Sunday, October 30, 2011

Haunted

SPOILER WARNING for anyone who hasn't read Mortal Coil. Look away now.

Just a quick note to say that the Halloween story will be appearing as soon as I've finished it. HOPEFULLY that will be tonight, but it might be tomorrow, and appear on Halloween itself. I have to say, it feels good to be writing about Tanith once again, even if she IS ever so slightly evil...

SPOILER OVER

And speaking of Halloween, look at the desktop thingy you can download. Yay desktop thingies!





In keeping with the general creepiness of the season, may I also direct your attention to Haunted, a compilation of ghost stories by various writers, of which I am one. It's out now, and as part of the promotion, the writers are appearing as guests on various blogs around blogland. I had the good fortune of writing a piece for the Bookwitch, which can be found here:

http://bookwitch.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/the-haunted-tour/

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Niamhy Jay said...

OMG
WHAT IS IT?? I DON'T EVEN KNOW!!

nights.raven said...

:) how r u?

Unknown said...

Cool hi shadow ;)

Shadow Whispers said...

:) hi crystal :)

Niamhy Jay said...

I am Grand, as ever :P

Just writing my book :)

nights.raven said...

awesome NJ! :)

Shadow Whispers said...

hows it coming??

Niamhy Jay said...

I am on Chapter 2 :)
And about 1600 words done.

Shadow Whispers said...

whoop that's brilliant!! btw... I need an adept power for my new OC can you think of one?

Niamhy Jay said...

Hypnosis.

Shadow Whispers said...

:) thank you my dear! *hugs*

Niamhy Jay said...

*hugs back*
No Bother :)

Niamhy Jay said...

*Whispers* Raven, Crystal you still there??

Shadow Whispers said...

rilla styx now has the power of hypnosis YAY!!!

ThatWeirdo said...

I really need to get this Haunted book - first story non-skulduggery related?!
Oh and I can't wait for the short story about Tanith either.

HAPPY HALOWEEN!!

Niamhy Jay said...

Hello OhEmGeeGirl *shakes hand*
Nice to meet you :)

ThatWeirdo said...

Hello..

Alexa Lawless said...

Happy Halloween All!

And now a message for the great man himself:
OH GREAT AND GLORIOUS GOLDEN GOD,
As a loyal and lowly worshipper, and as a faithful member of the mighty Munchkin Army, I beseech you now - please, oh please, follow this link:
http://its-a-digiconspiracy.deviantart.com/gallery/33469393
It leads to a gallery filled with Halloween pumpkins carved in your honour and photographed in your name. Please, consider them an offering, to show my admiration for and dedication to your incredible works. I eagerly await the next instalment, as faithfully as Thrasher waits upon his zombie king.
(Bad analogy. It's actually more like a Valkyrie-Skulduggery level of worship.)
Anyway, I sincerely hope that you enjoy them, and wish you a Halloween free of demon invasion and zombie attack.
Yours,
-Digiconspiracy

Invisible_Fly said...

My feels like what hangovers feel like. I did NOT get any sleep last night :I

How is everyone? (Everyone meaning anybody who's online. But the message applies to offline people too, in a way. I'm confused.)

Invisible_Fly said...

I meant to say my head feels like what hangovers feel like.

I CAN'T TYPE.

Shadow Whispers said...

I am fine :) I burnt my arm on the toffee we were heating up to make toffeee apples it hurts soo much :(

Invisible_Fly said...

OH NO :( Did you run your arm under cool water right after you burned it? That's the best way to immediately treat a small burn. And if you have any burn creams, PUT IT ON D:

Shadow Whispers said...

I put under lukewarm water cause that's what my aunt told me to do, and I have some burn cream on it now, and the toffee apple is nice :) want a virtual toffee apple?

Invisible_Fly said...

Oooh, yes please. I loooove candy apples!

Shadow Whispers said...

well then here you go -hands a virtual toffee apple- I love them too <3

Invisible_Fly said...

*noms toffee apple* Yay~ I have a major sweet tooth that I inherited from my dad. We never hold back when it's time for dessert or when there's candy. Tonight, I'll be taking half of my brother's Trick or Treating earnings. Mwahaha.

Shadow Whispers said...

are you not trick-or-treating yourself? *also omnomnoming on toffee apple- I was charged with carrying my baby cousin around all of the houses so I got all of the sweets that he would have gotten if he could eat them... he was dressed as a pumpkin <3

Invisible_Fly said...

I'm sort of a little too old to go trick or treating... (Kinda totally in university...) The people in the neighbourhood would look down on it. But my brother is going to share the candy. And I'd rather make a 2 by 2 cookie. THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH MILK IN THE WORLD TO MATCH IT.

Also, I've moved to the new post. Wanna keep talking there?

Shadow Whispers said...

Awh :( well those people are terrible!! Yes yes I do....

Skull fan said...

hi i liked it alot pls come to turkey

Zac A said...

Derek this is amazing i'm a number 1 skulduggery pleasant and think your books are awesome.
I was wondering if you could come back to New Zealand as i missed you last time you were here.
I was also wondering when end of the world was coming out!!!!
Again love this story is is awesome

Zathract Mist said...

Ready.

Jakro Tintreach said...

Hello?

Zathract Mist said...

...

Lavender Hope said...

Ready. :)

Wow, not many comments here.
*grins*
More for us! :P

Nixion Strange said...

wow this is old...

Zathract Mist said...

Mmm.

Lavender Hope said...

I know, Nix. I know.

Gabriel said...

Here's another picture of Yuna. When I saw this I remembered that Yuna has different coloured blogs and I checked the one on my blog..

http://www.ffonline.com/media/index.php?lookup=wallpapers:ff10:ffx2-800.jpg

Eve the ROCK said...

I READ THIS BOOK!!

:O

Zathract Mist said...

Come to think of it, the person in my current pic isn't so different from the one in my other one.

Lavender Hope said...

Eve, Gab, Shads, and Star here yet?

Eve the ROCK said...

Oh, good, they're outside.

Lavender Hope said...

Eve and Gab's here. :)

Gabriel said...

I'm here.

Lavender Hope said...

Looking now, Gab.

Yeah, it isn't Mist.

Star Inkbright said...

Yay! I got last! And if there are twelve inciches in a foot, i am 5 foot 2! And in centimetres, 157 cm! And in metres, 1m 57!

Gabriel said...

I think I'm about / around 6 foot

Eve the ROCK said...

MYILODISBTLETTINGMETYPE HELP

Lavender Hope said...

Nice Star. :)

Star Inkbright said...

12 * 5 + 2 - That's 62 inches!

Eve the ROCK said...

SOS.

Oh wait, it's good now. It kept bringing the keyboard down so I only had time to type one letter before it went back down. Funny, I'm its own way.

Eve the ROCK said...

*in

I'm...

1m 6...4?

Star Inkbright said...

*stares at myilodisbtlettingmetype help*

My ipod is not letting me type help?

Gabriel said...

Wait, how long is one foot?

Star Inkbright said...

1m 57.

Eve the ROCK said...

This long. *shows Gab self's foot*

Lynxia Lost said...

We here now?

Zathract Mist said...

No we're on the other one.

Eve the ROCK said...

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!!!

Star Inkbright said...

Twelve inches? Dunno.

I'm 62 inches, but i know pints in america are a different amount, so . . .

Gabriel said...

Oh. Right...

Yup we're here now,Lynxia.

Lavender Hope said...

Yup. Hi Shadow!

Distant.

Star Inkbright said...

*remembers* yep. In england, it's definately twelve inches.

Lavender Hope said...

*read past post that Derek reads all comments on his blog*
*laughs*
I wonder if he still does?

Zathract Mist said...

Gtg now. :(

*kisses Eve and vanishes*

Bye!

Lavender Hope said...

Bye Mist!

Nixion Strange said...

the amount we comment? i doubt it

Gabriel said...

Bye Mist!

Eve the ROCK said...

Hey Soul Sister,

...

Um...

Nixion Strange said...

Bye Mist

Eve the ROCK said...

Aw. Bye Mist! *kisses back*

Eve the ROCK said...

I live in the Arctic.

Star Inkbright said...

Bye zath!

More north? *goes on google maps*

Gabriel said...

Guys....what is Top Traffic Sources???

Lynxia Lost said...

I don't think you are Star. I'm further North than Yorkshire.

Nixion Strange said...

down south!

Star Inkbright said...

Probably not, lynxia.

I always feel pretty northerly seeing as i used to live more down south . . .

I'm just above that crack going through the right side of england. The river humber, that crack. I live near hull. *nods*

I used to live under that big sticky out lump, also on the right side of england.

Eve the ROCK said...

*is a fire engine*

Octa said...

YAY SOUTH! LAND OF THE PENGUINS!

Lavender Hope said...

I bet I'm farthest west. Cal is pretty far... Unless someone lived in San Fran. That's right near the Pacific.

...

I guess it depends on where west is... i don't know... my mind is kinda going now. Please ignore some of the things I might say. They might sound careless... I'm a bit tired... Can't sleep though, still listening to something...

Eve the ROCK said...

Hello Octa! Good Wednesday to you!

Nixion Strange said...

hey Octo

Star Inkbright said...

HI OCTA! YAY SOUTH COZ IN EUROPE SOUTH IS WARMER!

Lavender Hope said...

Hi Octa! :) I think we met for a moment.

Octa said...

Well hello there Eve!

It is indeed a good Wednesday!

Happy April!

Lynxia Lost said...

Yeah, I'm most Northern!!!

Nixion Strange said...

most southern!

Lynxia Lost said...

Hi Octa!

Star Inkbright said...

Blue lived in scotland for nine and a half years.

Eve the ROCK said...

A happy April it is for me!

Merry 2012!

Can't beat that. :D

Octa said...

Hi Lavender!

Indeed we did.

Tis a pleasure to make your aquaintance!

*offers her some fudge*

Lavender Hope said...

You and Nix are very far apart then, Lynxia...

Lavender Hope said...

*accepts fudge*
Ooh, I love fudge! Thank you! :)

Gabriel said...

Hi Octa.

You don't know me.

Eve the ROCK said...

No they're not! The world is a sphere! If anything, they're closer than we could ever imagine! Wazaaaaa!

Nixion Strange said...

wish i was in england... i'll go there one day...

Octa said...

Um how South do you live Nix?

Australia south?

Inwhich case London south isn't really very South at all.

Umm..... I'll come back to that Eve.


WAIT! HAVE A BRILLIANT 21st CENTURY!

Gabriel said...

Tragic Love. Really. I've been getting too much of that.

Please don't add to that. I'm trying to remain as emotionless as possible.

Star Inkbright said...

You all ka-now ME!

Octa said...

Hi Gabriel!

Pleasure to make your aquaintance too!

I'm running out of virtual food!

But please take this muffin.

Eve the ROCK said...

I'm going to Stdney for the third time!

One day...*sighs dreamily and rests elbows on window sill*

*falls out of window*

Lavender Hope said...

Yeah, tired...
*looks at time*
One in the morning...

Again I'll say it, my mind is going now, please ignore some of the things I say... they might sound careless...

Gabriel said...

Hi Sparky!

Nixion Strange said...

hi Sparky

and yes, Australian south

Octa said...

Hey Sparky! Hi Ink!

Eve the ROCK said...

AND YOU MAY HAVE A FUNDERFUL LIFETIME!!

Star Inkbright said...

Hi sparky!

Lavender Hope said...

Hi Sparky!

Yeah, I might be a slow commenter too...

Gabriel said...

Thanks Octa, for the muffin!

Octa said...

MAY YOU HAVE A SPLENDID INFINITY!

ETERNITY!

EVER LASTING AMOUNTS OF TIME!

I WIN! :P

Eve the ROCK said...

Hello Sparky!

The doorknobs are singing, ringing for you!

Star Inkbright said...

Um, hi, octa . . . *decides not to mention i've been here a couple of hours*

Gabriel said...

Did anyone nitced that Eve changed her name to Eve the FIRE ENGINE!

Eve the ROCK said...

OBLIVION!!!

Done.

Eve the ROCK said...

FINALLY! Someone notices!

Gabriel said...

Um. Lynxia, what?

Lavender Hope said...

*laughs sleepily at Octa's win*
*is falling asleep*
My fingers will be slow typing... and might be messing up sometimes, which will make me more slow...

Octa said...

Ummmmm you have?

Well I couldn't greet you hours ago because I've only been here a few minutes...

*searches the comments for other people I may not have said hi too*

Star Inkbright said...

NEE NAH NEE NAH NEE NAH NEE NAH NEE NAH!

Nixion Strange said...

you know, im pretty useful to have around
i made What If?, told people about the aus/nz world book day comp, got some people to like Kai (who left)
That it really, but still

Lavender Hope said...

I noticed Eve. Just too tired to say anything...

Octa said...

I NOTICED! BUT I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING!

Gabriel said...

Kai? Who is that? Not to sound mean or anything.

Gabriel said...

Okay, people are talking very fast....

Lavender Hope said...

*decides to stop commenting*
too slow anyway...

Eve the ROCK said...

Sure you did, Lav and Octa. SURE.

Octa said...

LYNXIA! NIX!

HAVE AN ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING!

Star Inkbright said...

*sits on grass and watches zephyr swooping around*

Sparky Braginski said...

Hello...

Sorry I disappeared.

Lynx, did you read my post on What If?

Octa said...

Nix is a good name.

Tis the surname of my favourite author.

Lavender Hope said...

*sigh*
Kai Oblivian(?), Dylan Silver...

Gabriel said...

FINAL FANTASY X!!

Gabriel said...

Oh, I forgot.
Oh. I never really hated him. Or anything.

Star Inkbright said...

Kai oblivion/dylan silver/trelaque/jasper scrouge is a person who was here and has now left.

Nixion Strange said...

Garth Nix? I don't really like his stories

Lavender Hope said...

Not sure anyone's even reading my comments...

Here comes the tiredness... I'm gonna stop commenting now...

Octa said...

Garth Nix. Yush.

That's cool.

I love them though.

Octa said...

I'm reading them!

Eve the ROCK said...

Agh. I do hate to send the party spiralling into oblivion, but I must leave now, for my iPod charge is withering. I shall be back! And I leave with one final prediction!

YOU WILL ALL MISS ME!!!

*bursts into oblivion*

Gabriel said...

Goodbye Eve.

Nixion Strange said...

Bye Eve... i think

Star Inkbright said...

Bye eve!

Octa said...

OOOH! AN ORANGE!

*stares at it intently*

*puts a fake mustache and a little sombrero on him*

*makes him tapdance*

LOOK! A TAPDANCING ORANGE! FROM MEXICO!

Octa said...

Bye Eve!

Octa said...

That's not good enough
*clink clink*
That's not good enough

Eve the ROCK said...

You think correctly! And the reason I am back for the splittest of seconds is because I amtyping with the index finger of another!

Now I bid you farewell!

*bursts into oblivion*

Star Inkbright said...

Ooh! *zephyr swoops down and snatches one up*

Oh, zephYR . . .

Lynxia Lost said...

Bye Eve!

Lynxia Lost said...

Bye Eve!

Nixion Strange said...

what Eve?
Bye Eve, i guess...

Octa said...

*vanishes for a short amount of time*

Brb!

Eve the ROCK said...

You guess correctly! And the reason I am back for the splittest of seconds is because I was typing with the wrong finger!

And now...GOODBYE!

*bursts into oblivion*

Sparky Braginski said...

Lynx?

Star Inkbright said...

*watches as zephyr pulls orange to bits*

*she offers me a chuck*

Thanks, zeph.

Phoenixs are very intelligent, you know. They're like humans in a bird form. But better.

Gabriel said...

Funny video

Nixion Strange said...

i got a jar of dirt, i got a jar of dirt
And guess what's inside it

Nixion Strange said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRcj6CAhe7s&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Lavender Hope said...

*is still here, but has nothing to say*
Not really... comments going to fast for my slowness...

Star Inkbright said...

*munches dead tapdancing orange*

Nixion Strange said...

damn i need interesting conversation!
Im bored

Gabriel said...

i got a jar of derp

i got a jar of derp

i got a jar of derp

ind its missile guided

Gabriel said...

i'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF!!!

Star Inkbright said...

Brb

Nixion Strange said...

Gab?

Gabriel said...

No, I'm pretty sure I'm going to kll myself. It's close. Maybe when I'm sixteen.Two years then. Damn it I'm going to Miss Catching Fire.

Nixion Strange said...

one, catching fire is next year
two, please don't kill yourself

Sparky Braginski said...

Gotta go.

Nixion Strange said...

bye Sparky

Star Inkbright said...

Back!

Bye sparky!

Lavender Hope said...

Gab! Do NOT kill yourself! PLEASE!!!

Bye Sparky.

Gabriel said...

Byebbye Sparky Braginski.

No,no, I'm pretty sure I'm ging to die. Even if I don't kill myself. All my life I've seen my future as like an end. I know it sounds dry but I have a feeling it's true.

Nixion Strange said...

what point would there be in dying?

Nixion Strange said...

don't you want to wait and see if you're right?
Don't kill yourself

Gabriel said...

I could rest. I won't feel anything. I can't wait what it is beyond death.

Gabriel said...

First.

I dedicate this to, all of you.

Lavender Hope said...

*sighs*
And of course, no one listens to me.

Fine.

Nixion Strange said...

Gab.. neither can i. Sometimes i think like you. But there's to much to live for to die right now

Star Inkbright said...

DON'T kill yourself gab. Please, just don't.

Gabriel said...

Oh and to Yuna and Tidus and Terra and Celes and Locke.

Gabriel said...

What is there to live for? Please tell me.

I can't feel. I only feel sorry for myself and you know someone in my family died and the onyl thing I can think when my parents told me is, how can I act sad.

It's like I don't even care. Please don't tell this to anybody.

Lynxia Lost said...

The Internet is dying! I'll have to go! Bye! *hugs*

Lavender Hope said...

Bye Shadow.

Gabriel said...

Bye Lynxia!

Star Inkbright said...

Bye lynxia!

Live for all of us in blogland gab. None of us want you to die.

Nixion Strange said...

Gab, it ashames me to say that i felt the same way when my aunt died. My sister was crying, and i realised that i should to, and i did. But i had to force myself to do it.
And to live for? Everything. There's so much o life to live. Places to go. Things to do. Things that can only happen once in a lifetime
Do you believe in heaven or not? serious question

Nixion Strange said...

Bye Lynxia

Nixion Strange said...

what do you believe in would be a better question

Sparky Braginski said...

Back.

Nixion Strange said...

hi Sparky

Gabriel said...

Not really. I believe in God, but I never really thought heaven exist. I mean a place were war, sadness does not exist almost impossible to believe but it may be. You point it out that theres so much to live for. I thought of that that maybe, there's hope. When I think about it. Theres plenty of spaces for doubts.

Gabriel said...

Wb Sparky

Zathract Mist said...

Moi believes in no afterlife. But then, who gives a damn about what I think, right?

Gab, don't kill yourself. I'll kill you if you do.
Seriously though, don't kill yourself. That's all I'm gonna say, I've had to do this too many times in this year alone and talk of suicide makes me think of last year when I was trying to kill myself every second day.
Bleh.

I'm back by the way.

Lavender Hope said...

...............................................................................................................................................................................

What started with three dots, ended up a lot of dots...

...

Nothing... *is tired* *has a bad feeling, an emptiness* *sighs*

Nixion Strange said...

I used to want to kill myslef. But life started looking up. I enjoyed life. I'm going to keep enjoying life until i can't anymore. Travel, meet new people, do what i would like to do. Live life to the fullest. Death is pointless. If you die, you'll never get another chance to try new things or to go places, or meet new people.

Gabriel said...

Hi Mist.

But, what the hell!@? I only feel sorry for myself. I'm not kind but I'm not evil either. I'm sure as hell I'm nt normal.

Maybe. Maybe there's hope. But I'm sure...something will happen in the future.

Nixion Strange said...

WB Mist and Lynxia

Lavender Hope said...

*growls*
Hate feeling this way. Hate when people want to kill themselves and nothing you say can help. It's their choice. Always is. They have to make it.

*wants to talk about more, but doesn't say anything else*

Zathract Mist said...

Hi, Sparky.

Nixion Strange said...

im not normal, but who gives a f***. Not me. If you want to enjoy life, do it, Don't dream of it.

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