tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post2890978273450751297..comments2024-02-27T02:39:41.039-05:00Comments on Tales of Goldstone Wood: Childhood Chills: The HagAnne Elisabeth Stenglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-44492989720508058972013-10-31T21:27:52.273-04:002013-10-31T21:27:52.273-04:00What a wonderfully chilling story! Like many other...What a wonderfully chilling story! Like many others, I loved the count-down to midnight and the "clicks". Interesting that the blind hag could see with her sightless eyes. Excellent work.<br /><br />Bertha Mason was indeed a scary character, wasn't she? One movie version always gives me chills because the actress had a particularly frightening laugh, hollow and very cold. Always felt sorry for that character, though.Meredithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-12971522604390192572013-10-31T18:36:30.370-04:002013-10-31T18:36:30.370-04:00Seriously. You had a crazy literary night terror....Seriously. You had a crazy literary night terror. How awesome is that.<br /><br />...Point of interest, it took me years to catch on that the "crazy wife" in <i>The Magician's Nephew</i> that Uncle Andrew was supposed to keep locked in the attic was a reference to <i>Jane Eyre.</i><br /><br />Derp.Jenny Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019561431799543099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-48240302619601505082013-10-31T16:56:07.149-04:002013-10-31T16:56:07.149-04:00I think I'm torturing myself reading all these...I think I'm torturing myself reading all these creepy stories! Glad my hubby will be home tonight. Ha! <br /><br />Good and creepy! Thanks for sharing! J. L. Mbewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829569927194713466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-61566092786644641452013-10-31T15:08:06.986-04:002013-10-31T15:08:06.986-04:00Yiy! Loved it :)Yiy! Loved it :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-51453884979403954282013-10-31T14:21:11.908-04:002013-10-31T14:21:11.908-04:00Happy Halloween!Happy Halloween!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401287896327956210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-2920905499861717902013-10-31T12:16:25.248-04:002013-10-31T12:16:25.248-04:00Actually, my childhood goblin was a little more sp...Actually, my childhood goblin was a little more specific than "hags." I was TERRIFIED of Mr. Rochester's crazy wife in one of the movie versions of JANE EYRE that I saw bits of as a child. I seriously used to lie in bed, frozen with terror, believing that she and her nurse stood at the foot of the bed, discussing how they would eat me. And if I moved, they would catch me. Kid you not.<br /><br />But I thought a more generic hag might work better in a short story like this . . . :PAnne Elisabeth Stenglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-87843836770853155792013-10-31T11:09:30.845-04:002013-10-31T11:09:30.845-04:00Wow, Anne Elisabeth, wow. You feared HAGS when you...Wow, Anne Elisabeth, wow. You feared HAGS when you were little? Obviously, you read a lot of fairy-tales. :)<br /><br />Oh, this was SO well-written. I loved the countdown till midnight. So terrifying in its own way.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674350834544871474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-44503007434871558602013-10-31T10:54:26.481-04:002013-10-31T10:54:26.481-04:00Shoo! Superb! I, too, liked the interjection of ...Shoo! Superb! I, too, liked the interjection of the "clicks," giving the sense that you are being dragged inexorably to the end. Spookier still, that awful moment when, having thought for years that you are an adult now and you are superior to the childish fears of the dark, the dark suddenly springs back at you and your brain tells you that nope, the dark is evil, and you will always be afraid of it.<br /><br />Well done!Jenny Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019561431799543099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-90413258762113411382013-10-31T10:25:36.981-04:002013-10-31T10:25:36.981-04:00TERRIFYING! I think that the minute "clicks&q...TERRIFYING! I think that the minute "clicks" were more chilling than even the hag! Absolutely wonderful, Anne Elisabeth. I'm glad I made myself read the stories this morning and not tonight!Clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597065432344069069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-85146905605972649422013-10-31T10:01:46.222-04:002013-10-31T10:01:46.222-04:00Wow, so chilling--I could feel the character's...Wow, so chilling--I could feel the character's every fear--and with a perfect ending! Eek!S.F. Gorskenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-1864954129245796182013-10-31T09:19:21.310-04:002013-10-31T09:19:21.310-04:00Oh my pumpernickel, that was creepy. And awesome.Oh my pumpernickel, that was creepy. And awesome.Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-31255558350728384162013-10-31T07:56:47.048-04:002013-10-31T07:56:47.048-04:00Ah!!! Creepy!!!
Loved it! :)Ah!!! Creepy!!!<br /><br />Loved it! :)Jenelle Leannehttp://jenelleschmidt.com/blognoreply@blogger.com