During the day when I'm working in the art studio, I always watch "A Haunting" - that super scary reality series about people who move into haunted houses by accident.
However, after seeing every single episode, Patrick and I are now able to predict the path of events (we still watch and love the show). But we thought it would be fun to come up with A Haunting drinking game. We have yet to lay down the details but for the most part it involves downing a shot (espresso? green tea? tequila??) everytime the narrator says something like:
"They thought it was the home of their dreams..." or
"she had an uneasy feeling. Like someone was watching her..."
Or my personal favorite - "Later that night..."
We also chuckle when, at the beginning, a couple will walk into the house see something like, oh, say a PENTAGRAM painted in RED on a fireplace and the couple smiles and says "Oh, ha ha - probably some silly kids! Let's move in and make this room the nursery!" And then they wonder why their baby cries every night.
I always feel sorry for the poor teenagers who tell their mom: "There is a ghost in my room!" and the mom replies: "Oh, stop being dramatic and go back to bed!"
*Shakes heads*
I have a ghost story, I shared it on this blog years ago. But after watching all these "Haunting" episodes and making so many Halloween craft projects, I got inspired to ring up my fellow chica lit authors and see if they wanted to do something fun and spooky for the season and share fictional ghost stories!
You know, like sitting around the campfire roasting marshmallows, holding the flashlight under your face kind of ghost stories?
I'm proud to announce this Saturday, we kick off the first ever Chica Lit Ghost Story Blog Tour! Each day one of us will post our story on our blog and promote the other stories to come.
Saturday October 27: Berta Platas, author of Cinderella Lopez.
October 28: Mary Castillo, author of Switchcraft.
Monday, October 29: Sofia Quintero, author of Divas Don't Yield.
Tuesday, October 30: Kathy Cano-Murillo, author of Love Shine (it pubs 2009!)
Wednesday, October 31: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, author of Dirty Girls Social Club.
(Photo ilustration by Mary Castillo)
I'll tell you what frightens me the most - I'm the newbie of the bunch. These are all published, best-selling fiction authors, and I'm going to do my best to live up to the challenge. My story is - of course - about a crafter. I have it outlined but can't write it until this weekend because I'm leaving for a week in Fresno, and there is no way I will write a ghost story while I am all alone in a hotel room!
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