“Be Careful of Those Woods” (Tales from the Woods)

Grandpa always told us, “Be careful of those woods”. We didn’t know why. We were pretty much convinced he was just trying to scare us. He may have also been a little crazy. Why should we have to “be careful of those woods”? A Tales from the Woods Story: Listen to your elders. They know things …

The Shack (Tales of Magick)

The people who visit see a happy old lady; the witch in the woods. She lives peacefully enough, and has no complaints. No one bothers her, and she bothers no one. It’s lonely out here most of the time, so she enjoys it when someone knocks, unexpectedly, on her door. She invites them in, feeds …

An Uncle, a Dad, and a Boogie Man

NOTE: This entry should be read after Part 2 of the #CampSeries, A Trip to the Outhouse. Dear Diary, We went up to camp again today. It was boring until our cousins got there. I played in the field with Carl, Jenny and Alex. Carl wanted to talk about the Boogie Man again. He wanted …

I Told

Note: If you want to read everything in this series in order, start with The Bear, and then read Rascal before moving on to this entry. Dear Diary, We went to camp again. I noticed the adults take gas out of each others’ cars. That is so mean! Anyway, Mom and Dad left us in …

The Bear

Dear Diary, We went up to camp today. Nothing much happened, but Grampy did shoot a bear. All of us kids went into the old shed and it was hanging there from a chain that hung down from the ceiling. That bear was so big! And black. I felt kind of sad about the big …