Spend Halloween with me!!
I'm hosting an event with Substack, and I'd love for you to come :)
Constant Readers… I have a special event for you!!
To celebrate Halloween, I’m hosting a night of live spooky readings and tales of the undead in London on Tuesday 28th October, and I’d love you to be there.
I have 5 pairs of tickets to give away just for my Substack community, in exchange for your Halloween inspired reading recs.
To enter:
Post your favourite spooky quote, poem, or passage on Substack Notes and share a screenshot in the comments
A second chance to enter by joining my community of paid members here on Substack, and posting a screenshot in my Constant Reader Group Chat!
Deadline to enter: 23:59 on Thursday 23rd October
Winners announced in the chat on Friday!!
Lots of love, Jack <3
It will not let me paste my screenshot but my quote was “It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.” Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
One of my favorite spooky passages comes from “Graveyard Shift” by M. L. Rio:
“The light of the streetlamps encroached only so far, held at bay by a wall of ivy that had filled in the gaps between the bars of the fence. Within its crooked boundaries, angels wept elegantly over headstones while swinish gargoyles grinned and leered from their perches on either side of the church doors. Weeds grew without restraint. An oak tree even older than the church squatted in one corner, dropping acorns and orange leaves every October until the branches were bare and jack-o'-lantern mushrooms took up residence among the roots. Some had sprouted already, glowing eerily in the dark.”
I just love vivid setting descriptions like this one because they really draw me in and make the whole scene come alive!
(And here’s my link since I sadly also can’t add a screenshot: https://jackedwardswrites.substack.com/p/spend-halloween-with-me/comment/169505959?r=6p8tmf&utm_medium=ios)