Author Archives: awinterdream

Summer Horror Movies

One of my favorite summer horror movies is one from the 1990’s called I Know What you Did Last Summer (1997). It’s a good one to watch leading up to the Fourth of July weeklong celebrations. It’s based on an old urban legend from the 1950’s, called the Hook-man but reinvented for modern times. BeforeContinue reading “Summer Horror Movies”

Picture books

If you’re still in the Christmas spirit and looking for an inspirational Christmas story, please check out my children’s picture book. It is available in a paperback/softcover format, and can be purchased directly through my Etsy store at the following link: http://WinterDreamsStore.etsy.com I’m including some images from the book below:

A ghost story for Christmas

On this day in 1843, Charles Dickens published his famous book A Christmas Carol. For those of you who are not familiar with the plot, Dickens tells the tale of a greedy and miserly banker Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve all conspiring to make him a better person. AContinue reading “A ghost story for Christmas”

Urban Legends- The tale of the Babysitter

When a Stranger Calls, movie, 2006 To celebrate Halloween this week, here is an urban legend horror story that is sure to give you the chills.  Urban legends are a form of modern-day fairy tales that are passed along from person to person. They often have cautionary warnings attached to them that serve to remindContinue reading “Urban Legends- The tale of the Babysitter”

Haunted

Hi everyone, I am coming in with another short blog about one of my favorite topics- folklore. This post is about ghost stories as told by college students in the U.S. Apparently there are a lot of haunted college campuses and dorms in this country, places where strange and unexplained things have happened. Some peopleContinue reading “Haunted”