Dust Devils dance a macabre dervish
Tumbleweed twists in torment
Ghosts of the Disappeared stalk the streets of Death
Screams of silence fill the graveyard of the Abandoned
Gates creak open with unearthly screams
Come down to the Graveyard
Coffins spill their bone chilling secrets
~ The Abandoned and the Disappeared ~
Tell me what happened to these Ghost Towns…
Twist a tale of terror,
Send shivers of horror down my spine with a story,
Flay the flesh from my skin as you open my veins and bleed me out with our poetry…
Rules
Submit your daily entry (1 per person per day) in the comments.
Submit either a Flash Fiction Piece/Prose
or
Short Story
or
Poetry
Prizes
There can be only 1 ultimate winner for this contest.
You will win
1 * Ebook – Death by Drivein (CoffinHop Anthology)
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Contest runs 24th – 31st October 2013
Winner to be announced – 5th November 2013
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Matsuo Ghost Mine, Japan
Lost in the Mists of Sulphur
Built in 1914 and abandoned by 1969, this once thriving mining community of 15000 people lies shrouded in the mists of the Matsuo Mountains, Japan.
For the last four decades the whole surrounding area and the deserted sulphur mining town have become one of the eeriest places on the planet.
Nobody dares enter the area now.
Only the mysterious mists of the mountains haunt these abandoned buildings above and below the ground.
It is believed someone killed themselves in the school gym.
Tell me what happened to this ghost town…
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Dig up those coffin-hopping boots,
dance down to the graveyard for more
bone-chilling CoffinHop tricks & treats.
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Halloween has arrived…
Beware the lost spirits who slip through the open spaces…
Walk softly near their places of rest…
Do not disturb…
The Abandoned & The Disappeared
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Kim Koning 
Shrouded in the mists of time; the toil of a choking dust, the memory of a breaking dream – just one more tomb of human debris. An empty vessel left to the ravages of Mother earth and her will, an empty shell echoing a man’s cough, a child’s melodious laughter, a mother’s silently shed tear. Listen closely, do you hear the whispered plea…
The murder was solved. The police caught her killer. He confessed. I told them they were wrong. “He” was still out there. “He” was only biding his time. The breaking of glass in the dark of the midnight bodes – and not well.
The old man warned them, but they didn’t listen. He told them to leave, but they laughed, called him a crazy old fool when he packed his belongings and departed. No one laughed when the mist came off the mountain, not a mist of air and water, but of sulphur and brimstone, yellow and thick. It drove them all mad, even drove some to their death, while some ran from the town screaming. Most were found curled on the ground, faces blank, their minds retreated to a faraway safe place.
Fascinating! Love those pix. Ghost towns are so interesting…
Love your blog Kim, and nice spooky setting in Matsuo…