Western Challenge - Cowboy Ghost Stories

[Festus]

This one is for Cowboy Ghost Stories. General Guidelines are posted in the Western Forum of share your work! (subject to change by Mods).

Yall trapise on over there and read 'em! We could have us some fun with this one!

Here's the link (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96427) to the challenge thread in Share Your Work > Western forum. The password to Share Your Work is: vista

[Puma]

Good going, Festus - I'll be working on one. I'm glad you gave us a fair amount of turnaround time. Puma

[Tom Johnson]

Okay, I give up, where did you hide the Western Forums? (g)

[Festus]

It's over in "Share Your Work" near the bottom, Tom. :-)

[Haggis]

This one is for Cowboy Ghost Stories. General Guidelines are posted in the Western Forum of share your work! (subject to change by Mods).

Yall trapise on over there and read 'em! We could have us some fun with this one!

With yer kind permission, I'll post a link to this here contest over in the horror forum. Seems to me like some of them folk might want to stop by and share a story or two with all y'all.

[Tom Johnson]

Thanks, Festus, dab nad it, I found it. I'm a learning, slow like, though. Unfortunately, my short story, "Haunted Range", is 8,500 words, a wee bit too long, darn it.

[JeanneTGC]

For the search and time challenged, could someone post a link in this thread to the contest? Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with a paint pony on top?

[dpaterso]

Here's the link (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96427) to the challenge thread in Share Your Work > Western forum. The password to Share Your Work is: vista

Warning to all law-abidin' citizens!

The dreaded Horror Forum Gang (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96636) is a-ridin' into town, led by none other than that pesky low-down varmint, "Mad Dog" Haggis!

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u62/dpat57/haggis.jpg

Best shoot that critter on sight in case y'all catch the rabies! And mind where you're steppin'!

-Derek

[Jaycinth]

Somebody said something about 'scaring up mods'....

I see Dpaterso's avatar on the same post with Haggis new 'look'.

I admit.

I am scared.


**hmmm western ghost story...can I have aliens kill someone in it?**

[Festus]

I started to say, "sure, if they're the ghosts of aliens." Then I thought some more on this. Seems to me that there could indeed be several ways to work aliens into ghost stories, from the perceptions of cowboys thinking the aliens are ghosts to them being actual ghosts themselves. The more I ponder, the more ways I can think of to work the aliens into ghost stories!

Sure, Jaycinth, give it a whirl! Thanks for bringing this up!

Oh, we're all scared too, puts us in the right frame of mind for ghost stories, eh?

[Soccer Mom]

I done pulled the trigger on one, but I'm herding another one your way. The Horror Gang is acomin'. Lock up yer women folk. This could get nasty.

[Cav Guy]

I've got one drafting, but it's an ol' Hank piece. Be warned....

[JeanneTGC]

Are non-scary ghost stories allowed? I have mine done but...I don't think it's scary. At all. LOL

[Puma]

Of course, non scary ghost stories are allowed. The tea story that was posted wasn't scary - it was cute. Puma

[JeanneTGC]

Okey dokey, mine's up.

[Cav Guy]

So's mine.