October Country USA: When Hallowe'en was creepy

Friday, September 22, 2017

When Hallowe'en was creepy

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Long may it wave...

What is October Country?

It is a state of mind, really. My state of mind. Where all my favorite things reside and flourish... books, art, poetry, creativity and more...

Where autumn winds rattle the windows, sending leaves skittering down the lane in a headlong rush toward winter...

Where books and primitives and Grandmother's things line the shelves in curious but harmonious diversity...

Where cocoa laced with Irish Creme is always brewing...

Where the raucous caw-caw of crows is welcome, and Jack-O'-Lanterns glow and Witches cackle...

365 days a year...

I am the Octoberwych. I bid you Welcome to my Heart's Home. Enter of your own free will in the spirit of peace and good cheer.

an infernal fascination

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Gothic Americana by Octoberwych
Witches Kitchen (wickedly delectable)
Dates: Notorious and Renowned

Autumn people...

That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain...
October Country-- Ray Bradbury

Boo!

The witch gets a ride

Go ahead - ask which witch?

Mob of Smiles

and just like that

I gotta have me one of these!

Haunted?

All houses wherein men have lived and died are haunted houses. Through the open doors the harmless phantoms on their errands glide, with feet that make no sound upon the floors. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Well... there ya go

Crazy is not contagious

Salute!

I got something for ya dearie...

Octoberwych

Respectfully yours in caliginous chaos...

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My Favorite Web Sites, Blogs and Stuff

Faerie Magazine
Halloween The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows - Jack Santino
Halloween via History.com
Midnight Syndicate - Gothic Music and Art
Museum of Talking Boards (Ouija)
Museum of Witchcraft
Nox Arcana - Gothic Music and Art
October Country USA - Facebook
Salem Witch Museum
Stolloween - Imagination + Papier Mache
The Great Harry Houdini
The Museum of Edgar Allan Poe
The Pendle (Lancashire) Witches
The Shadow Farm FB
The Witches' Voice
Vintage Beistle Halloween
Why do Witches Wear Pointy Hats?

Got October Country Deja-Vu?

You may have seen some of this content before as this blog is simply a new approach to the web sites formerly known as October Country and The Wyching Well. If such is the case - thanks for finding us again. All those stories and poems and graphics and rants are posting here daily... stay tuned... Octoberwych

Voices whisper in the trees

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