One Halloween I heard a tale
Which gave me shivers down my spine
I tried to forget – to no avail
The story became part of mine
For as I heard the gruesome words
Of how this creature came to be
This Jessica, of whom I heard
Began then, to appear to me
First from corners of my eyes
Quick flicks of shadow lurking there
Skin crept; she watched me, I surmised
I never used to easily scare
But how could I, now knowing this,
Not worry about what’s begun
For I heard with one bewitching kiss
She made someone cut out their tongue
How could I not be terrified
For she writes stories in her own blood
In nightmare darkness, likes to hide
Plays melodies to your heart’s thud
Which whip you into such a craze
You cannot help but take a fright
She’ll haunt your memories for days
And show up in your dreams at night
With black-hole eyes and husky voice
Her scrawny figure pale and scarred
Her violent presence leaves no choice
She’ll possess you; no holds barred
For now, if Jessica’s yet unknown
Don’t be tempted to go and look
She’s trying to make the world her own
By sharing her tale in her very own book…
WHICH IS BEING RELEASED TOMORROW!!!
Okay, ten points if you realised that in addition to participating in some VERY cool blog hops (Finish the Sentence Friday; OctPoWriMo; 31 Days of Horror) this is a bit of a shameless plug for the Jessica book, which I HELPED TO WRITE!
The Brainchild of Helena Hann-Basquiat, the story of Jessica has been released through the past week, culminating with the finale today (as befits Halloween), and as of TOMORROW, you will be able to buy the book, which contains secret, as-yet-unpublished material. And to celebrate, I’m hosting a little giveaway.
There’s a poem I wrote not long ago, about Jessica, over on the Well Tempered Bards. I wrote it For Real, and there’s an unsubstantiated rumour that it *might* have made it into the book. SO, I’m giving the original away, because that’s a FABULOUS piece of memorabilia for this project, and hey, whoever gets it can one day say they “knew me way back when…” SO – my terms: anyone who reviews the book and posts it on either Amazon or Goodreads, or shares it on their blog, goes into the draw, and in a week, I’ll pick the winner and announce them in the Ten Things of Thankful hop.
BOOM! You get an *awesome* creepy-as-fuck book, AND the chance to win some hand-written, original, Considerer/Jessica loot – what could be better? HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Ahhhhhh
Saturday night, the house is quiet, and I can get caught up on my blog reading. I have a yummy plate of fruit and cheese, a cup of tea, and
“Plays melodies to your heartβs thud.” That. Yes.
Congratulations on the book! Tonight, I get to read ALL THE JESSICA!
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That sounds GORGEOUS. And I’m so glad I got to see this and reply just before I fall off my perch and into bed. I’ve come over all tired and sleepy and am going to take advantage and snuggle down before I push through it and stay awake til ridiculous’o’clock. Let me know what you think of Jessica. I hope you like it π
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That book will definitely be creepy! Congratulations on publishing!
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Thanks April. And it’s VERY creepy π
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Very awesome poem!! And congrats on the whole book thing π
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Thank you so much, Rod. And hey – nice to have you over at my ‘usual’ home π
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First of all, glad to see that you joined in this week, despite the absence of Halloween in Old Blighty! Congrats as well on the publication of the book, and the *maybe* publication of your poetry in it!
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Thanks π I figured I might as well do my best to keep up with the ‘Muricans, yaknow?
And thank you π The book is VERY exciting stuff π Hope you had a good Halloween.
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ooh! jessica gave me the creeps π gotta watch out for her this halloween!!
Congrats for your publication, dear!
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Jessica is TERRIFYING and also amazing and has a wicked sense of humour. DO keep an eye out for her.
And thanks π
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You had me at “creepy as fuck.”
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All the way to the very end before I gotcha? Ow! Must do better.
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Damn. I went for funny and insulted you instead. Oops.
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LOL naaaah I gotcha π Just pulling your leg.
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You…you…^#$^(#$^!!!
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BAZINGA!!!!
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Lol
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Oooooh!!! LOVE that poem Lizzi!! I swear I will WILL set aside time to read about this Jessica!!!! PROMISE!!! It sounds haunting…
I will STILL know you when you are famous. π
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*sneaky eyes* You could always buy the book and review it and then I’ll sign it for ya when I come over π :p
It’s SO creepy-awesome, and perfect for Halloween.
And yes – I hope very much that you will know me for all that time and beyond. Or instead, if it never happens π
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“For she write stories in her own blood.” Lovely poem! and yes, Congrats! π
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Fortunately she didn’t write the entire book in her own blood, or I think she’d be rather depleted by now! Thank you π
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Cool one, ma’am, cool one!
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Thank you muchly π
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For a weird reason, the poem reminded me of this video…
Jessica sounds very interesting at least, though I’m not familiar with the Jessica project. Do you have a web page for it?
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Yes – if you click the first picture, with Jessica on it, you’ll go to Helena Hann-Basquiat’s blog, where the eight parts of the story are published, and news about the book release and additional material π
I’m glad you’re interested – that’s awesome. Let me know what you think once you’ve read more π
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The Poem gave ne the hibbie jeebies! And congratulations on the book – yay, that is awesome.
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Hehehe GOOD! It worked then. And thank you π
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OK, so I am a bit of a dunce! I of course knew all about Jessica week and have been totally creeped out (as you’re aware) but I didn’t realize it was going to end in a book! Helena mentioned it and I was like “What book?” My head has been other places and only half engaged this weekβ¦ Anyways, what you guys have pulled off is amazing! I’m so excited it’s going to be a book and that you’re a part of it!
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Hehehe YES! A book! A real, true, actual IN FACT book. With extra bits which weren’t on Helena’s blog, and just…SO much awesomeness. I hope it goes down as well as the story has.
You’re not a dunce – just busy π And thank you for your excitement. Nearly all the credit for this goes to Helena – she’s pulled off an INCREDIBLE feat to make this happen.
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Love the poem…and so excited about Jessica
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Thanks Michelle, and ME TOOOOOOO SO MUCH! I told my colleagues today. Felt like I was a real pompous braggart!
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my favorite line? not that you asked but still….
“Plays melodies to your heartβs thud”
congrats on your release! I cant finish reading it please forgive me… too violent … makes me feel all icky so I guess that means it works!
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Out of interest, where did you get up to before the icky set in? You’re off the hook though, but thanks for being encouraging. And I ALWAYS want to know your favourite lines π
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That poem is just really good π
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Thank you VERY much π
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Creepy story unfolds..
Treat on Halloween.
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It really has been creepy but AWESOME. Thank you π
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She made someone cut out their tongue. Hauntingly horrific.
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She tortured her mentally until she did, yeah. That only scratches the surface of the level of creepy Jessica brings…good grief, reading it is an adventure in shivers.
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Even though it was a shameless plug, I thought it was a really cool poem! Much imagery and it had me guessing what you would say next in each verse! Clever idea my friend!
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Heheh thanks Brittnei π I hope I kind of told a story with it, even if it’s not Jessica’s *actual* story π
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EEEP I’m so glad you linked that creepy and intriguing and awesome JESSICA to this hop and well, ok so to be entered, I need to enter the poem into the review tomorrow??? EEEP I’m so soso so SO excited for you my lovely awesome one! β€
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31 days of horror is a poetry hop. To win my poem, you review the Jessica book and post it on Amazon, after Nov 1st, when it’s available to buy π
And thanks for being cool with me entering your hop – I miss ol’ FTSF but I’ve not been able to make it recently, and I SO want to come back to it. Might even get me to be a bit more prepared in advance π
And THANK YOU so much for all your support and…oh, look at the both of us – you’re going viral all over the place, I’m in a book…I reckon we’re doing alright, aren’t we? π
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First! Or Frist! or whatever you say…
What a creepy and awesome poem, Lizzi. I’ve heard much of this Jessica project, and I hope to check it out this weekend. Yay you for being in the book. I’m holding onto all the glitter you sent me so I can one day say I have glitter that was once touched by the fabulous and talented writer Lizzi. And I won’t sell it for any amount of money!
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Heheh FRIST, it is! Congrats. I like that you got frist on this π
The Jessica project is SO MUCH FUN and a wonderful, incredible collaborative story. VERY Halloweeny. And YAY! (btw, I wrote my part of the story with your Tigger smiling down at me from my mantelpiece – he lives there now, and I smile when I seem him cos it reminds me of you) π
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