Halloween Invitation - written for a friend

Hark now ! 

methinks I do hear the hailing of the dead! The caterwauling and screeching  of the banshees foretell the coming of the feast and merriment of All Hallows Eve. 

Be ye Nobles, peasants or fools,

 ready thyselves to meet the apparitions of the departed as they reveal themselves on this magical night. 

When the veil is thin and shadowy, and the mist begins to wain, the evil and the good,

 shall become visible again. 

The Mistress of the Castle, most humbly requests your presence on this night when ghastly deeds were once the plague upon this house. 

The Feast of the Dead is said to quell the vile and the wicked, yea, the depraved and dastardly do lurk in the shadows; dismembered remains abound; 

your presence is most needed to shut the spirits out.

As night falls their flaming grins and fiery eyes stare from yonder windows,

 watching, waiting, seething with sinister plotting schemes, daring you, beseeching you,

 cross the threshold, but dare not scream. 

It is said that the mortals who enter this domain, should bring hither libations of thine own, or thy soul may find itself alone; amid dark thoughts near grey tombstones. 

Thy throat shall burn and head with fever, which would cling to thee for ever. 

The Mistress shall offer up a feast and minstrels for thy merriment. 

To ensure one’s safety, you will discover, it is best to come in cover. 

A costume and a mask will hide your identity lest the spirits know thee and await with glee, the joy of dissecting thee!

Within the Castle walls the manifestations of murderous malevolent beings bring forth the scenes of their bloody past. Ghouls they were, and ghoulish they are, muster thy courage and pray thee that thou aren’t their last!

The Feast of the Dead 

shall be celebrated on the 26th day of October, 

that be a Friday, and the scary-ment to commence at 

7:30 Post-Mortem

Through the labyrinth known as Phoenix ye shall find 

The Castle Gargoyale at 13 Headsgate Road

If ye should be found wandering aimlessly, pray thee, call the castle servants 

and ye shall be directed forthwith.  
666-426-3323




By E. Susan Thomas Barger 2009