October Writing Challenge - Ghosts!

trampledamage · October 5 2008, 05:22 AM

I was going to try for something fancy in this challenge, but then I figured why mess with a great concept like the Hallowe'en ghost story?

So that's your challenge - write me a ghost story.

To be more specific - a story involving the paranormal/supernatural in some way - but scary - after all, this is the Hallowe'en challenge!

So we can have Mistral's Star Trek fairies, but they need to be eating the colonists!

3,000 words.

Any questions - type 'em here.

EDIT: will also allow "apparently paranormal / supernatural stories" so the Star Trek fairies can actually be Orion smugglers if you want. Just keep it scary and, at least at first, paranormal/supernatural.

Oh and closing date will be midnight October 31st (greenwich mean time - so I'll have all the stories for my Hallowe'en

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Mistral · October 5 2008, 06:49 AM

should be fun.

captcalhoun · October 5 2008, 07:26 AM

i take it there's no 'oooh, it's technology and not really ghosts' stories allowed?

Jono · October 5 2008, 08:18 AM

What about stuff like the salt vampire, the cloud that feeds on rage or Redjac? Would they count?

Gibraltar · October 5 2008, 08:22 AM

rofeta wrote:

What about stuff like the salt vampire, the cloud that feeds on rage or Redjac? Would they count?

Or perhaps the Salt Vampire Redjac that feeds on clouds of rage?

think · October 5 2008, 08:43 AM

The Ghost of Halloween past?

or all the future alien ghosts that invade the minds of the young as they grow up into mutant tribbles with teeth because of a transporter error that mixed the dna with the rna in a psychotic blend of fantasy. The evil yoda knows no bounds from his mirror-verse. He will infest and fester like devils in the rye or lime lights so bright they burn through the skins of beings never known and always there, behind you now! don't look there. ahhhhhhh (lots of ahhh and screams muhhhmmaaaahhhhahahahahaha)

BrotherBenny · October 5 2008, 01:33 PM

I'll have to think on this one. My temporally-displaced immortal engineer might have some trouble with this.

Goliath · October 5 2008, 04:24 PM

captcalhoun wrote:

i take it there's no 'oooh, it's technology and not really ghosts' stories allowed?

I think you're correct. He did say the story must involve the 'paranormal/supernatural in some way.' That would seem to exclude any sort of scientific or technological explanation for the ghosts involved.

trampledamage · October 5 2008, 04:41 PM

Camevilopard wrote:

captcalhoun wrote:

i take it there's no 'oooh, it's technology and not really ghosts' stories allowed?

I think you're correct. He did say the story must involve the 'paranormal/supernatural in some way.' That would seem to exclude any sort of scientific or technological explanation for the ghosts involved.

That I (she) did! I also woke up this morning and thought... Hmm... you know I should allow "apparently paranormal" stories too - mainly because I haven't a clue how to write an actual ghost story but Orion smugglers using the legend of the Star Trek fairies to keep people away, that I can write.

So - rule change:

I want paranormal / supernatural or apparently paranormal / supernatural stories.

Keep it scary though!

I'll amend the first post it it'll let me.

trampledamage · October 5 2008, 05:12 PM

think wrote:

The Ghost of Halloween past?

or all the future alien ghosts that invade the minds of the young as they grow up into mutant tribbles with teeth because of a transporter error that mixed the dna with the rna in a psychotic blend of fantasy. The evil yoda knows no bounds from his mirror-verse. He will infest and fester like devils in the rye or lime lights so bright they burn through the skins of beings never known and always there, behind you now! don't look there. ahhhhhhh (lots of ahhh and screams muhhhmmaaaahhhhahahahahaha)

sounds good to me! Add a few more words and you've got yourself a challenge entry.

Goliath · October 5 2008, 05:39 PM

That I (she) did!

D'oh!

Sorry.

captcalhoun · October 5 2008, 06:33 PM

oh good. i think it's time for the MU-Klingon Empire to meet the terror that is THE NIGHT-STALKER!

trampledamage · October 5 2008, 08:01 PM

captcalhoun wrote:

oh good. i think it's time for the MU-Klingon Empire to meet the terror that is THE NIGHT-STALKER!

I like the sound of this!

Timewalker · October 6 2008, 04:48 AM

So crossovers and/or non-Star Trek are allowed?

Mistral · October 6 2008, 08:30 AM

I'm working on something-and considering scrapping it to do a couple of other ideas I had-this one seems to be causing an over-abundance of ideas. LOL.

October 5 2008, 05:22 AM	#1
trampledamage Clone Location: trampledamage is doing her homework	October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! I was going to try for something fancy in this challenge, but then I figured why mess with a great concept like the Hallowe'en ghost story? So that's your challenge - write me a ghost story. To be more specific - a story involving the paranormal/supernatural in some way - but scary - after all, this is the Hallowe'en challenge! So we can have Mistral's Star Trek fairies, but they need to be eating the colonists! 3,000 words. Any questions - type 'em here. EDIT: will also allow "apparently paranormal / supernatural stories" so the Star Trek fairies can actually be Orion smugglers if you want. Just keep it scary and, at least at first, paranormal/supernatural. Oh and closing date will be midnight October 31st (greenwich mean time - so I'll have all the stories for my Hallowe'en ) __________________ Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence - Dr. McCoy And he says that like it's a bad thing... Last edited by trampledamage; October 5 2008 at 05:10 PM. Reason: adding details.

October 5 2008, 06:49 AM	#2
Mistral Vice Admiral Location: Between the candle and the flame	Re: October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! should be fun. __________________ ...sf fandom is only a personality disorder if you do it right.-Klaus http://www.adastrafanfic.com - archive stories! www.4rumboys.com for honest gaming

October 5 2008, 07:26 AM	#3
captcalhoun Admiral Location: gone	Re: October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! i take it there's no 'oooh, it's technology and not really ghosts' stories allowed?

October 5 2008, 08:18 AM	#4
Jono Rear Admiral Location: Australia	Re: October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! What about stuff like the salt vampire, the cloud that feeds on rage or Redjac? Would they count? __________________ Those who lose dreaming are lost.

October 5 2008, 08:43 AM	#6
think Rear Admiral Location: In Alien Laboratory Experimental Centrifuge	Re: October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! The Ghost of Halloween past? or all the future alien ghosts that invade the minds of the young as they grow up into mutant tribbles with teeth because of a transporter error that mixed the dna with the rna in a psychotic blend of fantasy. The evil yoda knows no bounds from his mirror-verse. He will infest and fester like devils in the rye or lime lights so bright they burn through the skins of beings never known and always there, behind you now! don't look there. ahhhhhhh (lots of ahhh and screams muhhhmmaaaahhhhahahahahaha) __________________ I am experiencing a psychotic break from thinking correctly please stand by as a type this thought incorrectly. goto universe 9 and join, and comment?/or-not\ Last edited by think; October 5 2008 at 08:45 AM. Reason: evil reasons of unknown descriptions

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October 5 2008, 01:33 PM	#7
BrotherBenny Rear Admiral Location: BrotherBenny	Re: October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! I'll have to think on this one. My temporally-displaced immortal engineer might have some trouble with this. __________________ "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined." - Henry David Thoreau My blog / My crime stories

October 5 2008, 06:33 PM	#12
captcalhoun Admiral Location: gone	Re: October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! oh good. i think it's time for the MU-Klingon Empire to meet the terror that is THE NIGHT-STALKER!

October 6 2008, 04:48 AM	#14
Timewalker Commodore Location: In many different universes, simultaneously.	Re: October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! So crossovers and/or non-Star Trek are allowed? __________________ "Let's give it to Riker. He'll eat anything!"

October 6 2008, 08:30 AM	#15
Mistral Vice Admiral Location: Between the candle and the flame	Re: October Writing Challenge - Ghosts! I'm working on something-and considering scrapping it to do a couple of other ideas I had-this one seems to be causing an over-abundance of ideas. LOL. __________________ ...sf fandom is only a personality disorder if you do it right.-Klaus http://www.adastrafanfic.com - archive stories! www.4rumboys.com for honest gaming