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Thanks for the feedback and kind words, and a campfire would help to set the right mood, maybe even told by Josh Currie 🤪

Ahhh, come on. It's a Halloween story and should be read at night, right before you go to sleep so you'll have pleasant dreams. 😁 Thanks for the feedback, Chris, and hope I got your day off to a good start.

I know it's been a long time since you wrote this story, but I hope you see this comment. This was a wonderful story about a father and son who both but the other first. It was nice to see such a close relationship between the pair and I hope their relationships with Oliver and Jason work out as well. You've left a lot of room for a follow-up to this story.

I know this is late, considering when you wrote the story, and I don't know if you'll see this. However, I have one suggestion, or constructive criticism, for you. The story would have read smoother if instead of you telling us about each character in a break from the story, you would have just written the same information into the story. I believe you would have received more comments if you'd done it that way, because it wouldn't have seemed so choppy, but the idea for the story was good and it was definitely something worth fighting for.

Thanks for the feedback, Danilo. I agree with you and I think I would have been a little freaked out by the idea of going down to the basement alone, but apparently Royce is a lot braver than I am. Even so, I didn't want to make it easy for him and I was hoping to give the readers a bit of a scare. I thought about the little girl's ghost as well, but chances are Royce might never discover her story. He has no idea of exactly what time period she lived, and even if he did there might not be anything in the newspapers unless her death was tragic or she was from a prominent family. The clothes she was wearing might not have been what she normally wore and just something nice her parents had bought or been given to them to bury her in. That's why I left her story open ended. There will be one more Halloween story yet to come, probably on Tuesday, so I hope you enjoy that one as well.

I know I'm late getting to this story, but I'm glad I did. I was terribly afraid that Jay wasn't going to make it in time, but I'm glad he did. Nicely done.

I graduated with a nursing degree in May, and then I took off a couple of weeks to unwind before I started looking for a job. I wasn’t sure if this delay hindered my chance to procure a job, but I didn’t get any response to my letters of application for the first few months. I was becoming discouraged and anxious at the same time, but after three months of silence, I finally received a phone call from a prospective employer. After an initial phone interview with the personnel director, I was

Royce Hunter is a recent graduate from a Nursing School and it isn’t long before he’s hired to work the night shift at a nursing home. His first shift begins on Halloween and he soon learns that there is more than just the elderly patients in the building.

Alan, thank you for taking the time to read and give me feedback. I feel that anyone who has taken the time to do those thing deserve a response. I'm glad you've enjoyed this story, but it's not over yet. There is also The Castaway Hotel: Next Generation that continues this story, but from Danny's POV instead of Josh's POV. I hope you enjoy that as well. Once again, thank you very much for sharing your feedback on this story.

Yes, I wonder how I made it through my teens and twenties as well, but somehow I'm still here. I hope this warning is taking seriously, even though the story was written as a spooky Halloween tale. Thanks for the feedback.

Ah, a little Greek Mythology in this word of the day. I wonder how many of our members knew that Zeus punished Sisyphus for twice cheating death by ordering him to roll a boulder up a hill in order to escape Hades. Every time he reached the top, the boulder would roll down to the bottom again, but Sisyphus never gave up and continued this task.

I'm beginning to wonder if Myr is writing his own dictionary. Is he competing to become as famous as Noah Webster?

I don't disagree with you, but for some people it's a way of life. They enjoy feeling that they've been misused and take pleasure in getting even - at least in their own mind. Giles is just an extreme example of this.

Yes, I agree with you, but it was basically Jake's choice. He doesn't feel comfortable in limelight.

Thanks for the feedback and kind words, flesco. I'm glad you enjoy these stories and I'm not done yet. There are more Halloween stories yet to come. I'm just spacing them out to give you and others a chance to read, digest, and enjoy them first.

Yes, Danilo. People don't pay attention to history and many openly state this is/was their least favorite subject in school. Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed this story. Happy Halloween to you, as well.

Thanks for the feedback, Johnny. I'm glad you enjoyed this little tale.

“Today, the residents of Essex County have placed their faith in me and elected me to be their next Sheriff. I appreciate your support and promise to do everything within my power to protect all of the citizens of this county, not merely some, and to uphold the laws of this state.” That was my acceptance speech after I’d just been declared the winner of the special election to fill the position of the Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts. The election became necessary when the former s

George Corwin wins a special election to become Sheriff of Essex County Massachusetts, and on Halloween he learns the job includes more than he was expecting. Maybe he should have studied the history of the county before he decided to run.

Yes, Nick takes a lot of chances, but hopefully he has enough smarts to listen to Josp so he'll protect himself. Thanks for the feedback.

You're right. Vinnie was deeply affected by this incident and it's going to take him a while to get over it. I'm glad you're enjoying this story and thank you for the find words.

Chris, thanks for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed the story. You're right about Coop, and my editor thought the text message from a ghost was the spookiest part of the story. 😁

Yes, I had to tiptoe around that issue as well, but since they're not biological related I felt I could let it slide. Thanks for the feedback.

Absolutely, DaddyD. Some things we do when we're younger stay with us for the rest of our lives. The only thing you can do is to let it fester or learn from it and improve personally. Thank you for the feedback.

Thank you, drsawzall, for reading this story and the in-depth feedback to what is portrayed. Yes, there is more than enough blame to go around and unfortunately I've seen examples of each of these failings while going through life. As you, I'm surprised that I made it out of my teens and 20s due to risks I took and stunts I pulled, and although coming close to a disastrous ending on a few occasions, I made it through with minimal harm. I hope maybe this story will cause others who read it to stand back and evaluate their actions before it's too late.