The Story Of The Titanic, A Corn Maze

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On Sunday, I got lost in a corn maze at the Creek Bed Country Farmacy. The miles of plowed rows were shaped into the form of the RMS Titanic. I was floored by the ingenuity of some people. Rather than tell you about this, I’d rather show you some pictures. If you want to see a larger image, you can click on it, and it’ll take to you a ginormous photo.

That giant square pumpkin is a character named Spookley The Square Pumpkin. The owners had an outside theatre set up where you could watch videos. Yeah, I popped in for a bit. How could I not? Outdoor theatre? Turns out it’s okay to be square. Yay!

In front of the maze, were two large haystacks and a life preserver.

This is the entrance and exit to the maze. You can see that there’s a starboard and a port path. To get a sense of how huge this maze is, here’s a link to the map.

Once inside, you could play a trivia game to get all ten stations punched.

The right answer will lead you on the correct path. The wrong one will send you into a dead end.

One of the things that I really enjoyed about the maze, was that there were a ton of really cool signs and set-ups like this one. So, it wasn’t just that you were meandering about sections of the ship. There were these teeny, tiny stories almost everywhere you looked.

Afterward, we went on a hayride. You can see the stretch of corn maze from my viewpoint.

And we saw BABY PUMPKINS! Sure, I mean I knew that baby pumpkins grew in a patch. . . But I’d never seen one of these before.

When we sat down to have a snack, I encountered rows and rows of teeth. Pumpkin teeth. That glow-in-the-dark and can suck your blooooood. Then, I saw these oddly-shaped squash that reminded me of gnarled dragon talons.

Of course, no corn maze would be complete without pets of varying size. A miniature donkey appropriately named “Eeyore.”

And a giant Flemish rabbit named “Daisy” that, upon close inspection, could probably take on my black cat Rimmon — and win.

Well, that was the end of my corny day at a farm. For ten bucks, I thought this was a lot of fun, and apparently it’s even spookier the closer you get to sunset. Imagine rushing through a corn maze with just a flashlight. . . In the dead of night. . . Many of the stalks were several feet higher than me. There’s a lot of ways to get lost and circle around in there. Good thing they had an emergency back up — a rescue if need be.

Thankfully, I made it out all right and didn’t need a rescue. I suppose the promise of caramel apples DID help. 😀

    Mood: WAKKA WAKKA
    Caffeinated Beverages Consumed: Enough that I’m hovering off my chair.
    Work-Out Minutes Logged Yesterday: I bent and twisted.
    In My Ears: Take A Bow by Muse
    Game Last Played: Tetris
    Movie Last Viewed: Harry Potter collection
    Latest Artistic Project: Miniatures
    Latest Release: “Fangs and Formaldehyde” from the New Hero anthology through Stone Skin Press

Thank You Bunches!

I don’t know about you, but I had a fantastic Halloween! So, my day started off by giving a “treat” to interested readers. A free copy of The Queen of Crows from DriveThruFiction.com. Sending out those e-mails today; I hope those of you who signed up for a copy enjoy it!

Later that night, we had our first reading of HAUNTED: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror at a library. First? Librarians are awesome. They put out a bunch of treats for the reading and made up a huge poster of the event. So, combined with my bags o’ goodies, there was a lot of sugar to be had.

When I got home? A five star review!

The editing is sharp and the flow of stories is good throughout. I like to be able to digest a story after reading it but found myself turning to read the next story, so whether you like the genre or if you fancy a break from the latest glut of average books then I can highly recommend this one. — HAUNTED Review on GoodReads

I’m happy that readers are really digging this one. So thank you a whole bunch for contributing to a very memorable Halloween!

Free Copy of The Queen of Crows for All Hallows Reads

The Queen of Crows e-Book | Alternate CoverHappy Halloween! In honor of my favorite holiday, I’m participating in All Hallows Reads. I had every intention of offering you a library of spooky books to pick from, but sadly time and deadlines have caught up with me. So, instead of a contest? I’m going to do something I’ve never done before.

Anyone who comments on this post will get a coupon to download a free copy of The Queen of Crows. All you need is a valid e-mail address or an account on DriveThruRPG or DriveThruHorror. That’s it! I will follow up with you tomorrow or Wednesday to get everything situated.

I hope you enjoy my treat today, and encourage you to check out other author’s blogs and websites. There are a ton of give-a-ways. You can find quite a few by checking out the Twitter hashtag #allhallowsreads or visiting www.tor.com. for more give-a-ways. Other sites are participating, too, but I don’t have the full list. Go readers go!

Before you get too excited, I also want to share that Haunted: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror is $2.50 today at DriveThru.

Eleven spooky ghost hunting stories for less than what you’d pay on a bag of candy. Yep, that’s right. It is calorie-free but oh, so good.

Alex Bledsoe, Chuck Wendig, Jess Hartley, and many others will scare you silly and be kind to your waistline, too. I hope you will do me the honor of checking it out. Um, I won’t take responsibility for nightmares or ghostly visitors. Just in case.

Happy Halloween! Wheeeeeee!

EDIT: The free copy of The Queen of Crows lasts until midnight, or when all the pumpkins roll back into their beds. I was so excited I forgot to tell you when it ended!

Halloween Pumpkins and (Of Course) Cats!

Here’s some pictures of our Halloween festivities. Our cats are both rescues; Rimmon is a black kitty and Zakar (We call him Zak Zak for short or whiner-butt) is a polydactal manx. No tail and ginormous paws. Statistically, black cats are the most commonly ignored, abandoned, and abused. The current superstition that black cats are evil is a mixture of Hollywood symbolism, American advertising, misplaced superstition and biology. Some cats developed their “cry” to mimic the sound of a human child, which is part of where they got their reputation for being a witch’s familiar back in the day. (Just recently in the UK, they launched a Black Cat Awareness Day to highlight the issue that so many need a home.)

Anyway, sorry I got off on a tangent there. Think it’s crazy that people don’t like an animal (and sometimes people) purely based on its coloring. Our cats definitely have their own personalities! By the way, can you tell the vampire bat was mine?





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