Scary Word of the Day: Ghosts

Each day leading up to Halloween will feature a Scary Word of the Day.

John and I love Halloween even though we never seem to do anything for it other than buy candy, carve a pumpkin, then eat the candy, which was never intended for trick-r-treaters anyway.

We don’t eat the kids’ Halloween candy because we’re mean (we are mean, but that’s a different issue); it’s just that no one ever trick-r-treats at our door. No matter where we’re living, the trick-r-treaters pass right by our door.

John says it’s because we always pick residences that are outwardly creepy looking (like the place next to the pr0n theater) or just don’t lend themselves to good trick-r-treating (like the place we’re in now). I say it’s because of me.

It goes as far back as high school. The day I stopped trick-r-treating and started handing out candy, was the day our Halloween numbers began dropping. It’s like I have a personal ghost, robbing me of the opportunity to scare costumed kids the way my mom and dad did always did at Halloween.

And so, the Scary Word of the Day is. . . . Ghost.

What to do when you see or hear the scary word of the day? We’ll start simply and with a bit of nostalgia. Whenever you hear the scary word of the day today, scream real loud!

Try to scare a kid while you’re at it. Say it’s from me.

In the meantime, here’s a crackpot library of ghostly stuff:

Paranormal Activity, I’m Glad You Weren’t in 3D

Ask an Amateur Scientist: The Ghost Cat

Dollhouse: Ghost

Books: The Graveyard Book

Amateur Scientist Reviews Paranormal State

Supernatural: Ghostfacers

The 4400: Ghost in the Machine

PRGAAMWA DVD Fight: Ghost Rider vs. Hellboy: Blood & Iron

Ask an Amateur Scientist: Ghosts in the Darkness

Lisa Fary is a graduate of the creative writing program at Florida State University and holds an advanced degree in Special Education. Her earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She’s angry that it’s almost 2010 and she still doesn’t have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram.