Fact or Fiction "A Light from Beyond" Revealed

Wow - za - wow wow - The response was outrageous. It really is so remarkable as to how many people have so many points of view. I wanted to post this yesterday, but I wanted to be sure that I answered all the questions that were sent to me, in regards to the story " A Light from Beyond?" I posted on Fact or Fiction Friday. So, lets not put this off any longer.   Drum roll..............

 

The original story was submitted to me, from Carrie who lives in New Hampshire, and that she and I graduated from Laconia High School in 1986.

 

Below is her TRUE story. Yes, this story is True. Got ya! Strange how removing and changing a few words here and there, can change what a person believes or doesn't believe.

 

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Hey Stacey-

So here is my TRUE life Ghost story:

July 2013 - I was cleaning a house that was about 10,000 sf. It is in Laconia in a very elite, expensive neighborhood. The house had 3 floors, 4 bathrooms, 14 rooms (not including the bathrooms or 3 other rooms that were in the basement used for storage). The house was huge. Anyway, I was in the family room in the basement vacuuming and about 1 1/2 hours into my 3 hour shift when all of a sudden I heard a HUGE LOUD BANG! And almost immediately I could actually "feel" someone watching me. It’s so hard to explain, but I could actually feel it. I was all alone in this huge house and absolutely terrified. I shut the vacuum off and just stood there shaking and my heart racing. I was terrified. I was almost frozen. A few minutes went by of me just standing there waiting to see if I could hear anything else the whole time having this very creepy feeling. I slowly walked over to the hallway and looked up through the railings on the stairway. The way the stairs were set up, you could see all the way up to the 3rd floor from the basement. (Kind of like how we use to be able to look down from an upper floor at the high school when on the stairs). I just stood there listening and looking. I was 100% sure someone was in the house watching me. I VERY slowly walked up stairs, super terrified. I stood on the landing right before I got to the main floor and looked down the long hallway. Not seeing anyone, but still feeling a presence. I went down the hall, looked in the rooms, saw nothing, I then proceeded to one of the bedrooms on that floor and when I walked in, there was a bed side light on. I thought that was strange because I had just left that room about 20 or 30 minutes earlier and the light was definitely NOT on. I thought maybe I hit the switch on the wall accidentally...I tried it and it was not the switch for that light. Then I thought that maybe it was a touch lamp and that I had bumped it accidentally...NOPE! When I got over to the light it was a lamp with a switch on it just below the bulb that you actually had to TURN it to turn it on. NOW I am completely freaked out!! All this time, I could still feel the presence. I continued to check the rest of the house and found no one. I finished vacuuming the house and got the hell out of there as soon as I could. That feeling of "being watched" never left me the entire time I was there. Just thinking about it right now, I am literally shaking. It was so scary.

I came home and called the owner of the home. It is not their primary residence. They live out of State, but have the home as a vacation home. I left her a message to please call me. She called me back a couple of hours later and she could tell that something was wrong with me. I asked her "Ummm...is your house haunted?" She said "Well, we've been wondering the same thing." I was like "WHAT?!" She said that her dog would sometimes stand at the end of the hallway and just start barking down the hall. She said that nobody was there that they could see. The dog would act strange a lot and sometimes she would hear noises that the rest of the family couldn't. She said sometimes both her and her daughter would awake suddenly in the middle of night with the sensation that someone was pulling at their feet. She consulted with a medium and was told that the woman who lived there previously had died and would come back and forth to the house to "play". She said the woman wouldn't hurt me and there was nothing for me to worry about. I didn't care...I was done right then!

I consulted with my friend Lesley who is a medium and asked her to do a reading on the house. In the meantime, I did some research on the house myself and the previous owner and had also gotten information about her from the present owner. Since the owners were never hardly there she would do the reading from the outside of the house. Lesley and I went down one night. She did not know which house it was, only the street. She did a reading, which was quite interesting. Lesley knew the woman's name, her husband’s name, what she looked like, told me particulars about her marriage problems, where the woman worked, what she did there, where she killed herself (It was not at the house), and how she died, which was by suicide. It was a very sad case. Lesley also told me that the woman was sorry that she scared me, but yet she found my reaction a bit amusing. (i.e.: looking around, walking slowly and cautiously, etc...) Lesley started imitating EXACTLY what I had done because the woman was showing her my reaction. Lesley also told me that this lady was not going to hurt me. But at that point I had already quit and I just knew that I could not go back Lesley felt that because the lady found it amusing, even though she was sorry, that she would probably play some games with me in the future. She also confirmed that the lady did not stay at the house all the time, but that she comes and goes. She wasn't sure "where" she went when she wasn't at the house, but that she was somewhere "out there."

It was all quite scary for me. I always thought it would be cool to have an encounter with a spirit, but after having one, I never want another one again! Lol

SO...THAT is my Ghost Story. What do you think?

Carrie

A Light From Beyond? What do you think?

 

 

 

23 Days Until Halloween

 

 

Greetings readers - well I’m at it again, and have decided to dedicate the Friday’s in the month of October for my favorite type of topics.  WELCOME TO - Fact or Fiction Friday. What happens is that you the reader decides if the stories that appears on - Fact or Fiction Friday are a real story or someone trying to create a scare, but you know me just when you think you know the answer, think again - maybe it’s true? Maybe it isn't. Come back and Join us on Monday for the answer - Until Then - Happy Haunting.

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A Light From Beyond?

A young woman sits quietly drinking her morning coffee, pondering what had happened to her the day before that literally still has her shaking - never before has she experienced something  so scary.

It was a normal work day as a woman was cleaning a house that was about 10,000 sf. That was located in Laconia, New Hampshire - in a very elite, expensive neighborhood. The house had 3 floors, 4 bathrooms, 14 rooms (not including the bathrooms or 3 other rooms that were in the basement used for storage). The house was huge. Anyway, she was in the family room in the basement vacuuming and about 1 1/2 hours into a 3 hour shift when all of a sudden she was startled when she heard a HUGE LOUD BANG! And almost immediately she could actually "feel" someone watching her. It’s so hard to explain, but she could actually feel it. She was all alone in this huge house and absolutely terrified. She had shut the vacuum off and just stood there shaking and her heart racing. She was terrified and nearly frozen with fear. A few minutes went by; still she just stood there waiting to see if she could hear anything else, while the whole time was entombed by this very creepy feeling. She decided that she needed to check it out and slowly walked over to the hallway and looked up through the railings on the stairway.

The way the stairs were set up, you could see all the way up to the 3rd floor from the basement.  She just stood there breathless - listening and looking. She was 100% sure someone was in the house watching her.  Slowly she walked up stairs - super terrified of the unknown that could be waiting for her.  She stood on the landing right before she got to the main floor and looked down the long hallway. Not seeing anyone, but still feeling a presence. She continued down the hall, looking in each of the rooms one at a time - and yet saw nothing.  She then proceeded to one of the bedrooms on that floor and when she walked in, there was a bed side light on. 

"That's strange" she thought to herself, “I had just left that room about 20 or 30 minutes earlier and the light was definitely NOT on.  Maybe I hit the switch on the wall accidentally." She tried it and it was not the switch for that light. Then she thought that maybe it was a touch lamp and that she had bumped it accidentally...NOPE! When she got over to the light it was a lamp with a switch on it just below the bulb that you actually had to TURN it to turn it on.

At this point the woman was completely freaked out!! All this time, she could still feel the presence as she continued to check the rest of the house and found no one.  She went back to her house work and finished vacuuming the house, rounded up her cleaning supplies and got the hell out of there as soon as she could. That feeling of "being watched" to this very day - has never left her the entire time she was there.

When she arrived home she immediately called the owner of the home. She knew it was not their primary residence. They lived out of State, but have the home as a vacation home. Trying to conceal the fear in her voice - she left her a message to please call her. The home owner was always good about calling her back. It been only a couple of hours later as the home owner could tell that something was wrong with her by the sound of her voice in her message. Hesitant, she let her trembling voice asked the question...  "Ummm...is your house haunted?"

 

The home owner took a moment filling the phone with silence, and then replied, “well, we've been wondering the same thing."

"WHAT?!"

"Sometimes our dog would stand at the end of the hallway and just start barking down the hall, but when we would check - nobody was there that we could see. The dog would act strange a lot and sometimes she would hear noises that the rest of the family couldn't.  Sometimes both my daughter and I would awaken suddenly in the middle of night with the sensation that someone was pulling at our feet. So my daughter and I decided that we needed to know exactly what was going on and so we consulted with a medium and was told that the woman who lived there previously had died and would come back and forth to the house to - play."

She stood and shivered with her phone pressed tightly to her ear as the home owner then remarked with one last comment when she said so casually that the woman’s spirit haunting the home wouldn't hurt her and there was nothing for her to worry about - she didn't care...she was done right then!

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So what did you think? Is this a true story? Did a housekeeper experience a spiritual entity that wasn't ready to accept that fact they had died?  Let me know what you’re thinking? I would love to hear from you. Until then - have a great weekend and I'll blog ya Monday.

 

You Asked for It - Creepy Legends and Myths:

Photo by: Stacey L. Bolin
Copyright 10/20/2103

 

 

8 days until Halloween

 

We'll here I am already into the middle of another week. First before we begin todays reader requested topic/s, I want to thank you all for the positive reviews on the last two stories that I posted. It's not easy to step out of ones comfort zone and take a chance on coming up with original short story ideas. Last year I relied more on the reader to share stories - which I will admit - made life so easy. Cut, paste, done. This year I wanted to test myself to see if I could meet the pressures and demands of having and meeting my deadlines. It's not easy, but I love the challenge.

 

Ok, so back to the readers request topic/s. Many of you loved the segments I did last year asking people to read small blurbs of legends and myths, and then you the reader had to decided if it was truth or fiction. Well that is what today is. Below are five paragraphs that have been categorized as either a legend or a myth. Do you know what is truth or what is fiction?  Good Luck! Come back tomorrow to find out how you scored. Until then Blog ya later.

 

 

The Legend:

A young man is dropping off groceries at the house of an eccentric old lady when he notices an old photo that makes the hair on his arms stand on end. The photo's normal enough--a young boy in his Sunday best--but something just seems off. He asks the old lady who it is.
"Oh," she replies, trying to stuff a cat in the dishwasher "isn't that beautiful? You can hardly tell he's dead."

 

The Legend:

A sick woman arrives at a hospital and when the nurses withdraw blood it is so toxic that it begins making everyone around her sick too. Realizing they're dealing with the human embodiment of the creature from Alien, the nurses flee for their lives.

 

The Myth:

A prop at a carnival was discovered not to be made of the usual combination of papier mache and carni spit, but human skin and bone. All the little kiddies at the haunted house had been poking and giggling at a real, mummified dead body.

 

The Legend:

Every day, millions of us put our lives in the hands of skilled physicians, dentists and white van tattoo artists. Whether we're getting wisdom teeth removed or our boobs corrected so they're the same size, we're working under two assumptions: A) The doctor in charge knows what he's doing and B) There is no way a doctor could be a psychopath who just went through medical school so he'd have an excuse to mutilate people.

 

The Legend:

Everyone knows the feeling. You're alone in your house when you get the unmistakable sense that you're being watched. It's like you can feel another human presence in the house with you, even though you know you locked the doors and windows. This spooky trick of the mind is probably why so many of our ghost stories are about someone being inside our house. There's the call that was coming from inside the house, the killer who hides under your bed, the guy who wakes up to find a note taped to his forehead or even the monsters living in our closet. But those fears are irrational, right?

"WANTED FOR FRAUD!"

 

"WANTED FOR FRAUD!!"

By: Stacey L. Bolin

A work of fiction base on true life events.

 

 

There was a strange feeling in the air on that April morning as the graying clouds consumed the blue skies above. The people in the town, were pale, tired, frustrated, and wore somber faces for hours on end as they continued to try find the culprit that had been displayed in numerous wanted posters that had been hung all over their town.

“Wanted for Fraud”

Brown Eyes, Overweight, and likes

to lay low so not to be seen.

The suspect was last seen wearing a brown coat.

 

They felt betrayed, cheated on,  and lied too. They were so confused by what was once a positive outlook on their daily lives began to take an evil and revengeful turn.  

Just two months before their little town was consumed by the depressing gloomy colors of blue, black and a gray, the town’s people filled their souls and their homes with great feelings of anticipation as a blanket of cold white snow lay on the ground and an Arctic wind dance outside their window panes. What would this moment bring? They wondered as they prepared themselves for the gathering. What would the outcome be? Would things finally change for the better? They had waited for this moment for the past three months, wanting an answer and trying to figure out what would his answers be?

In their best warm weather gear, the town’s people converged onto the local park grounds while massive amounts of media personal jockeyed to get that perfect angle, often obstructing the views of citizens to see that glorious moment when he would officially arrive. For the people in the back of the crowd, their only way of learning when that moment would arrive would be the ecstatic sounds of people cheering. The clock ticked down, one minute, two minutes, three minutes, then suddenly a voice in the crowd began to scream and cheer - "HE DIDN'T SEE HIS SHADOW! ‘Punxsutawney Phil' Predicts Early Spring! GOOD-BYE GLOOMY COLORS OF WINTER! WELCOME PRETTY COLORS OF SPRING!”

Little did they know that on April the 10th, the tulips and daffodils and all that spring had to offer would be consumed by a snow white storm of storms as a blizzard dropping over a foot of snow, entombed the town as if it were the dead of winter.

 

 

 

The town’s people were outraged! They had had enough and it was time to seek their sweet revenge - they wanted winter to release it grips and free the beauty and warmth of spring that had arrived three days before its capture. In a blink of an eye the posters had not only made it all over town – they had made their way all over the state. The citizens were determined once and for all to set spring free and bring happiness to the people once again and if they couldn’t convince Mother Nature, there was only one thing left to do…………

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-Publishing Scares Author from Bantam Books- Really?

 

Well we have made it to end of another work week and here it is, Saturday morning and I am wide awake at 5:15am.  I will say that this week has been exceptionally busy, I've had two job interviews, and I’m doing final book edits to make sure that this book due out will be without any blemishes and doing my motherly/wifely duties to keep the home fires burning.

You know, speaking of books and publishing, I had the oddest thing happen to me yesterday. I was speaking with a gentleman, who has been published by Bantam Books, on line in regards to traditional publishers and authors that fear those who self-publish, that they will be the new way of publishing because of all they have to go through to get their stories to the shelves. Their strength will grow in numbers because of what they will learn in the industry. Hummm??? I can't see how, the crap that an author of a self-published book goes through it mind bending, stressful and the author is generally the one that does the writing, checking, re-checking, web page building, cover designing, book signing scheduling, oh and we can't forgot the ever dreaded marketing, that in itself is a pain in the royal butt. And if you think the marketing part is bad, let’s not forget about the costs that come out of your pocket. Ouch!

A traditional publisher, you write your query, you send it in with a few chapters of your story, if they like it you sign a contract - then you wait for them, they don't have to wait for you, they do the marketing, they set up the book signings, they edit the heck out of it and do whatever tweaking is needed to be done Etc.. Etc.   So my question is - What the heck is the problem? All that comes to mind is the first two lines of the song - "Slow Ride by Foghat"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNcgoyG_0 (smile, this song was a song that a band played at the Adak talent show I speak about in my book. You will find it in Chapter 19.  Nothing like rockin out with a cup of coffee so early on a Saturday morning - Hope I don't wake the kids. Bigger Smile) Ok, I'm sure it's not that simple, but the concept is very appealing to me vs. having the control and all the headaches that come with it when you publish on your own.

I'd love to be one of the authors who have had the pleasure of finding a publisher that didn't want to always change things or talk money constantly. The first time a publisher was interested in my work the very first thing they mentioned was that I had to sign over my rights to it, meaning, they could change and do what they wanted to my story and my cover so that it would be appealing to a large group of readers. I immediately was shocked - I wasn't upset over the possible cover change comment, but how can a company sit there and say they wanted to change some of the writing in my story. All I heard was that they want to change my life to please the readers? You can't and I won't be dishonest for the sake of making money, or for any other reason. The things in my book are my life experiences. I also chose not to write with forty dollar words that you would have to look up every time you turn a page. It didn't mean that I don't have a large vocabulary, I just wanted people to feel like they were walking beside me and seeing through my words that with the good came the bad and I'm proud to still be on this earth to tell it. In one short sentence to describe my thoughts behind my writing my first book - I just wanted to be me, not someone’s dancing chicken.

They didn't like that and so the deal was dead. I decided that I wasn't going to stop there. I self-published and very proud of myself that I did. Funny thing, now I am getting calls that publishers are interested in my Fictional book that I have completed titled "Deemed Crazy", yes it is edgy, yes much of the story was inspired by things and people that have crossed my path throughout my life, but then the fun came in when I got to write freely, and why? It's a work of Fiction - A mystery, suspense, hang on the edge of your seat thriller. (And no animals where physically hurt while writing this story - You'll have to read the book to understand that statement) With my newest writing adventure, I guess I can see why I don't have a problem with signing with an actual publisher and forgoing the self-publishing world is that "Deemed Crazy" is all fiction, but could, in some sick way,  really happen and I don't have this moral obligation to stay true to my story, as I did with my personal story of my life "Through the Barracks Window: A Time of Waves." Everyone has a story to tell. My first story was originally written and I only wanted just a few copies to be printed for my family. I never had any intentions of selling it to the world or trying to be rich.  It was the uplifting words from Mr. Webber, that inspired me to publish it for the public which in turn led to my quest to raise funding and awareness for Veterans who suffer the from "Gulf War Illnesses." 

 

 

As for my next publication - it's going to be a wild ride and I'm ready for the challenge. Coming soon to a Book Shelf, Kindle, Nook, near you....
"Deemed Crazy" If you could get away with committing the ultimate crime of revenge - would you

Hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy yourselves to the fullest. Until next time - Blog ya later Alligators.

Temptation Tuesday

I woke up this Morning full of ideas for my newest book entitled: "Bellows in the Mist".  It's a Murder, Mystery Suspense, and Thriller, which I was inspired to write about when a person I knew got caught in a lover’s triangle. Now whether the triangle was intimate or not, that I'll never know, but just the idea of someone caught up in a situation like this, does wild things for a uniquely different type of mind, like mine, to add a creative twist to their fictional writing. I have quite the imagination and it can run rapid when the writing atmosphere is just right. My husband tells me that I watch too many "LMN" (Lifetime Movie Network) shows. Little does he know that I get my greatest inspiration and ideas when just listening and watching people.  I can't tell you how many conversations I have overhead just being at a restaurant and a couple behind us, is having a small spat and believes that they are the only ones that can hear what they are saying. Sometimes I'd love to turn around and politely say to them, "Excuse me. I just want to say that I can hear what you fighting about and I want to thank you. I just figured out how to write chapter 23 in my book." and then give them a wink.

There has been other times when we have been with friends out dancing and you over hear someone on their cell phone trying to assure the person, on the other end of the phone, that they love them and will be home soon, while at the same time they keep rolling their eyes and telling the lover of the evening to keep quite.  (Come on, I know you have seen this before. You don't have to be dancing or at a bar to witness this...Heck I've see this happen in Grocery Store before.)Hum? Is this being deceptive? Maybe it is, and then again maybe it's not? I don't ever get the facts of what was really going on, for all I know it's all innocent and they were talking to their mother who is in town who wants to spend more time with family. On the other hand, it could be a spouse that is tired of being lied too. Who knows, but what I do know... it does spark the brain to come up with some outrageous, off the wall, I can't believe you would think of that, type of twisted plots that result in one heart shocking outcome. My inspiration to add places and descriptions that are the surroundings of my characters, come from many things throughout my life, both past and present. Then having the right music playing as I sit before my computer, brings the words from my soul to my fingers to then type it into my windows program, and before I know it the words are alive in front me. So as you have probably already realized, the Chapter I am in the process of editing right now, is about a woman scorned and her plans for revenge.

This makes the title of today’s blog, “Temptation Tuesday” an excellent choice of words. But don't be fooled folks, I heard you, "Wow, did she just tell us what the book is about and who did it?"  No, I didn't do any such thing. I promise you....You'll never in a million years believe who did it. To me, there is nothing better than giving the reader a great read with the shock of shockers in the end.