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No Hexes, Please
This newsletter is a little introduction to a series I'm going to submit about the occult. Since horror / scary month is right around the corner, I thought it would be a great time to start the series. Everything you read may not be something you learned or agree with, but I'm learning about the genre and sharing what I know. Those views might change, who knows. I invite feedback and comments, as always.
Let's start with a definition: adjective -- 1. of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies. // 2. beyond the range of ordinary knowledge or understanding; mysterious. // 3. secret; disclosed or communicated only to the initiated. // 4. hidden from view. // 5. not apparent on mere inspection but discoverable by experimentation. of a nature not understood, as physical qualities. dealing with such qualities; experimental: occult science. // 6. Medicine/Medical. present in amounts too small to be visible:
a chemical test to detect occult blood in the stool. noun -- 7. the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the). // 8. occult studies or sciences (usually preceded by the) verb (used with object) // 9. to block or shut off (an object) from view; hide. // 10. Astronomy. to hide (a celestial body) by occultation. // verb -- (used without object) 11. to become hidden or shut off from view.
You see some inspiring words in the definition like secret, magic and supernatural? Surely you can imagine your character in the Middle ages involved in some interesting adventure. I do. I hope you find the series inspiring, fun and adventurous. As always, Write On!
This month's question: Do you have occult topic suggestions? I can add them in!
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Excerpt: Although I've never committed a crime, I was imprisoned. Through no fault of mine, nor anyone else, I felt like I had been locked away. For about a week I wasn't able to go any where, not even outside. The view is spectacular yet I could only see it through a tiny window, or through a slightly larger window within the door. Creature comforts were few.
Excerpt: They called her the Tiger Cat, in the newsreels. Not that they knew who they were talking about, of course, but there was always someone back in D.C. willing to leak a codename or hint at the target of a mission, in their desperation to show their own importance. Thankfully, Central Intelligence knew how to pepper false trails in with their briefs on what Congress really needed to know.
Excerpt: I didn’t confess to anyone that this was Top Hat’s first trail ride and third time under saddle. I treated him like he was well trained. He had good sense as a typical mule as long as all twelve of our other mules behaved. Today two of our coon hunters, Larry and Barry, on their small mules, planned to navigate the group through the dense woods in the Manchester State Forest, where they hunted coons at night. I felt it shouldn't be too tough. After all, the two coon hunters could ride in the dense forest.
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Excerpt: They walked up the driveway, past a big white house, and followed the white, wooden fence until they came to a gate. Sara opened it and flinched. The rusty hinges squeaked all the while it opened, S--Q--U--E--A—K. Both girls froze, Laddie barked happily, thinking this was a fun game, and the cows began mooing.
Excerpt: She cautiously emerged from the basement steps and peeked out. Total destruction met her gaze. She gave a little groan in her throat, then grabbed what was left of the railing and sat down.
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Excerpt: Even as it stood on four legs, the creature was over six feet tall at the shoulder. From the cavities in its back oozed a half-congealed, sort of greenish liquid, whose wretched stench permeated the air around us. So foul was the odor that I began to salivate and was forced to breathe through my mouth, else risk losing my lunch. I pinched my nose closed with a thumb and forefinger.
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Excerpt: The ground beneath my feet shifted. It was a slight tremor, something I wasn’t quite sure if I truly felt it right. The room started shaking and a glass plate fell from one of the open cabinets. The resounding crash resonated and I ran for cover. My mind asked me where I’d be safe when everything seemed to be shaken loose.
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