"Xander finds that some stories passed through the ages are not what they seem."
The flicker of the campfire illuminates our circle of rapt faces, the wood popping and crackling in the dark as Dexter brings his tale to a climax."Terror!" he yells with the gravitas of a Shakespearean understudy. "That's how it reigns."...
"This is a ghost story like no other."
The story of Resurrection Mary was told around Chicago for so many years that it became legendary. But, back in the thirties when a pretty young girl was killed by a hit-and-run driver, it was heartbreaking. Mary had been with...
"How will you survive the marshes when you are alone, wounded and on the run in the midst of winter?"
It was a crisp, clear winter morning. Though she was immune to its effects, she could feel the cold permeating the air. A thin blanket of frost covered the landscape, the sun’s weak rays reflecting off the tiny ice crystals,...
"What would you do to help a friend in need?"
It was around half-past-eleven as Judith left her cottage and set off for the church. The full moon shone brightly in the cloudless sky, and she had no difficulty in finding her way. For reasons no-one could quite remember, the...
"King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Morgana, and Merlin live happily ever after."
“Focus on the countess,” Merlin instructed. In the distant courtyard, a lady in red mingled and danced to music that barely reached to where the two watched from a rooftop. “Bite down and swallow quickly.” It seemed to be a...
"A game of truth or dare leads to discoveries about a local legend."
Suddenly all the lights went out in the house and the girls broke out in fits of fake screams and laughter. I didn’t join in for either. Instead, I decided to sneak out for a quick cig, hoping to skip...
"The legend of King Arthur had to start somewhere"
Pennants and flags fluttered in the wind; as far as the eye could see, north to south, greens, reds and whites on one side. On the other side, white crosses flew predominantly on a black field; though there were plenty...
"A group of miners search for the truth in the early 1900's."
The campfire blazed brightly in the cool night, it's warmth radiating to the men surrounding it and helping to keep the chill off."Getting pretty cold tonight, boys," announced Henri from the edge of the darkness. "Keep that fire going.""Yeah, Boss," replied Bucky....
"How much do you really know about our myths and legends?"
Dear Reader,Nobody believed our story. But the events I relate to you below really happened. It may seem fantastic, but truth is always stranger than fiction.You can make up your own mind—I only want to set the record straight before—well,...
"Willie gets a taste of Pearl’s luster."
“Yer outnumbered, girl!”‘Girl? I’ll show you girl.’ Willie propped her bowler hat on a stick and raised it slightly over the ridge of her rocky barricade. A ricochet twanged off the boulder before she even heard the shot; a grey...