tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24516869960181518382024-03-12T18:49:23.487-07:00Castle of SpiritsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-46265297477449081312016-10-02T14:51:00.001-07:002016-10-02T14:51:24.484-07:00Castle of Spirits Audio Ghost Stories Podcast #5!<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Happy October, everyone! Podcast #5 is up and live for your listening pleasure, both on Podbean/iTunes and on YouTube. New stories will be coming to the website this week as well. :)</span><br />
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Hearkening back to the days of radio plays, the podcast mixes storytelling with music and sound effects to bring the stories to life and send a chill up your spine. So put on a set of headphones, turn out the lights, and let the Castle of Spirits Audio Ghost Story podcast bring the paranormal to life.<br />
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You can <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/castle-spirits-audio-ghost/id1072133015?mt=2" target="_blank">subscribe through iTunes</a> or <a href="http://castleofspirits.podbean.com/feed/" target="_blank">listen/subscribe on Podbean.com</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-46867932195791529762015-11-08T06:40:00.003-08:002015-11-08T06:40:30.671-08:00FREE Dark Erotica Short Story <div>
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As a little post-Halloween treat, I'm putting my short story Danse Macabre for free this week, Nov. 8-15, on Smashwords.</div>
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On another note, if you appreciate great erotica and are not listening to Rose Caraway's The Kiss Me Quick's Erotic Podcast, I strongly suggest you subscribe. Rose features an eclectic mix of erotica that spans all tastes and desires, as well as being a kick-ass narrator. One of my stories, My Sexy Raven: An Edgar Allan Poe Parody, is going to be featured on the next podcast, releasing soon. I'm very excited and hope everyone has a listen. I'll post the date as it becomes available.<br />
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A woman takes a lover who forces her to play his cruel emotional games. When he pushes her too far, she gets her revenge in this short erotic tale. Hell hath no fury like a woman denied.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Woohoo! <i>Deadly Alpha</i>, the second book in Brenda Sparks' <i>Alpha Council Chronicles</i> series is now available! Do yourself a favour, run out and get this book immediately, it is well worth the read. </span></div>
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powerful Marcus. Though the nurse mends the Alpha’s broken heart, he isn’t the
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gain. With his heartmate missing, Marcus fears his claim to everlasting love
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Born in Virginia, Brenda Sparks now resides in the Sunshine State.
Balancing her professional commitment to the local school district with her
writing is challenging at times, but writing suspenseful paranormal romances is
a passion that won’t be denied. Her idea of a perfect day is one spent in front
of a computer with a hot cup of coffee, her fingers flying over the keys to
send her characters off on their latest adventure. Brenda loves to
connect with readers. Please visit her online or stop by her website to
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</span></b><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marcus rose from his
machine </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">and headed for Christina with the swagger of a male tiger prowling
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Did I do something wrong?” asked
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her reply came in the way of a rush of
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marcus pinned her against the wall next to
the sauna door, his body pressed into hers. Christina wrapped her arms around
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nicholai opened the door to the sauna and
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-5446118426895252762015-05-31T09:28:00.001-07:002015-05-31T10:07:13.312-07:00A Castle of Spirits Submitted Story on Film?Twelve years ago, Joshua D. Maley submitted a story to Castle of Spirits called The Wraith of Mystery Mile. He has launched a Kickstarter campaign and it is well on its way to being made into a movie! I encourage anyone with a few spare dollars to head over to his Kickstarter page and help fund a story that would look great up on a big screen.<br />
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The synopsis:<br />
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Something is wrong in the small borough of Industry, Pennsylvania. For almost seventy years, there have been stories, whispers of strange goings-on in the hills above the Ohio River. In the suffocating darkness of these wooded roads, it's said that animals turn rabid. That the shadows themselves will reach out and take you. That those the forest claims, the forest keeps. All Dawn knows is that her sister went into that forest, and never came out. And too soon after, Dawn's mother perished under psychiatric care, claiming she could still hear her missing daughter calling to her from the forest. Begging for help. But so can Dawn. Since that first fateful night, Dawn's sister has come to visit every time she closes her eyes. And recently, even when they're open. Desperate to find answers before she shares her mother's fate, Dawn's journey is spiraling towards its end. Before it's over, she and those she loves will uncover the truth behind Mystery Mile...or die trying.<br />
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If you want to support Joshua, please go to <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1173602889/the-way-of-seeming">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1173602889/the-way-of-seeming</a> and help make this movie a reality.<br />
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You can also follow the film's progress at their Facebook page, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thewayofseeming">http://www.facebook.com/thewayofseeming</a>.<br />
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And of course Joshua's original story can be read at <a href="http://www.castleofspirits.com/stories02/wraithof.html">http://www.castleofspirits.com/stories02/wraithof.html.</a>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-19138067888624426702015-05-30T15:51:00.001-07:002015-05-30T15:51:33.012-07:00What's Your Ghost Story?I'm fascinated by ghosts. Are they real? If so, are they a genuine supernatural occurrence or some aberration of nature? One theory says that when we die, our energy passes into the quantum realm and moves onward towards another state of being. Could ghosts be us peering into that quantum reality by accident or having them leak into our reality?<br />
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There's really no way to know for sure. The religious will tell us that they are the souls of the departed returning from heaven or hell, or are stuck here in a type of purgatory, doomed to wander the Earth until someone or something allows them to go to their final rest. Ghost hunters try to prove the physical characteristics, carrying EMF meters and infra-red cameras to gather evidence that ghosts exits. Skeptics will say that ghosts are nothing more than our brains playing tricks on us. It's been proven in laboratory studies that strong magnetic fields will play havoc with our sense. They make us feel like there is someone else in the room with us, make us feel paranoid, and in some cases, make us hear voices and see shadows out of the corners of our eyes.<br />
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Who is right? I couldn't say, I've never had a paranormal experience...at least of which I'm aware. But I love hearing and reading other people's stories about their encounters with ghosts and other paranormal entities.<br />
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I became a huge fan of the website CastleofSpirits.com in 1999. I would sit for hours pouring over the thousands of ghost stories collected there by the site's founder, Rowena Gilbert. She and I became fast Internet buddies and when she left this realm way too young in 2008, the Castle of Spirit's torch was passed to me. Now I get to be the one telling ghost stories to the world and I love every email I receive loaded with someone's experience with the paranormal.<br />
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The site has been dormant lately but it's time to breathe some more life into it and keep the stories flowing. To kick things off, I'm offering the Castle of Spirits: Tome of Lost Tales book for free in Kindle this weekend, May 30 - June 1. I hope you'll download your copy and come visit the site. And please send me your stories - no matter how crazy it may seem, there are thousands like you out there just waiting to read it.<br />
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To download the book, please go to the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Castle-Spirits-Tales-Donald-Wilmshurst-ebook/dp/B002OSXN8C">Tome of Lost Tales on Amazon</a>.<br />
After you've finished the book, come read 4000+ other stories at <a href="http://www.castleofspirits.com/">www.CastleofSpirits.com</a>. Be sure to visit the <a href="http://www.castleofspirits.com/website/new/submitstory.html">story submission page</a> and tell me your own story!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-77022530892921246602014-10-26T11:29:00.002-07:002014-10-30T06:17:55.318-07:00The Allure of the Vampire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've always been fixated on vampires. Ever since I was a little boy, I've loved the mythology behind them - the immortal blood drinker who could only come out at night but had incredible powers of flight, hypnotism, great strength, and the ability to change into a bat or mist. It seemed a seductive way of life, sneaking around in the dead of night, charming an unsuspecting victim, then having to rush home before the sun peeked its face over the horizon or else risk bursting into flames.<br />
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I remember the first Hallowe'en where I got to live out the fantasy of being a vampire. I had The old-style plastic vampire teeth that fit over my own<span style="background-color: black;"> </span>and a tube of fake blood. I didn't have a cape, however, so I borrowed one from a friend. It was the typical plastic, high-collared, long flowing cape that you would buy off the rack at the nearest department store. I walked home with it bundled up in my hands with my head held high, excited that I was going to be Dracula! The cape was what set it all off! I could spread it wide with my arms outstretched and make hissing or <i>blah</i> noises as I closed in on my prey. It was going to be perfect!</div>
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The allure of the vampire never left me as I grew up. I discovered the wealth of books out there and devoured them with a passion. Of course Anne Rice's <i>Vampire Chronicles</i> are my favourite and to this day still serve as my personal inspiration for what vampires should be. But I've enjoyed countless others such as John Steakley's <i>Vampire<span style="background-color: black;">$</span></i>, Kim Newman's <i>Anno Dracula</i> series, <i>The Night Inside</i> by Nancy Baker, and the grand-daddy of them all, Bram Stoker's <i>Dracula</i>. Oh yeah, and that whole <i>Twilight</i> series too, damn you Stephenie Meyer. I watched the TV shows and movies as well, some wonderful and satisfying like <i>The Lost Boys</i>, <i>Bram Stoker's Dracula</i>, and <i>Forever Knight</i>, others not quite up to snuff. In some way, though plots, actors, and writers may vary in their take on the vampire, it still feeds the hunger that I have for the blood-suckers and it's rare that I throw down a book or turn off a movie in total disgust...though it has happened.</div>
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Part of the allure of the vampire is that there seem to be no fixed rules, other than they drink blood and are generally immortal. We are able to customize our vampires to suit our mood or opinions, make them the suave, immortal lover that is able to charm the pants off their lovers, or they can be deadly and repulsive like we see in <i>I Am Legend </i> and <i>The Strain</i>. Fearsome or seductive, we love all variations. </div>
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For myself, I love the Ricean vampires. They are prolific blood drinkers with great strength, seductive looks and behaviour. Some can fly while others can read minds, their gifts vary and make each one an individual. All are immortal and some handle it better than others, for despite all their great gifts and abilities, they are still very human in their emotions. That's the allure to me - for all their strength and abilities, they are still as tortured and slave to fragile human emotions. They have chinks in their armor and most of the attraction is watching how they deal with those weaknesses and balance them out with their great powers. The other attraction comes from the guilty-pleasure realm. Though life as a vampire can be hard at times, it also is phenomenally easy. Need money? Pick your victim's pockets or find some rich fellow to drain and assume his fortune. Don't like that person over yonder? Make them tonight's meal. You are also free to live life as you choose, as you now have all the time in the world to do the things you never had time for in your previous life.<br />
I live vicariously through the vampire in the two series that I've written, <i>Shelter from the Winter </i> and <i>Winter's Advent. </i>My main character, Brijit, embodies what I think I'd be like as a vampire - bold, confident, and not giving a damn, but at the same time vulnerable and flawed. I try to portray the hurt that comes from losing everything as well as the joy of living life to the fullest. Brijit represents an absolute freedom that most of us will never have but for which we all long, unencumbered by the laws of society and to do as we please.<br />
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So how do <i>you</i> like your vampires? Sparkle or no sparkle? Tortured or at peace with what they are? Please comment below, I'd love to read other's ideas on what makes the vampire so attractive to them.<br />
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As part of the blog hop, I'm giving away a full set of my <i>Winter's Advent</i> series! Please leave a comment below if you're interested in being part of the giveaway and three people will be chosen at random using Random.Org once the blog hop is over. Be sure to leave a means of contact so I can contact you afterward. For more information on my books, head over to <a href="http://www.dw-adler.com/" target="_blank">www.dw-adler.com</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-51275691136782864112014-06-23T10:11:00.000-07:002014-06-23T10:11:25.798-07:00Winter's Advent Book Three, Brijit's Pursuit, Releases July 1 #MFRWauthorThe third book in my vampire erotica <i>Winter's Advent</i> series is set to release on July 1...happy Canada Day to me! <i>Brijit's Pursuit</i> continues the story of the vampire Brijit, two hundred years after the events of <i>The Taking of Brijit</i>.<br />
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Brijit is settled in 14th century London, living a comfortable life but haunted by the events of the past. Her life is turned upside down when she meets the enigmatic James and she must decide if the past can stay buried enough for her to find love again.<br />
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<i>Winter's Advent</i> is the prequel to my first series, <i>Shelter from the Winter. </i>It follows the early life of my main character, Brijit McRaith, as she deals with her transformation into a vampire at the hands of the madman, Eochaid. Books one and two, Eochaid's Obsession and The Taking of Brijit, are currently available from Amazon.com and eXtasybooks.com.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-41938148889827331902014-06-01T07:45:00.001-07:002014-06-01T09:08:39.354-07:00<br /><br />It's release day! Book two of my Winter's Advent series, The Taking of Brijit is now available from eXtasy Books!<br /><br />Chained to an Irish hillside, Brijit is at the mercy of the madman, Eochaid. After undergoing a painful transformation at his hands, Brijit must come to terms with her new reality as a vampire and seek help from her doting husband, Fáelán. But will he accept what she’s become or cast her out from his life forever?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.extasybooks.com/the-taking-of-brijit/">http://www.extasybooks.com/the-taking-of-brijit/</a><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-54532056146409158872014-05-26T13:17:00.000-07:002014-05-26T13:17:19.762-07:00Classic COS Ghost Story - A Bed With A BeatingOut of all the ghost stories on the Castle of Spirits website, this has to be my favourite title. :)<br />
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A Bed With A Beating<br />
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It was about 4 years ago when this happened to me, I was about 10 at the time,and I had just got bunk beds from some friends of the family. Once I got the bed home, I had my Dad place it in the center of my room, I'm not sure why but that's where I wanted it. One night, about a month after I had received the bed, someone or something was punching me in my back, not a friendly tap, but it was as if someone was punching me or throwing a ball at my back. I freaked out, and turned to see what was doing it, but there was no one there. After that I went and slept in the living room.<br />
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In the shadows of the night, there exists a band of warriors--a group of vampires, known as the Alpha Council. Their formidable leader, Stephan von Haas, has vowed to protect not only his kind but the humans existing alongside them. His duty comes before all else--until a sassy blonde saunters into his life.<br />
When a sensual, dark-haired stranger walks into Katrina Spencer's life, he stirs her deepest desires and sweeps her into a world beyond her wildest dreams. But when Katrina is targeted by Stephan's enemies, reality shifts into something violent and deadly, as she is thrust into a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and vengeance is coming for her. Together they will confront an extraordinary destiny of peril, passion, and dark pleasures. But when one horrid mistake brings retribution, their love may pay the price.</div>
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Brenda Sparks has always loved all things spooky and enjoys incorporating paranormal elements in her writing. She refuses to allow pesky human constraints to get in the way of telling the story. Luckily the only thing limiting her stories is her imagination. Her characters are strong, courageous, and she adores spending time with them in their imaginary world.<br />
Her idea of a perfect day is one spent in front of a computer with a hot cup of coffee, her fingers flying over the keys to send her characters off on their latest adventure.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04519514371047583027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451686996018151838.post-55990275361618764582014-05-26T12:05:00.001-07:002014-05-26T12:05:14.775-07:00The Castle of Spirits Blog - A New BeginningWelcome to the new Castle of Spirits blog, a companion to www.castleofspirits.com. This blog will feature the new and best-of stories from the website, as well as the latest in paranormal books from a variety of authors. There may also be the odd spooky picture posted where we all get to decide if it is real, photoshop, or lens flare.<br />
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Castle of Spirits was founded in 1997 by Rowena Gilbert, an Australian woman who had an affinity for the paranormal. Rowena loved reading regular people's experiences with ghosts and other things that go bump in the night and she grew Castle of Spirits into one of the largest archives of ghost stories on the Internet.<br />
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Rowena passed away in 2008 and since then I've taken the reigns and tried to keep the legacy alive. I continue to post new ghost stories as they arrive in my inbox and am now trying to grow the site by featuring paranormal books by indie/self authors and smaller publishers that don't have the advantage of big publishing house advertising dollars behind them.<br />
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