “It burns, it burns!” she screams. I visit her at her mother’s house, where her ashes are kept in an urn, but it doesn’t help.
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Night terrors visit
Sleep’s become a memory
I fear the darkness
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The blue in his eyes
became the new shade of my
nightmares––Don’t wake me.
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Nightmare and Horror are this week’s prompt words chosen by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes.
Ron hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.
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Excellent, Vashti
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I’m glad you enjoyed it, John! 😀 xx
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Fabulous! And happy new year, Vashti!
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Thank you, Olga! Enjoy the new year festivities! 😀 xx
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These are so Good, Vashti 😎
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Thank you, Linda! I’m glad you enjoyed the haiku. Maybe you should join the challenge. 😉
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i wouldn’t know how to write a haiku. I’ll just watch you for a while. LOL!
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When you’re ready to give it a try you can go to Ronovan’s blog and check out the Haiku Guidelines. https://ronovanwrites.com/haiku-challenges-guidelines/ I’m sure you can do it! 😉
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Reblogged this on All About Writing and more.
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Thanks for re-blogging, Henrietta! 😀
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Beyond Beautiful! 😃💛
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Thank you, Walt. 😀
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Wonderful, Vashti! Wishing you a very Happy New Year! xxx
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Hello Annika! Thank you! All the best! 😀 xx
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Great job, Vashti. You’ve captured fear. Here’s wishing you a blessed and very happy New Year. ♥
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I’m happy you think so, Gwen! Thank you very much. I wish the same for you and yours. ❤ xx
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Whoa!! My first reaction was, is this a true thing that happened? It feels so real and personal. So very well done Vashti. Happy New Year to you and yours.
Pat
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Hi Pat! I thought I’d start off giving everyone a little jolt with a brief and scary story. 😉 Thank you very much! 😀 xx
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LoL! You got me! Whew!
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I had to read the beginning of that a couple times… Ooh, well played. You have a talent for this horror thang. Ever consider writing a book? (just me being strange) Happy New Year to you, my friend. Looking forward to what you write!
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My husband had to read it a couple of times too. I think you both have analytical minds. I hope it had the jolting effect I was going for anyway. Aw, thank you very much. I look forward to your writing, as well. ❤
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Add me to the chorus! Melika! ♥
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Ha, ha! I’ve signed you up as a tenor. 😉 ❤
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Horrifyingly good way to end the year! ♥
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Ha, ha! Thank you, my friend! ❤ xx
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Such a great little micro-fiction.
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Hi Craig! I wanted to give everyone a little jolt with that one. 😉 Happy New Year’s Eve!
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You too. We’re staying home, which has become a NYE tradition for us.
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That’s perfectly fine. We do that sometimes too. 😀
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Your haiku is an eloquent horror Vashti and that picture accentuates it! I hope I would get some sleep tonight! 🙂
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Ah, ha, ha! I’m sorry, my friend. I didn’t think the gif would be that scary. You’ve met some of the characters in the picture, like Fornues, Dagon and Samael. Thank you and have a wonderful New Year’s Eve! ❤
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Scary stuff, well done! And Happy New Year’s again my friend. ❤
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Thank you very much, Debby. I appreciate you. Have fun and be safe, my friend! ❤ xx
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Thanks Vashti ❤ xx
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Wow, Vashti. These are creepy. Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year, Robbie! You can blame Ron for giving us these prompt words this week. 😉 ❤
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Hi Vashti, I had the same reaction as jazzytower the first part about your friend seemed so real. I read it over again it was like a bolt, very clever. Great Haiku, hope your New Year celebrations went well, have a great year 💖💖💖
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That’s great, Jaye! I wanted it to have a bit of an impact. I had a great time New Year’s Eve and I’ve had a great start to the new year. I hope you did too. Happy New Year! Thank you very much! ❤ xx
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Oh my, I felt as if I were in a Twilight Zone episode while reading this! Well done, Vashti. Happy New Year, my friend ❤
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Ah, ha, ha! That’s cool, Tina! Thank you very much, my friend. All the best for you and your loved ones in 2018 and beyond. ❤ xx
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These are awesome! And chilling… except maybe for the last one 😀
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Hello Diana! Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed my micro horror story and haiku. It’s always a pleasure having you on the blog. ❤
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Happy 2018, Vashti!
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Thank you, Tiny! Happy 2018 to you too! All the best! 😀 xx
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Spooky, good imagery🙂
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Thank you! I appreciate the visit and comment. Have a great Friday and weekend! 😀
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