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Super Scary Spooktober Suggestion Sunday #3: Strange Little Ghouls by Wendy Dalrymple

Super Scary Spooktober Suggestion Sunday #3: Strange Little Ghouls by Wendy Dalrymple

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Strange Little Ghouls by Wendy Dalrymple, Purple cover with a girl/silhouette standing in a dark desolate hallway
Scary, OMG, WHUT, GIF
Keywords: Scary, Short Stories, Dolls coming to life, Eldery people with murderous intentions, zombies, never go to the cemetery with your new boyfriend, if someone says no stay away from things, bugs, scouts, rituals, novella, run run run, sleep is overrated, awesome.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

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Girl, Necklaces, Braid, Earrings, The Gilded Ones, Deathless, Book 1, Fantasy, Young Adult, Warriors, Namina Forna, Green background, Girl
Today is the Ritual of Purity.
The nervous thought circles in my head as I hurry towards the barn, gathering my cloak to ward off the cold. It’s early morning, and the sun hasn’t yet begun its climb above the snow-dusted trees encircling our small farmhouse. Shadows gather in the darkness, crowding the weak pool of light cast by my lamp. An ominous tingling builds under my skin. It’s almost as if there’s something there, at the edge of my vision…
It’s just nerves, I tell myself. I’ve felt the tingling many times before and never once seen anything strange.