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Shrink Proof
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Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 9:00:04 GMT

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Post by Shrink Proof on Dec 24, 2021 9:00:04 GMT

Wassail! A slow start for me this Christmas Eve, but I've finally managed to gnaw through the leather straps and make it to the keyboard to wish the inmates of this institution a cool Yule. For those of you who were hoping for a ghost story for Christmas, well, here's your Christmas present.

Reality is thermoplastic, not thermosetting...

ripper Slime Beast Posts: 2,366	Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 12:23:59 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ripper on Dec 24, 2021 12:23:59 GMT Thanks for the story; I shall save that for tonight. A happy Christmas to all board members and their loved ones.

helrunar Slime Beast Esoterica unlimited Posts: 3,685	Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 13:45:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by helrunar on Dec 24, 2021 13:45:53 GMT Wonderful tales, Malcolm. I raise a glass to you and yours at this season of Ghoul... erm, Yule. Vaultdwellers, don't miss Dr Shrink Proof's other unsettling little story in this zine, "Slateley": frostzonezine.com/slateley/ H.

Swampirella
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Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 13:46:55 GMT

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Post by Swampirella on Dec 24, 2021 13:46:55 GMT

Dec 24, 2021 9:00:04 GMT Shrink Proof said:

Wassail! A slow start for me this Christmas Eve, but I've finally managed to gnaw through the leather straps and make it to the keyboard to wish the inmates of this institution a cool Yule. For those of you who were hoping for a ghost story for Christmas, well, here's your Christmas present.

Thank you so much!

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Swampirella Slime Beast Posts: 1,619	Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 13:47:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Swampirella on Dec 24, 2021 13:47:48 GMT Wishing everybody and their families a very Merry Christmas & a happy, healthy New Year!
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Middoth Slime Beast Posts: 370	Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 18:11:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Middoth on Dec 24, 2021 18:11:45 GMT Hugs and kisses
	How quickly you changed your mind! You arrived to find a gold Dunsanian city of arches and domes and fantastic spires... or so you told us. Yet when you fled two years later you could see only “alien hordes.”[br] T. E. D. Klein

dem bones Janitor Of Lunacy Hail Horrors, Hail Thirsty Dog Posts: 17,492	Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 18:13:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dem bones on Dec 24, 2021 18:13:28 GMT 'Enjoyed' your story, Dr. Proof, shall read 'Slateley' over holiday. Thank you so much for sharing!
	From the first, I set myself against "literature"; the story was the thing, and no amount of style could persuade me to select a story that lacked genuine, unadulterated horror. For those who wanted something high-brow there was plenty. - Christine Campbell Thomson

𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
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I cried out, and I cried at last ‘‘ Who are you? ”’ I heard him say ‘‘ I was a carpenter’”’...

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Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 18:49:27 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 18:49:27 GMT

Wishing all my friends on here a Very Merry Christmas!

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
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I cried out, and I cried at last ‘‘ Who are you? ”’ I heard him say ‘‘ I was a carpenter’”’...

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Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 19:13:13 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 19:13:13 GMT

What funny men they were!
I read they found an old episode of their series and plan to show it on BBC2 on Christmas day.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
Slime Beast

I cried out, and I cried at last ‘‘ Who are you? ”’ I heard him say ‘‘ I was a carpenter’”’...

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Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 19:19:31 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 19:19:31 GMT

I know that at Christmas your thoughts turn to mistletoe, so here is a cheerful Christmas tale!

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

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Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 19:30:52 GMT

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Post by Swampirella on Dec 24, 2021 19:30:52 GMT

Dec 24, 2021 19:19:31 GMT 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr said:

I know that at Christmas your thoughts turn to mistletoe, so here is a cheerful Christmas tale!

How poignant; thank you!

Here's a list of where this supposedly happened; I believe Bramshill House is cited most often.

Castle Horneck (Cornwall), Exton Hall (Rutland) Bawdrip Rectory (Somerset), Marwell Hall, Bramshill House (both Hampshire), Brockdish Hall (Norfolk), Basildon Grotto (Berkshire) and Minster Lovell Hall (Oxfordshire).

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𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
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I cried out, and I cried at last ‘‘ Who are you? ”’ I heard him say ‘‘ I was a carpenter’”’...

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Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 20:13:18 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 20:13:18 GMT

We are watching a Christmas Top of the Pops. They have removed all the DJs, for obvious reasons, so far all the music has been bad. The most bearable is Showaddywaddy.I'll inform you if we have anything good.
It could be a while.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
Slime Beast

I cried out, and I cried at last ‘‘ Who are you? ”’ I heard him say ‘‘ I was a carpenter’”’...

Posts: 2,214

Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 20:24:24 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 20:24:24 GMT

They have moved onto non-Christmas songs.
We have Human League.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
Slime Beast

I cried out, and I cried at last ‘‘ Who are you? ”’ I heard him say ‘‘ I was a carpenter’”’...

Posts: 2,214

Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 20:24:56 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 20:24:56 GMT

Now this:

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr
Slime Beast

I cried out, and I cried at last ‘‘ Who are you? ”’ I heard him say ‘‘ I was a carpenter’”’...

Posts: 2,214

Seasons Ghastlings Dec 24, 2021 20:29:07 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 20:29:07 GMT

Now someone called Howard Jones, very 1980s hair.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 18:49:27 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 20:13:18 GMT

Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 20:24:24 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Dec 24, 2021 20:29:07 GMT