Trick or Treat Spooky Tales In Verse

By Tony Hibberd

Trick or Treat, Spooky Tales in Verse is the fourth electronic book from Tony Hibberd. using his imitable style of wordplay and narrative. this collection of over thirty short stories in rhyming verse has been created to celebrate and enhance the festival of Halloween. The book invites you to either curl up and read yourself or gather a group around you in an atmospheric room and read to your own audience. Although sometimes dark the majority of the stories (poems) are humorous, thought provoking, engaging and sometimes downright silly. Although light verse is applied throughout, don't be deceived into thinking this is a simple book. due to the wordplay some hidden meanings may be found if looked at closely. Spooky Uh.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tony Hibberd
• Release date: Oct 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370699759

Tony Hibberd

Tony Hibberd was born in the east end of London (presumably to be close to his Mother). Now rapidly approaching his mid sixties but still alive and kicking (as far as he can tell). Having now the benefit of his extended family currently raising families of their own (12 Grandchildren and counting), he thought it was about time he got around to sharing his thoughts and musings with the world....Sorry world.

Book preview

Since the dawn of mankind and coherent language, there has been a propensity to tell stories. Storytelling was an incredibly important part of early human evolution. Passing on vital information and hard learned wisdom from one generation to the next.

Sitting around the campfires in caves within those primordial forests, where death and injury was a daily feature. What did our Neanderthal cousins do…

Invent demons, ghosts, monsters, halls of the dead and the occasional hero.

Since the invention of gas and electric light (the end of the dark ages), we have become less afraid and more in control of our environment. But at a certain time of year we still return to the old ways of entertaining with good willed fear. All Saint’s Eve. HALLOWEEN.

In this book Tony Hibberd carries on the tradition with over thirty very short stories written in light verse. So gather up a campfire and a few kin then become the Dark Bard for a night.

Alternatively, you can just enjoy it by yourself, (but bolt the doors and close the windows).

Enjoy

Clarion Call

Arise all you demons

Arise all you ghosts

Arise you dead sailors

From far away coasts

Arise all you spectres

Arise all you dead

Arise you foul zombies

Even those with no head

Arise all you golems

Arise all you fiends

Arise you fair succubae

And bring all of your friends

Arise all you devils

Arise all you fools

Arise you dread students

Or be late for Ghoul School

Who Are You

A man resides upon our stair

Unseen to me, but alway there

My daughter used to stand and stare

when five years old with golden hair

By him she’d sit and talk no end

Upon that stair around the bend

We thought him an imaginary friend

As a child at play will oft pretend

When friends of daughter saw him too

Uneasy feelings rose anew

Chance meeting, late night, on way to loo

Found daughter talking to you know who

I bent down to her, face to face

And took her in a fond embrace

Said, I see of this person not a trace

Says she, he stays forever in this place

My daughter grew up, he was not mentioned again

She seemed to forget it like an infant school game

But a shadowy area would