Where there is no imagination
there is no horror.
~Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.
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Bring forth the raisins and the nuts-
Tonight All-Hallows’ Spectre struts
Along the moonlit way.
~John Kendrick Bangs
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When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.
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One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.
~Emily Dickinson
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Hobgoblins know the proper way to dance:
Arms akimbo, loopy legs askew,
Leaping into darkness with delight,
Lusting for the ecstasy of fright,
Open to the charm of horrors new….
~Nicholas Gordon
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Hold on, man.
We don’t go anywhere with
“scary,” “spooky,” “haunted,”
or “forbidden” in the title.
~From Scooby-Doo
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‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
~William Shakespeare
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Nothing on Earth
so beautiful as
the final
haul on Halloween night.
~Steve Almond
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