The Graveyard Shift / Il Turno di Notte for #spookysaturday episode 8

Night guard at a rural cemetery wasn't exactly the job you were looking for, but these past six months have actually been great. Nice and quiet, nobody to bother you, decent pay!
Tonight's the same routine as ever: check all the gates are locked, quick sweep along the outer walls, note any signs of damage, walk your regular routes and watch out for anybody who shouldn't be there. Same old same old, but you don't mind, you like the familiarity.
Oh, someone’s left the lights on in the crypts again. Better turn them off. As you get closer, you hear sounds - muffled voices and footsteps. Great. They’d warned you about teenagers sneaking in for a dare. Heading down the stairs, you call out "Okay, fun's over. Time to go home".
No answer. You walk down one of the corridors. You can hear footsteps and voices ahead of you, so you speed up and turn the corner quickly. Nothing. Damn, these guys are fast.
"You're not in trouble. You just can't be in here now".
More mumbling and shuffling. You turn corner after corner for – what? – 20 minutes? Has the crypt always been this big? You decide if you leave the door open, they'll eventually go home. You try to retrace your steps, peering down corridors – you don't remember it looking like this before. Did you take a right or a left here? Don’t remember this dead end…
You realize that the voices and footsteps have stopped. There’s now complete silence. Then the lights go out. Pitch black. You start feeling your way along the walls.
The voices are back, but they’re no longer muffled.
"It's our turn to chase you."
And the footsteps are clearer too. And faster. Much faster.

#photography #amateurphotography #creepypasta #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #crypt #bologna #italia #corridor #night #walk #nightshift #voices #cemetery #lost #liminalspace #backroom #italy #spookyvibes #scary #night #alone #nightmare #europe #story #scarystories #fiction

A bronze 6th century BC Corinthian helmet decorated with gold on the noseguard for #SpookySaturday.

Thessaloniki, Greece

#greek #archeology #helmet #bronze #craftsmanship #ancient #museum #Corinth #Corinthian #military #gold

Sweet Dreams / Sogni D'Oro for #spookysaturday episode 5

"Oneiric Hypnotherapy: Trouble sleeping? Resolved in just one session or your money back!".
The advert seemed a little too good to be true, but you were desperate.
The office is nice and welcoming, and the therapist seems professional. He's explained that he's been doing this for over 20 years and has helped numerous clients.
"So you can fix me in one session?"
"Yes. I have a perfect record. Nobody’s ever come back for a refund."
You settle down and begin the session. He tells you to imagine a comforting place for you – a beach, a pasture, your childhood home.
You find yourself in a moonlit field. An ominous hooded figure stands near a barren tree. "When the sun goes down..." it hisses at you.
You don't remember anything else, nor the hypnotherapist bringing you out of the trance.
"Alright, that's it, then. You're cured!"
"Really? That's it?"
"Oh, I've seen this many times before. The tree, the cloaked figure. All quite normal hallucinations."
"Wait, so others have seen this too?"
"Oh yes, but don't worry. Nobody has ever come back!"
"Have you seen them afterwards? Your clients?"
"Huh, now that you mention it, I don't think I have".

(The real horror story here was trying to put this photo together. This is the most effort you're ever getting out of me. )

#photography #amateurphotography #spookysaturday #creepypasta #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #dream #tree #moon #field #figure #scary #fiction #story #blackandwhite #monochrome #alberi #luna #spookyvibes #nightmare #scarystory #prato #monster

@Taskerland@dice.camp Thank you! That would be cool! I'm hoping #spookysaturday becomes a thing too!