THE DARKER POSSIBILITIES is a sequel to Rocky Leplin's NIGHTMARES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. But is it SCARIER? Or does that depend on what poem you're reading?
What about suspicious Halloween Treats from your next door neighbor?
We like our next door neighbor
With his funny "Har har har!"
He laughs a lot and claims
That he is from another star
He's friendly, and he tells me about
The time he got his scar
But the treats he gives on Halloween?
We don't know what they are.
How about when Things start showing up in your house, and you don't know what they are?
When the Things start
Oozing through the walls
You won't be expecting them at all
They'll give no warning
They'll just start forming
Normally at the very darkest
Corners of the halls.
Then there are strange discoveries, like the Voices from the Moon.
Now when the Moon's a sliver
It's true they're rather faint
And when it is a quarter
They don't speak without restraint
But as it grows in size
They grow proportionately bold
I recommend some earplugs
For when the full Moon turns to gold
Poems to read by candelfire, The Darker Possibilities are verses of the spooky, strange, mythic, and fun!