{"id":148,"date":"2020-11-22T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2022-03-24T03:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T03:44:30","slug":"things-that-go-bump-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Things that go bump in the night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 3, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all love getting a little scared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I enjoy hearing stories about ghosts in old houses, wandering small-town cemeteries at night, taking our girls to a mysterious \u201cgravity hill\u201d where our car seemed to roll uphill. It\u2019s good to feel your heart beat a little faster and know there are things in this world we can\u2019t explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/B-blog-post-2a-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149\" width=\"404\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/B-blog-post-2a-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/B-blog-post-2a-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/B-blog-post-2a-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/B-blog-post-2a-rotated.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it\u2019s the same with scary stories. There\u2019s just something eerily wonderful about nervously turning the pages of a book, knowing that something horrible is about to jump out of the shadows and grab the main character. It\u2019s going to happen soon. Maybe this page, maybe in two. And there\u2019s nothing you can do about it. (But you keep reading!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So who are some of your favorite scary authors? Stephen King is still one of my favorites \u2013 he can make anything terrifying, from a car to a sprawling hotel in the Colorado mountains. Neil Gaiman is another writer who can keep you spellbound, whether it\u2019s in Coraline or the Graveyard Book. There\u2019s one book I loved as a kid called \u201cThe Halloween Tree,\u201d which sets a spooky mood and tells the story of Halloween in different cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoever your favorite spooky author is, and whichever book gives you goosebumps, I hope you had a scary Halloween and were able to scare yourself (just a bit) with a story that made you look over your shoulder as you walked down the empty street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wait, was that the soft sound of footsteps in the dead leaves behind you? Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019m sure it was nothing\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 3, 2021 We all love getting a little scared. I enjoy hearing stories about ghosts in old houses, wandering small-town cemeteries at night, taking our girls to a mysterious \u201cgravity hill\u201d where our car seemed to roll uphill. It\u2019s good to feel your heart beat a little faster and know there are things in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barrettwaller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}