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Lake Matheson New Zealand gilt als einer der besten Orte, um einen klaren Blick auf Aoraki (Mt. Cook) zu haben. Berühmt für seinen Reflection Lake, ist dieser Ort absolut unglaublich für Sonnenaufgang oder Sonnenuntergang. Lake Matheson / Te Ara Kairaumati ist ein beliebter Ort in der Nähe der Gemeinde Fox Glacier an der Westküste der Südinsel. Nachdem wir von den unglaublichen Möglichkeiten der Spiegelfotografie auf Reflection Island gehört hatten, eilten wir rechtzeitig zum Sonnenuntergang hierher. Sagen wir einfach, wir wurden nicht enttäuscht. Bis heute ist dies immer noch einer meiner liebsten Fotoorte in Neuseeland. Wie kommt man nach Matheson Lake Neuseeland? Der Zugang zum Wanderweg Lake Matheson erfolgt über einen riesigen Parkplatz, der etwa 5 km von der Gemeinde Fox Glacier entfernt liegt. Ich habe den genauen Standort auf der Karte unten markiert, damit Sie ihn leichter finden können. Matheson Lake Walk Der Lake Matheson Walk ist eine kurze 2,5 m lange Schleife am Seeufer durch üppige einheimische Wälder. Die Strecke ist größtenteils flach und hat mehrere Stellen, an denen Sie anhalten und Fotos von den unglaublichen Reflexionen des Mt. Cook machen können. RELATED: MOUNT FOX GIPFELWANDERUNG MIT BLICK AUF FOX GLACIER Reflexionsinsel Der bei weitem beste und beliebteste Ort, um Lake Matheson-Reflexionen von Neuseelands höchstem Berg zu sehen, ist ein Ort, der als Reflexionsinsel bekannt ist. Dies ist eine kleine Holzbrücke, die zu einer „Insel“ am Rand des Sees führt. Das Tolle an diesem Ort ist, dass er sich perfekt in die Cook-Bergkette einfügt und außergewöhnliche Spiegelreflexionen im ruhigen Seewasser bietet. Haben Sie schon einmal darüber nachgedacht, die Catlins zu besuchen? Lesen Sie diesen Beitrag: Die besten Aktivitäten in den Catlins Sonnenaufgang oder Sonnenuntergang? Nach ein wenig Recherche scheint es Konsens zu sein, dass der Sonnenaufgang am Lake Matheson die besten Lichtverhältnisse für Reflexionen bietet. Da muss ich allerdings widersprechen. Da Lake Matheson an der Westküste Neuseelands liegt, geht die Sonne hinter dem See unter, vermeidet grelles Licht auf Ihren Fotos und beleuchtet Mt. Cook wunderschön. LEITFADEN: WO MAN DEN PERFEKTEN AUFNAHME AUF DER STRASSE NACH MOUNT COOK BEKOMMT Weitere Matheson Lake-Fotos zur Inspiration Ihrer Reise Hier sind einige weitere Fotos, die ich rund um Lake Matheson Neuseeland und die unglaubliche Reflection Island bei Sonnenuntergang aufgenommen habe. Ich hoffe, sie werden Sie dazu inspirieren, den kurzen Abstecher vom Fox-Gletscher oder der Westküste zu machen. MEHR: 11 EPIC MOUNT COOK VIEW LOCATIONS – DIE BESTEN ORTE, UM MOUNT COOK ZU SEHEN Weitere Aktivitäten an der Westküste Suchen Sie nach weiteren Reiseführern und Artikeln zu Aktivitäten an der Westküste? Nachdem Sie Lake Matheson besucht haben, sollten Sie unbedingt einige der anderen Reiseführer und Blogs unten in Betracht ziehen. Wenn Sie nach großartigen Wanderungen suchen, sollten Sie sich unbedingt diesen Führer zu den 31 besten Wanderungen auf der Südinsel ansehen. Genießen Sie und bleiben Sie abenteuerlich! MEINE KAMERA UND FOTOAUSRÜSTUNG Spiegellose Kamera: Canon R5Drohne: DJI Mavic Pro 2360-Grad-Action-Kamera: Insta360 One X2Landschaftsobjektiv: Canon RF 15-35 mm f/2.8LAllround-Objektiv: Canon RF 24–105 mm f/4L Teleobjektiv: Canon RF 100–500 mm f/f/4,5–7,1 LLange Aktionsstange: Insta360 Invisible Pole (BulletTime)Landschaftslinsenfilter: Hoya Circular PolarizerKamerarucksack: F-Stop TilopaLieblingsfotozubehör: Peak Design Capture Clip Eine Liste meiner empfohlenen Fotoausrüstung (einschließlich was ich benutze und warum) findest du in meinem Leitfaden für Kameraausrüstung für die Reise. Wenn Sie eines der Fotos auf dieser Website verwenden möchten, besuchen Sie bitte meine Lizenzierungsseite, um herauszufinden, wie. Ich verkaufe auch professionelle Kunstdrucke, besuchen Sie meinen Print Store oder kontaktieren Sie mich direkt für Zollabzüge von Bildern auf We Seek Travel.

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Boat on Lake Matheson, 1925-1935

#unknown photographer #gelatin silver print #reflection #lake

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youcouldmakealife · 6 months

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LBTE: Jared (106-110)

Quick return to summaries, for: in which two dorks get married.

106 - Jitters

“It’s stressing me out,” Jared says. “Like, obviously I love Bryce, I wouldn’t be marrying him if I didn’t, but like, figuring out how to say it and not like, embarrassing myself in front of everyone? I dunno. It’s hard.”

“You are your father’s son,” his mom says, and Jared can’t even argue that. His dad’s fucking awful at this kind of stuff, so Jared inherited it honestly, he guesses. Like, it’s so really clear his dad thinks his mom’s the shit? Jared’s over being embarrassed by his parents being happy in their relationship. But his dad kind of sucks at the expressing good emotions bit, to the point where him saying something really nice is the kind of thing that sticks with you for a long time because of how rare it is, but at the same time, Jared’s never doubted his dad loves him, and Erin, and his mom.

Jared is SO MUCH his father’s son, in a way he generally refuses to acknowledge, and yes, they’re both straight up awful at expressing their feelings, but no one doubts Jared loves Bryce after any time spent around the two of them. Ditto Don with Susan. (It horrified Jared and Erin as kids, how gross in love their dad was. Marcus Mathesons will be able to relate.)

“You’re not going to be a troll with your grandkids, are you?” Jared says, doubling down on the making her feel old since she can’t make him set the table twice.

“Oh no,” his mom says. “I’ll treat them like gold and spoil them rotten until they doubt every story you tell about me being a troll.”

Rude.

“Oh god,” she mutters. “I’m my mother.”

“Grandma’s a saint,” Jared says.

“Well,” she says. “At least I know firsthand that the strategy works. Table.”

She is going to do it and it is going to WORK and none of the M&Ms will doubt their grandmas are saints, no matter how much Jared insists only Elaine is actually a saint.

With a week to go Jared realises he totally forgot to ask Arvan for time off, and he only realises when he hears Raf ask Arvan for time off, that time off being, oh, Jared’s wedding.

“Um, me too!” Jared says. “And Chaz. We kind of need to all take that off.”

Raf gives him an utterly disgusted look

Raf will tell this story for YEARS, along with Bryce and Jared meeting. So many unflattering stories about Jared that Raf was forced to witness.

“It’s cool if you’re — you know it’s normal, right? To have — doubts.” “Cool, but I don’t have any,” Jared says. “…do you have cold feet?”

Bryce makes a very dismissive noise.

Please, Bryce has been ready for years at this point.

Him and Julius go over to his parents for his last dinner as like, an unmarried man — weird — and Jared’s half waiting all dinner for his dad to like, grab his shoulder and go ‘if you’ve changed your mind…’ or something, but he doesn’t. Best behaviour. Mom probably threatened him.

Honestly proud of Don for not doing that. (Susan definitely threatened him)

How’s the lake house?”

“It’s huge,” Bryce says. “You’re going to be so annoyed.”

I love that Bryce’s first thought about the place is ‘wow, this is so nice — that’s going to piss Jared off’, and he’s RIGHT.

107 - Preparation

“Nervous?” Julius asks him over breakfast.

“My feet are toasty warm,” Jared says, and after a very confused look from Julius, breakfast is briefly derailed to explain the concept of cold feet and no, Jared doesn’t know why it’s called cold feet, and then they’re looking up the etymology and Julius is making disgusted noises because it’s just based on some dude writing the words and it sticking, no actual clarification as to why

Nope, no proper origin to this idiom either. Enraging. I am Julius in this matter.

His dad insists on driving, saying it’s because Jared will be distracted, but actually because he’s a control freak who can’t handle not driving himself. Jared doesn’t fight it — he doesn’t know the area around the lake house at all, and if they get lost his dad will be unnervingly backseat stressed about it — but the fact that Julius gets dibs on the front seat, because ‘he’s a guest’, in Jared’s car, on Jared’s wedding day?

Jared sulks in the backseat, bags stacked between him and Erin like a barricade.

Shades of the blanket already. The brother Jared never had.

Elaine meets them outside, steering them towards the main house — apparently Bryce is getting ready in the bunk house, and Jared is very tempted to like, cut and run in that direction. It’s dumb. He’ll see him in three hours. He’s still considering it. “Don’t even think about it,” Elaine says cheerfully, apparently wise to Jared.

“I wasn’t going to do anything,” Jared protests.

“Bryce made that exact face when we heard your car pull in,” Elaine says. “Gail and my mom have him covered, and Gordie’s been instructed to stop you at the door by any means necessary.”

Do not mistake Elaine’s kindness for weakness.

“Wait, are there bigger rooms than this?” Jared asks. Because if so, this place is insane: this room’s the size of their living room and dining room combined. Maybe Bryce was right that Jared would be annoyed by how big it is — stupid thing to be annoyed by, considering how many people need to stay over, but there’s big and then there’s obnoxiously big.

It is nice and Jared is annoyed, just as Bryce predicted.

How’re you feeling? Jared texts.

pretty great get to marry the love of my life today, Bryce says

Bryce.

“Yeah, me too,” Erin says. “But it’s a pretty dress, so.”

Cue another twirl.

With a dress that swishy, you gotta twirl -- Erin is only doing what is necessary.

“Honey,” she says. “There’s going to be crying today. You’re probably going to cry today.”

He refuses.

“Bryce has already cried at least three times already,” Elaine says. Oh god. Every time Bryce cries Jared wants to cry. This is going to be a disaster.

Jared often stubbornly believes things despite evidence to the contrary, but I continue to have no idea how he thought he would get through his wedding day without crying.

There are going to be many matching PJs in his life, won’t there? He can’t even bring himself to mind.

It’s gonna get REAL cute with three generations in the same pjs.

“Wait, you gave Erin the rings?” Jared asks. “Why does Erin have our rings?”

“Because I’m maid of honour,” Erin says, with a little eyeroll like ‘duh’. “I’m standing up there with you, so I get the rings.”

“Do not do something to them,” Jared says. “Don’t — pretend you’ve lost them, or drop them, or—”

“I wouldn’t do that,” Erin says, sounding almost hurt.

Jared does not believe her.

“I wouldn’t do that to Bryce,” Erin adds.

Bryce is the brother ERIN never had. Because her brother is much worse than Bryce.

“When have you even tied bow ties?” Jared asks.

“Haven’t since my own wedding, but I looked it up on YouTube just in case you needed the help,” his dad says. “Now quit talking, I’m focusing.”

“Okay,” Jared says, and it looks pretty good after the third time his dad subjects him to a ‘wait, fuck, I’m trying again’.

“Don’t tell your mom I fixed your bow tie,” his dad says. “She looked it up on YouTube too, and she even bought one to practice with, she’ll be annoyed with herself.”

This right here encapsulates the Mathesons. A lot of snark and plenty of faults, but these hobgoblins love one another a lot. (Also randomly sneaky about their kindness because can't be obvious about their loving acts, how embarrassing.)

His mom wipes his eyes for him. “I did a really good job on that bow tie,” she says, sounding pleased.

“A great job,” Jared says, and bites down a smile when his dad gives him a thumbs up behind her back.

<3 Mathesons.

108 - Impaired Judgment (and other excuses for falling in love)

I’ve said it before, but this was the original title of the series, shortened for a few reasons (mostly brevity), and it felt right to use it for this part.

“Your dad spent the entire morning of our wedding day convinced I wasn’t going to show up,” his mom says. “You’re doing fine.”

“I didn’t really think that,” his dad mutters. “It was just a possibility.” If Jared was marrying literally anyone else, that’d probably bring the freak out to a new height, except it’s Bryce, so it doesn’t.

Seriously, can you imagine Bryce not following through with it? I can’t. Jared can’t. Dude’s cried with joy three times today in the presence of his mom alone. Nothing could get him to miss this.

Chaz does this goofy salute at him when Jared glances over the crowd of people ready to witness the inevitable mortification, and Jared smiles back weakly.

The person unironically referring to his time at the altar as ‘inevitable mortification’ does not get to call other people goofy.

“I’m not hugging you,” Erin says, when his dad finally lets go.

“Didn’t ask you to,” Jared says, which apparently is the permission Erin needs to hug him.

It’s like he doesn’t know her at all. Of course that’s the permission. Also: every time Erin and Jared hug my grinchy heart grows two sizes.

Jared looks over, sees Elaine and Bryce coming out of the back door of the bunk house, their hair glinting gold in the summer light and Bryce’s tux tailored perfectly, some full on James Bond suave shit going on, and Jared just — he gets to marry him.

We have TWO soppy ass dudes in this relationship, I don’t care what Jared says.

Who would dare pointed cough at him in the middle of his wedding? It’s probably a Matheson. Or Julius. Jared bets it was fucking Julius.

Chaz had a ticklish throat, sorry for LIVING.

Who let Jared open his mouth, holy shit. Someone stop him.

An excellent summary of Jared’s vows and also Jared’s life.

“I was such an angry person when I met you,” Bryce says. “Angry, and unhappy, and not — I didn’t want to be who I was. I didn’t like me. I didn’t like pretty much anyone. But god I liked you. And I wanted you to like me back so bad. And somehow you did, even though I wasn’t someone who even close to deserved you. And my biggest goal since I met you has been to become someone who does. And I don’t think I’m there yet, and I don’t know if I ever will be, but I promise you that’s going to continue to be something I strive towards every single day for the rest of my life.”

Bryce Marcus in his feelings is my number one kryptonite, and it got me good again.

He shakes his head, because he knows Bryce worked on it. Draft after draft, probably, trying to articulate his feelings for Jared, managing to land on the most devastating words possible, because he’s devastating in the best way possible.

Jared inhales, exhales, tries to get his breathing under control. Bryce waits for him to try to put himself together, and if Jared hadn’t been sure he wanted to marry him before this — and obviously he was pretty fucking sure — that would have done it, all by itself.

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

109 - Wedded Bliss

“Have a great season, guys,” she says, and Jared’s all panicky, suddenly, wondering if she’s a fan, which team she’s a fan of, before realising like — maybe she is a fan, maybe she isn’t, no way to know. If he was her, signing a non-disclosure agreement, he’d be immediately looking up the names if he didn’t recognise them, wondering what made an NDA necessary in the first place. And even if she is a fan, she’s not going to snitch; like, she signed a binding contract that would open her up to being sued for everything she’s worth, and also she’d probably lose her marriage licence…thing or whatever.

Besides, no Flames fan would be able to tell an Oiler to have a great season with a straight face.

Jared going through all the possibilities before stating the obvious.

(This reminds me of a fun fact I learned recently: in a map showing most hated teams by state and province, Alberta’s most hated team? The Calgary Flames. Meanwhile the Boston Bruins has all of Eastern Canada and two of three territories, for the largest geographical spread, good work dudes.)

“No one’s going to look at a picture of you standing alone in a tux and say, ‘hey, he must have been getting married to a man who plays for his rival team’,” his mom says dryly, which — fair point.

I mean…

“Bear, come here for a sec? I need a favour,” Elaine says, and Bryce immediately stops mid-conversation with Chaz and Ash and trots over, like the momma’s boy he is. Ridiculous.

Jared blinks when Elaine’s phone goes off. “Much better,” she says. “Thanks, honey.”

“I didn’t —” Bryce says, sounding confused, and Jared shrugs at him.

Elaine knows all the tricks. Jared’s smile went from strained to soppy watching that jog.

But, then, fuck it. He doesn’t need excuses. They’re literally all at his and Bryce’s wedding, who’s going to complain about a little kissing?

“Hey,” Bryce says, wrapping an arm around him when he comes over, mouth surprised against Jared’s when he kisses him, but only for a second before he’s kissing back.

“Okay, no,” Erin says. “Stop.”

Erin. Erin will complain about a little kissing. (They're so happy they get to kiss in front of PEOPLE. While OUTSIDE. Downright giddy.)

Also, Jared is pretty sure at a normal wedding, him and Bryce would get first crack at the food, but nope, he’s got to wait in line like everyone else even though he’s starving. Julius won’t let Jared butt in front of him, all ‘just because you’re married now doesn’t make you special’. Julius is the fucking worst. Jared can’t believe he even invited him.

I’ve said it before, but: truly the friend Jared deserves.

“So Jared’s like ‘I’ve never hated someone more in my life’ and ‘what a stupid flashy car Bryce Marcus has, don’t you hate Bryce too, Raf, I hate him so much that I can’t stop talking about him’ and ‘how dare Bryce Marcus say a single word to me, doesn’t he realise how much I loathe him, that handsome bane of my existence’, and he’s blushing bright red every time Bryce walks within ten feet of us, and—”

IJ(aoe), Act I: a summary.

“You didn’t bring lube?” Bryce says.

“No?” Jared says.

“You forgot lube?” Bryce hisses.

From comedy to tragedy.

Jared has to get up to hit the lights — they played rock-paper-scissors for it and Bryce lost but then he looked so dejected Jared got up anyway

True love right there.

“Thanks for marrying me,” Bryce murmurs.

There are so, so many sarcastic responses on Jared’s tongue. So many. And Jared’s sure that Bryce is expecting one, wouldn’t mind, would probably even laugh. But like. He doesn’t want to say any of them. And if there’s any time he can be like, unselfconsciously sappy, he thinks his wedding night probably qualifies.

“It was my privilege,” Jared says, cheeks heating anyway, because apparently nope, there is no time that he can be unselfconsciously sappy up to and including his wedding night, but the smile on Bryce’s face, small and sweet and almost shy, the way it lingers when Jared kisses him, well, it’s worth any embarrassment Jared feels.

They’re so gross, I love them.

110 - Refuge

And they order Thai from their usual place, but Jared doesn’t know if the orders got swapped or someone was new or not paying attention or what, because his usual order is his usual order, except there’s shrimp instead of chicken in his noodles and he can smell shellfish the second he opens his soup, and Bryce is ridiculous when he calls them back, all ‘how can you not see ‘shellfish allergy’ in the notes’ and ‘do you want to kill him?’, like Jared would actually die and not just be moderately to severely uncomfortable if he ate it, which he hadn’t.

Jared is right on the verge of telling Bryce how ridiculous he is when he remembers his dad’s pre-wedding advice, and he bites his tongue and lets Bryce take care of it, even if Bryce’s version of taking care of it is a total overreaction.

Bryce is PROTECTING HIS MAN. And look at Jared listening to his dad’s advice.

There’s a tiny part of Jared that’s faintly appalled he hasn’t left the house for days, hasn’t put on a shirt in just as long — Bryce has offered to be the one to get dressed every time they order food

Bryce transparently wanting to be the provider. Also not wanting Jared to put any clothes on.

“So hey,” Bryce says. He’s trying to make it sound casual, but it doesn’t, and Jared squints up at him suspiciously.

"I want us to keep wearing our wedding rings,” Bryce says.

Bryce being the initiatior of the first step of many that leads to their eventual outing. (I mean, the wedding would also count, but these rings get scrutinized at the time and then down the line).

“You’re worth like, everything,” Bryce says. “You know that, right?” Jared presses his face tighter against Bryce’s shirt, Bryce’s thumb tracing the heated shell of his ear.

Oh kids.

“So you’re okay with it?” Bryce says.

“If you stop saying nice things to me for like, at least an hour,” Jared says. “Then okay.”

“I’ll do my best,” Bryce says solemnly.

“Okay,” Jared says.

“I love you,” Bryce says.

“Bryce!” Jared says.

“That’s not a nice thing, that’s just like, a fact,” Bryce says. “I love you.”

“I love you too,” Jared says, then commences to pull Bryce’s shirt up and stick his head under it, because the only way Jared can maintain the absolute fiction that he’s not blushing is to hide his face.

Jared would protest vociferously, but: he is adorable.

Bryce sacks out early that night, exhausted from his day of lounging around the couch and like, complimenting Jared too much. Jared’s half tempted to poke him awake to just like, not have the honeymoon end yet, but that’s mean. He looks so peaceful, Jared can’t do that to him.

Jared’s a place Bryce can rest, and he takes that role seriously.

#liveblogging the end

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Lake Matheson, New Zealand

#nature #landscape #water #lake #mountains #forest #purple #pink #New Zealand

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natures-moments · 1 year

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Lake Matheson, New Zealand

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playandwander · 11 months

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Matheson Lake, Vancouver Island, BC [OC] (2268x4032) https://ift.tt/4F76SvW

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Photo and texts: @eric_treece

1-. Thunder storm bearing down on a wind mill near Ramah, Colorado on July 21, 2015

2-. Yesterday's severe warned storm west of Peyton. Colorado

3-. Awesome Lightning display south of Calhan, Colorado on june 16, 2015

4-. Awesome Supercell storm north of Matheson, Colorado

5-. One of the most intense chases I've ever had. Bradshaw, Nebraska. tornado junio 2011

6-. Stormy night on the Eastern Plains of Colorado

7-. Beautiful Rainbow and Windmill after a Thuderstorm near Limon, Colorado

8-. Beautiful Rainbow in the wake of severe storms on the eastern plains of Colorado in july 2015

9-. Beautiful shelf cloud over Mackinac Island on july 23, 2011

10-. Beautiful supercell storm near Dalhart, Texas on may 18, 2010 just after sunset!

11-. between Muskegon, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan there was an epic waterspout outbreack!

12-. First tornado of the Simla, Colorado, outbreak on June 4, 2015

13-. I don't care how many tornadoes you've seen, the Simla, Colorado antyclonic tornado on june 4, 2015 has to be up there as one of the most graceful photogenic ones ever IMO

14-. In case you can't tell love windmills! This was taken after the storm in june 2005. I belive somewhere on the Easterna plains of colofado its amazing out there

15-. Insane lightning show near Peyton, Colorado (august 2010)

16-. intense bolt of lightining near Peyton, Colorado in august 2010

17-. Its amazing out there. Taken in Tribune, Kansas

18-. Lightning gives drivers a Natures Fireworks display along HWY 287 near Boyero, Colorado

19-. Lightning in Elizabeth, Colorado in june 2013

20-. Lightning off of Chicago!

#photography #world #usa #colorado storm catcher

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creative writing projects i have in progress/completed

(100% self indulgent but if you are interested!)

short stories

The V Word: Bobby's older brother Daniel wants everyone to believe their parents are dead, but Bobby knows this isn't true. He doesn't understand what happened the night everything fell apart, but he knows they'll be coming back. So when there is a tapping at Bobby's window one night, it makes perfect sense to let them in...

[untitled demon apartment story]: Marnie is positive there's a demon in her apartment building, and she is going to lay out the evidence. Too bad no one believes her...

Chosen Ones: When Elaine's children go missing one day, she connects the dots back to a supposedly imaginary wizard friend who claims to be their father (impossible, but her wife isn't there to confirm or deny); stories of a fantasy land that need help; and what is seemingly a door in the old oak tree in the backyard.

[untitled pet sitting story]: Leni sees her new pet sitting gig as easy money, but is confused when she can't find the cat she's supposed to be watching, and keeps hearing sounds that more closely resemble a dog at night. When she and best friend Mo find articles about dog abuse taking place at the owners' previous house, the pieces begin to come together...

[untitled "beheading" story]: Dani's strange interest/preoccupation with decapitation has haunted her through her life, and is potentially the reason her childhood friendship with Maggie fell apart. But shocking news about Maggie in the present day suddenly makes the issue more real than ever.

[untitled witch story]: Kids on a camping trip are eager to try out the ritual described in a campfire story, but the consequences are more severe than they anticipated.

The Spectral Air Conditioning Solution: The air conditioner in Katie's apartment has been broken for weeks with no end in sight. Luckily Katie has an unconventional solution: simply summon a ghost to provide free air conditioning. This is harder than she expects...

[untitled bloody mary story]: Amelia is initially delighted to be moving in with her great-niece Amy, but her past begins to catch up with her in an unfortunate series of circumstances when Amy's daughter Millie insists on playing Bloody Mary in Amelia's room.

short story/novella?/will probably rewrite as a novel

Room 721: In 1981, college roommates Kit Matheson and Eleanor Brown hold a seance on Halloween, which they believe to have had no consequences. In 2021, the now married Kit and Eleanor return to campus, and encounter Evie Castillo, the new tenant of the room, who is terrified by what Kit and Eleanor unintentionally left behind.

novel drafts

The House on Whaley Lake: Sisters Rebecca, Beth, Molly, and Madison Murphy still feel the varying effects of having grown up in a haunted house. When their aunt and mother purchase a lake house in the mountains of North Carolina, it feels like a chance to start over. But this new house might have more in common with their childhood home than they realize...

[untitled fake ghost story novel]: The McMillan family (parents Katrina and John, and kids Ben, Jane, Marley, and Joey) have gained Internet notoriety for fleeing their supposedly haunted house in the middle of the night, Amityville-style. But the McMillans have a secret: they've faked the whole thing, and the only one who knows the truth is Jane's best friend Holly, whose mother is renting them a new apartment. Most of the McMillans are highly skeptical of ghosts; but when a photo taken on a ghost tour collides with an impromptu seance, the family has to contend with the real thing...

[untitled 80s kids ghost story]: Looking for something to do in their small West Virginia town, best friends Han, Louie, Sasha, and Erin go searching for ghosts and other creatures of the night in the abandoned house up in the holler. When things go badly, they figure nothing will come from it; the house is empty, after all. But when new student Samantha is revealed to have recently moved into the house, the girls realize they must do something to fix things -- or otherwise Samantha's family will be in real danger.

[untitled creepy kid story]: The Moyer family -- parents Bonnie and David, kids Kira, Katherine, Marty, and Ollie -- are eager to move into their new house. But things start to go wrong when youngest Ollie begins behaving very strangely. Six months later, the Moyers have moved, but they are haunted by their experience -- and wonder if they can fully trust their brother and son...

edit i forgot one

[untitled middle grade novel]: When Meg's parents abruptly announce that they are getting divorced, she searches for solace in her best friend Joy Hammond, and Joy's sisters Miri and Ruthie. But the Hammonds have problems of their own. They live in an apartment adjacent to the church where their father preaches, and strange things have begun to happen there, including whispers of a girl named Mary who died in the sanctuary long ago. Meg is terrified, but she knows she can't abandon Joy now; and with things growing worse at home, Joy's house remains a refuge, even as the haunting gets worse...

#some of these i havent finished... a few i havent started... but theyre the ones with the plot most cemented in my mind #whaley lake is what ive got the most on and im rly excited about it #i'm mentally describing it as Deep and Dark and Dangerous meets Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House (with elements of Fear Street and Bly #Manor thrown in for spice)#i wrote this #also fun fact: the v word brought me my first rejection latter! thanks dark magazine :/

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