She reaches the fence
Hope just beyond the barbed wire
Killer almost there
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Haiku – House Filled with Late October
Wake up, cool and dark
Coffee smells dominating
Caffeine warms me up
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Haiku – Disembodied
In an empty house
Booming dark voice calls to me
An echoing sound
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My 2-year-old son inspired this one. For some reason echos shake him up. He will come out of a room and say something like “echo hear,” and of course the writer in me sparks up. How can I turn this into something scary? This Haiku came to mind. Happy early Halloween!
One of my favorite scary movies! I thought I would post another scene from “The Changeling.”
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Self plug: If you are into reading some creepy stuff for the Halloween season. You can check out my Amazon page where you will find a lot of stories that will keep you up at night. “3 Short Stories of Terror” is running free tomorrow (10/24/2014) through Tuesday. If you like killer treadmills, scary dreams, and ghosts then this might just be the collection for you – http://www.amazon.com/Anthony-Renfro
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Halloween Haiku
I don’t know where some of these Haiku got off to. I had them posted on this site, but for some reason they are not here anymore. So, I thought I would re-post them for my new audience. I hope you enjoy these scary Haiku based on some of my favorite horror movies.
http://www.horrorphilia.com A Nightmare on Elm Street
Dying in your dreams
Freddy Krueger kills at ease
Do not fall asleep
The Evil Dead
Necronomicon
Book of the dead, bound in flesh
Demon in the woods
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Haiku – Free Spirit
A creepy seance
Releasing the energy
Hidden ghosts revealed
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For more prompts like “release” go here: http://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/
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A scene from one of my favorite scary movies – “The Changeling.”
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Haiku – Prisoner of the Storm
Hard rain is passing
Yellow sun breaking the gloom
Warming my body
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A couple of friendly reminders:
This short story is running free today through Tuesday.
Discover the evil and deadly secrets of The Living Sand this Halloween! Grab your copy at this link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00766SS3M
I also have this Giveaway running right now.
Goodreads Book Giveaway
A Zombie Holiday Trilogy
by Anthony Renfro
Giveaway ends November 10, 2014.
See the giveaway details
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Haiku – Coastal Stars and Stripes
Old glory flying
Waving in the salty air
High above the shore
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In case you were wondering, I wrote this Haiku when I was at the beach a few weeks ago. There was a man who lived a couple of houses down from where we were renting. Each day he would put up and take down the flag, which was on a pole at the end of this wooden board walk that led to the beach. I would see that flag as it hung over the sand with the ocean crashing behind it, and it inspired this Haiku.
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Haiku – Sunrise on the Ocean
Dawn’s light is breaking
Orange fire cracking the black
Over a rough sea
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Poem – Carolina Salt
Fishing boat
Trawling across the water
Birds in your wake
The day getting hotter
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Dawn until dusk
Waves crash and splash
Hauling nets
Catching your daily cash
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The life of a fisherman
Hard and calloused hands
Aches and pains for thee
Life on and from the sea
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Haiku – Coastal Drum Line
Ocean waves pounding
Crashing with salty rhythm
Rocking the shoreline
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For this week’s prompt, go here: http://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com
Also, still running free. My two short stories below.
Take a horror ride this Halloween!
Find it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0075O2DBS
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Haiku – Washed In
Just back from the beach
Happy times and lots of fun
With my family
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In case you guys were wondering where I’ve been. I took a much-needed trip down to the coast to spend some time with my family. My wife and I agreed to leave all electronics behind (except for my Kindle of course), and just get back to family time. My mom and dad along with my son also went with us. Nothing greater than seeing your 2-year-old collecting shells, and loving the beach.
I also want to remind all of you that a lot of my stories are running free today – I’ve mentioned in a recent post that my Zombie stuff is free (yeah, Walking Dead is back), but this story is also running free. Take a ride if you dare with these two short horror stories. Vroom! Vroom! Doom! Doom!
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0075O2DBS
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0075O2DBS?*Version*=1&*entries*=0
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I want your Halloween Haiku!
Haiku: Spooky
2 ghosts traveling
Time to find a place to haunt
October is here
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I wrote this Haiku last year around this time, and I thought I would share it with my new audience this year.
I would now like to open up this blog to you. Write a Haiku that screams Halloween, and drop the link into the box below.
As a sidebar note: This is my first attempt at doing this, so please let me know if you have any issues.
A special thanks to haikuhorizons.wordpress.com for inspiring me to try this.
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Haiku – The “Leaves are Falling” Run
Windy autumn breeze
Showers of nature’s color
Raining down on me
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It is nice to be able to get out and run during the day now – helps to make the evening a lot easier to plan. Hard to run after a big dinner. It is also nice to have less humid days. Not wanting Winter here too soon, but I am enjoying the fact that Fall has arrived.
By the way, since this is a running post, it was a good walk/run today: 3 miles, 1.5 walk, 1.5 run.
So, have you started raking leaves? We started over the weekend. Already piling up.
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Haiku – October Day and Night
A cool start today
Cloudless, sky full of deep blue
Sunshine seems to smile
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Yellow beams of light
Fat full moon filling the Earth
A bright sky last night
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For more Haiku prompts like “Sky” go here: http://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/
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Haiku – 68 Degrees
First signs of winter
House permeated with cool
Morning reeks of cold
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In case you were wondering about the title. That is the current reading on my thermostat in the house. To heat or not to heat is now the questions? Not sure I can go there just yet.
Also, one last plug for my free short story “The Imp.” It is running free until the end of the day. Grab your copy, set the Halloween mood, and discover why this house is so haunted. Enter if you dare!
Amazon US: www.amazon.com
Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk
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Haiku – Author, Author, Who Are You?
Saturday morning
One more attempt at agents
Elusive they are
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I decided to retry sending out information to agents this morning. I figured that it couldn’t hurt. Now that the self-publishing options are so large it is a great fall back plan when agents refuse your work. I honestly believe my work gets overlooked because you can’t categorize it. You can’t push it into one specific little genre, wrap it up in a bow, and say here it is world. I have also noticed that trend in the indy scene as well. A lot of short stories and novels I see or read that are self-published seem to not fit a particular category or genre. In this world of “it has to sell now” that probably hurts most authors who write outside the box – like me.
How about you? Do you write in one particular genre or do you try to blend several into one? Are you also done with agents or do you still try from time to time?
Here’s a little self plug for my short story The Imp, which is doing okay as a free download so far. It is available free until 10/5/2014. By the way, if you have something free, please leave me a link to it in the comment’s section below. I would love to read it.
Are the legends true? Does an Imp live in that haunted house able to grant riches? Find out for yourself if you dare: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJMOW2C
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Haiku – Star Night Star Bright
I stumbled onto this today when I was putting my poetry book together. I have always loved this picture my wife created. I thought I would share it again today.
(pen and ink work provided by my wife)
Hopes and fears take flight
As you wish upon a star
In a twinkling sky
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Haiku – Confusion
I roll out of bed
Channel changing in my mind
What day of the week?
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Sometimes in the morning my brain feels like this song. How about you?
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Haiku – New Month
First of October
Multi-colored leaves falling
Almost Halloween
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I don’t know about you, but this is probably my favorite month. I love Halloween, and I love how the macabre becomes so routine this time of year. My son’s books are a prime example of that. He’s two and the books have mummies, ghosts, vampires, and even werewolves in them. Granted, they aren’t the scariest versions of those creatures, but the fact that it is a-okay to have them in a kid’s book just for the sake of this holiday, well, just another reason why I love Halloween. What about you? Do you love this time of year or not?
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Haiku – The “Lunch-Time” Run
Cool September day
Running with the clouds above
A sun protector
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Nice to be able to run at this time of the day. It has been a while since I have been able to do it. Nice to see not only Fall, but October sneaking in around here. It really makes running a lot easier when the temperatures are lower.
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