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Head off into the mountain with some weird farmer guy you've never met before, I'm sure that will never work out badly. Time to rewatch Mister Chaney.

Her head was a moon-pale ghost pumpkin, and in the gloom of that early October evening it seemed to glow with a faint and flickering light all it's own.

Her clothes were rags of indeterminate colour, her body a haphazard assemble of salvaged planks and scavenged branches, and they blended into the dark so that only the white obloid of her face was visible.

Marshall Teller, Eerie's latest, last, and perhaps soon-to-be late Harvest King, stood unsteadily upon the uneven ground of the furrowed field, the soil hardened by an early frost, and she smiled her jagged smile upon him.

Ongoing Verse: Harvest

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Head off into the mountain with some weird farmer guy you've never met before, I'm sure that will never work out badly. Time to rewatch Mister Chaney.

The Harvest Moon will rise one month from today; this is your chance to explore all of Eerie's weird and wonderful harvest rituals.

Out in the cornfields, the wolves were howling. Marshall's skin prickled, fur rising beneath human flesh, and he forced it down again. Behind the counter Mister Radford gave him a sympathetic look, sliding a couple of barely-grilled hamburger patties onto a plate before passing it to him.

Two seats down, Elvis stopped crooning to himself long enough to shoot Marshall a suspicious look, before tossing down a wad of twenties and beating a hasty retreat. Outside, a familiar-looking husky observed through the storefront window, tongue lolling, expression smug.

"Moon's loud tonight," Radford commented.

Marshall nodded, lips tight over long teeth.

Ongoing Verse: Harvest

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Ongoing Verse: The Powers That Be

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October Full Moon Drive In Eerie, Indiana

From Spooky October pic.twitter.com/M07nP6JBmp

— Corby Waste (@MissionArtist) September 25, 2019

Get the harvest in, hold a fest with your family and friends, and give thanks to the earth for it's bounty. It's a full moon tonight, the official Harvest Moon of the Northern Hemisphere!

The Harvest Moon will rise one month from today; this is your chance to explore all of Eerie's weird and wonderful harvest rituals.

In European folklore, corn spirits can take on different forms, ranging from either animal to humanoid. Art by Troy Nixey. #FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/Wy7GO6id8K

— Neil Gravino (@n6eil) September 20, 2018

Get the harvest in, hold a fest with your family and friends, and give thanks to the earth for it's bounty. Preferably with human sacrifice, as this year Eerie is due to elect a Harvest King. Get creating for the Harvest King Lottery challenge!

If you want to ensure good luck, low taxes, and a high yield crop, better slap a goofy looking hat on the nearest male over 13, and pretend they were headed for a Spanish vacation come the harvest. It's time to buy a ticket for the Eerie, Indiana Harvest King lottery and wait for the Eerie Wolf to make an appearance.

Syndi held out both hands, palm-up. In each sat a mid-sized fascinator, glorious in seasonally-appropriate shades of orange, red and gold.

Marshall made a face.

"Un-aerodynamically fat robin or small pumpkin with mange," he said. "Neither of them is really a great look."

Syndi sighed in agreement.

"What else have you got?" asked Simon, pulling the large plastic tub across the kitchen table towards him.

"I dunno," said Syndi. "Some plastic acorns with most of the gold paint rubbed off them. A full set of felt mushrooms, for some reason. Stuff like that."

"Have you got any glue?" asked Simon.

( Read the rest of the Trusted Associates verse here )

( Read the rest of the Teller Family History here )

The Harvest Moon will rise one month from today; this is your chance to explore all of Eerie's weird and wonderful harvest rituals.

Follows straight on from Jack-o-lantern

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( Read the rest of the Microwave verse here )

Harvest festival fanworks are due today, Eerie fans! Hope you've got something to keep the Eerie Wolf at bay!

Get the harvest in, hold a fest with your family and friends, and give thanks to the earth for it's bounty. Preferably with human sacrifice, if you want it to really work. Get creating for the Harvest Festival challenge!

Not gonna lie, guys; this is easily one of my top five. I still get really happy when I see Stephen Root in anything, purely because seeing him makes me think of this episode. Without further delay, prepare yourself for the amazing awesomeness of... Mr. Chaney!

Written for the Full Moon/Harvest challenge:

The full moon is pumpkin-orange and hangs low over the cornfields of Eerie on the night the Harvest King is sent to die.( Read more... )

I've been scheduling prompt/challenge posts all evening, so apologies if you saw a few posts appearing and then vanishing again a few seconds later - I kept forgetting to put in future dates, because occasionally I am a numpty.

Anyway, here's a rough guide to upcoming prompt/challenge posts on the comm:

A weekly random prompt post, to go live on Sundays, which... could be anything.

A full moon prompt post, to go live, well, the night of a full moon.

A creature feature prompt post, to go live on the 7th of each month, each one themed around a particular type of movie monster.

A fairytales prompt post, to go live on the 21st of each month, with a particular fairytale as it's theme.

A solstice prompt post, to go live the night of the summer and winter solstice. The clue to it's theme is in the name.

An equinox prompt post, to go live the night of the spring and autumnal equinox. Works like the solstice prompt, only in March and September.

All of these challenges are permanently open once posted, and do not have a post-on or post-by date. You wanna write midwinter solstice fic in July, or get the urge to make art for an old monster prompt from six moths ago? Go for it. Once it's ready, post it up and share your awesomeness with the world.

Holiday themed challenges work a bit differently - these will go up before the holiday in question, and then you post your work on the actual day of the holiday. Holidays scheduled so far are:

Halloween (goes live 1st October, posting date 31st October)
Thanksgiving (goes live 1st November, posting date 26th November)
Christmas (goes live 1st December, posting date 25th December)
Valentines (goes live 1st February, posting date 14th February)
Easter (goes live 1st March, posting date 3rd April)
4th of July (goes live 4th June, posting date 4th July)

Sadly, this year we are only 5 days away from the Harvest Festival, so there wasn't time to get a proper challenge started, but it's Sunday 27th September this year, and next year, the prompt post will go live on September 1st and the posting date will be September 25th.

Also, prompt ideas. Stuff you'd like to see as prompts. Let me know and I'll use them for the weekly ones, or start up one of your own. Or, if you have a prompt you want filling, head on over to the Better Weird Than Dead Fic Fest and request it! May e fill a few requests while you're there - theres a bunch of really awesome prompts hiding in the commentd that are just looking to take root in your brainmeats.

Hey guys, don't forget that the Autumnal Equinox takes place this Wednesday, 23rd September,and the Harvest Moon is a week tomorrow, September 28th. Eerie's not due a Harvest King sacrifice til 2018, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be suspicious if the townsfolk challenge you this a threshing contest out in the corn field next Sunday.

Get the harvest in, hold a fest with your family and friends, and give thanks to the earth for it's bounty. Preferably with human sacrifice, as this year Eerie is due to elect a Harvest King. Get creating for the Harvest King Lottery challenge!