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Dumb Supper & Ancestor Feasts: The Quiet Samhain Rite
Read the storyA dumb supper isn’t mute theater—it’s a silent meal with an empty chair for the dead. Folklore, Appalachian twists, grain of salt—no ritual recipe.
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Some things were never meant to be found.
Your story starts with a choice
Which monster are you?
Two paths into the dark. Find your nature, then share your result.
WHEN THE NIGHTS DRAW IN
Halloween in the library
THE STRANGE DOESN’T STOP HERE
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Punkie Night and Flaming Tar Barrels: Britain’s Leftover Fire Rites
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Aillen Burns Tara: The Irish Samhain Monster You Weren’t Taught
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The Besançon Werewolf Trials: Bourgot and Verdun in 1521
Stories after dark
The Werewolf Killer
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Riga Dogman Account: The Husky That Seemed to Wave
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Southern Ontario Dogman Account: A July 2016 Roadside Recollection
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Attention: Créatures! Quebec’s Monsters Enter a Poet’s House
AFTER HOURS / Dating Shelly
Dear Sarah
As you are no doubt very well aware, I am a collector of very specific types of history. I’m proud to say I’m reasonably discriminate about the variety and sources of my collections which is why, in part; I’m comfortable
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