Happy Halloween!

[eldritchhobbit]

The day is here, my friends! We made it! Happy Halloween, Happy Samhain, and (slightly early) Happy Día de los Muertos!

Thank you for joining me in my month-long holiday celebration. I truly hope you've enjoyed it. I have!

To those of you who have shared goodies with me through email or snailmail or other means, thank you so very much for making the holiday extra-special for me!!!

Everyone, please stop by, grab a virtual latte or cider or hot cocoa, a candied apple or some roasted pumpkin seeds, or even a goblet of blood and a plate of brains, and say hello!


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Happy birthday to greenhoodloxley, and happy early birthday to ithiliana, amedia, madkestrel, crackferret, thaisa, actourdreams, tlg2009, coppervale, st_crispins, adamantrealm, sneezythesquid, bibliotrope, crazywritergirl, rymfireebooks, and darchildre. May all of you enjoy many happy returns of the day!


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Now for the grand finale. What can I say? This is my favorite. I hope you enjoy "Hallowe'en in a Suburb" by H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937).

The steeples are white in the wild moonlight,
And the trees have a silver glare;
Past the chimneys high see the vampires fly,
And the harpies of upper air,
That flutter and laugh and stare.

For the village dead to the moon outspread
Never shone in the sunset's gleam,
But grew out of the deep that the dead years keep
Where the rivers of madness stream
Down the gulfs to a pit of dream.

A chill wind weaves through the rows of sheaves
In the meadows that shimmer pale,
And comes to twine where the headstones shine
And the ghouls of the churchyard wail
For harvests that fly and fail.

Not a breath of the strange grey gods of change
That tore from the past its own
Can quicken this hour, when a spectral power
Spreads sleep o'er the cosmic throne,
And looses the vast unknown.

So here again stretch the vale and plain
That moons long-forgotten saw,
And the dead leap gay in the pallid ray,
Sprung out of the tomb's black maw
To shake all the world with awe.

And all that the morn shall greet forlorn,
The ugliness and the pest
Of rows where thick rise the stones and brick,
Shall some day be with the rest,
And brood with the shades unblest.

Then wild in the dark let the lemurs bark,
And the leprous spires ascend;
For new and old alike in the fold
Of horror and death are penned,
For the hounds of Time to rend.

Comments

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

You can't go wrong with Lovecraft. And thanks for yet another October ride. It's been great!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you for joining me. I hope you had a great Halloween!

Samhain greetings

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the whole event. :)

Re: Samhain greetings

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I hope your November is off to a great start.

Re: Samhain greetings

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

:) Here is a rather amazing blog w/ more Halloween links than you can shake a stick at!

http://themadblonde.blogspot.com/2014/10/happy-halloween-to-all-my-friendsif.html

[homespunheart.livejournal.com]

Lovecraft...the perfect finale! Your countdown is a perfect setting for fall and the Halloween season. Thank you :)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you so much for joining me. :D

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween! And thank you for a fun month on lj - I just can't believe it's over so quickly, have we really had 31 days, or have we missed some?!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for helping make the month so special! I know exactly what you mean about how quickly it was over. I'm pretty sure someone stole a week or so in there somewhere. Ack!

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween to you too.

*Hugs*

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *hugs* I hope your November is off to a great start.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

*Hugs*

Not too bad, thanks. I love it now the clocks are back on real time and thus the evenings are getting longer. The weather has been unseasonably warm thus far - but has cooled down today. Long may it stay that way.

How about you? Has your November started well?

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay for cooler weather!

We just had our first real frost; the nights are getting very nippy. I'm so happy. As you say, long may it stay that way!

*hugs*

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

Oh, lovely. I do love a good frost. We've had a couple of small frosts, but nothing real and nothing that will kill off all these nasty bugs that are going around.

*Hugs*

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I hope yours was great, too!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween! Thank you once again for your fabulous month of spooky fun!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you for joining me! I hope your November is off to a great start.

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween! Thanks for another excellent countdown month. I leave you with some fun, spooky "creepypasta" links at various places. My treat for you after all your treats for us.
Cryptozoids -- http://io9.com/tell-us-about-your-areas-local-legendary-monsters-1652201322
Spooky stories -- http://jezebel.com/its-time-for-our-annual-spooky-stories-contest-1650403691/
UK Halloween traditions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29742774

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

These links are fabulous - thank you so much for sharing them! Lots of creepypasta excellence! *huge hugs*

[morfin.livejournal.com]

Thank-you very much for a month of the macabre, mouldy, and malevolent bumps in the night :)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

LOL! Awesome. Thank you for joining me! :D

[greenhoodloxley.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! As usual your Halloween day posts were a chilly delight! :)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you so much! :)

[sittingduck1313.livejournal.com]

And here are some Halloween costume ideas for next year. Be warned though, Number One on that list is really disturbing.

http://www.cracked.com/article_21780_6-homemade-costumes-that-look-like-awesome-movie-special-fx.html

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

OMG! *dies*

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

Thank you SO much for your posts! They've brightened my days all month! ♥

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so happy to hear it! Thank you. I hope your November is off to a great start.

[ankh-hpl.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I meant to read this one today, to celebrate. One of his best, I think. And thanks for another great month of posts!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank *you*! :D :D :D

[rhi]

Happy Halloween! Many happy returns of the holiday, and your countdown to it!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks! *loves your icon*

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Enjoyed the tidbits you shared! Thank you for another Halloween season and I hope you have a scary/fun evening!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :) I hope your Halloween was great and your November is off to a great start.

[witchcat07.livejournal.com]

Enjoyed it! Same time next year?

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad. Sounds like a plan! :D

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for making it a great month.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you so much! :)

[aurilla.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your amazing countdown! You did a great job collecting all titbits in your posts! That was a great month! Thanks again :)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy that you enjoyed it! :D Thank you for joining me.

[i-llbedammned.livejournal.com]

I haven't read this poem by Lovecraft before. It is very grim and not as fantastic as the other works of his that I have read, yet it still has a very distinctive feel to it.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

It is very grim and not as fantastic as the other works of his that I have read, yet it still has a very distinctive feel to it.

You're right: his distinctive touch still comes through!