The Writers' Pad E-zine Volume I Fall 2012

By Writers' Pad

The Writers' Pad E-zine Volume I Fall 2012 is a Halloween themed collection of short stories and poetry. It is a collaboration by members of the online writing website called The Writers' Pad.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Writers' Pad
• Release date: Oct 8, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301063130

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Writers' Pad is a friendly hang out for writers and poets. Our members publish a free e-zine twice yearly.

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The Writers' Pad E-Zine

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Copyright 2012 Writers' Pad

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Cover Illustration by Mel Stevens

Title Page

Smashwords License Statement

Credits

Welcome!

An Unholy Halloween by Rob Read

The Curse from Madame Rouge by Jim Legion Shifflett

Black Widow by James Funfer

Raggedy Ann on Edge by Phibby Venable

The Birth by Tina Marlow

Thirst by Becca Theriault

The Witching Ball by Laura Ehlers

Sweet Treats and Fun Feats by Sirrah Harris Medeiros

Desperation by Lexy Dickerson

Apple Haunting by Jennifer HFU Tucker

Diary of the Not So Dead by Renee Davison

Dripping Blood by Becca Theriault

Your Garden will be Surrounded by Gardens / The Old Oak Tree by Denise Hendrikx

B Movie by Jennifer HFU Tucker

Lilith's Reign by Sirrah Harris Medeiros

A New Fall by Lexy Dickerson

Prairie Autumn by James Funfer

Vampire Witch by Renee Davison

The Loss of Eddie Werewolf by Phibby Venable

Blood of the Scarecrow by Jim Legion Shifflett

Teach Your Zombies Well by Laura Ehlers

All Hallows Night by Rob Read

Meet the Poets & Writers

Contact Writer's Pad

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Thanks go out to Denise Hendrikx and Aj Elmore for providing the spark of motivation needed to set up a new website so that we could more easily work together. Thank-you, Rob Read, for suggesting we publish a Writers' Pad E-zine! Thank-you, Melissa Stevens, for creating our Creepy Cool E-zine Cover Art of Awesomeness! And thanks to all the Writers' Pad members, for your continued inspiration, collaboration, and friendship! --HFU 10/7/12

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Welcome, Victims! (Oops, I meant Visitors) Stumble in and make yourselves casualties! (Umm, I meant comfortable) Here at The Writers' Pad, we are all about the monstrosity, err, hospitality, mostly! Please sit down. Ok, then. Ahem.

The Writers' Pad is a small, private, social network of poets and writers. Some of us write for fun while others write to publish. When our schedules allow, we meet up at The Pad, to share ideas, collaborate on projects, share publishing news, and support each other in our quest for upwardly mobile word counts.

Our group is quite eclectic (and eccentric). Our ages range from 18 to Don't-Ask-Me-That and our members represent 8 different countries. We are spoken word poets and song writers. We are bloggers, photographers, poets and novelists. We write nonfiction and fantasy, sci-fi and romance, humor and horror. We wear fedoras, make pork jokes, drink way too much coffee, own tiny palm trees, go trippin' on pixie stix, claim to be Muse Ninjas and are infested with cellar ghosties. We scare ourselves sometimes.

Twice a year, we plan to publish a compilation of poetry and short fiction, which will be available to the public, free of charge. Our Fall issues, like this one, will be Halloween themed. Our Spring issues will contain general interest stories and poetry from a variety of different genres.

So kick back, Grim Reapers (um, Gentle Readers), and dig in to this ghastly accumulation of supernatural heinousness and angst (there's just no nice way to put it)! And be sure to check out the Meet the Poets & Writers section of this ezine. There you will find information, about who we are, and links to books, works in progress, blogs, and websites.

Stay Horrifying!

HFU 10/7/12

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An Unholy Halloween

by Rob Read

My appearance may be misleading if you are unaware of my story. From the wispy feathers of white hair, the gaunt features, and wrinkled parchment yellow skin, you may think my age to be near eighty years. In fact my true age is less than half that total. I am entirely to blame. If only I had paid more attention to the warnings from the local villagers...

In the three autumn seasons through which I have lived in this tiny, Devonshire village, on the edge of Bodmin Moor, I have never been visited by the local children on All Hallows Eve. I realize that 'trick-or-treat' is more of an American theme, but in the last twenty years or so, it has become almost as popular here in England.

The first two years were understandable; I needed to earn the villagers' trust. My little thatch-roofed cottage set among surly horse-chestnut trees and away from the main road was a little creepy. That fact, added to the suspicion of a middle-aged man living alone, and with stories of sex-offenders and pedophiles making almost daily headline news, how many parents would be willing to allow their precious offspring to come near my abode?

However, by the third year, I was on first name terms with all my immediate neighbours. They knew by then, that being an artist, I had an excuse for a little eccentricity. Several of my better paintings hung on the walls above the bar of the quaint little pub, the Red Lion, and I