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[epicbraille]

It's far too cold outside for a trip to the library, but I've finished all the books in my apartment. Who knows a good story, urban legend, or rumour? I'd love to hear something new, anything really.

[ A guy has to make do until he can get his hand on some fresh literature. ]

It's a little late in the year for ghost stories, although November is traditionally the month of the dead so I'll listen nonetheless.

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[epicbraille]

Now that was a spooky story, if ever I heard one. I won't sleep for weeks!

[ The last part is, of course, a joke. He's too old to ask mother to check under the bed for monsters. ]

The headless princess seems almost vampiric, don't you think?

[primordial]

Yeah, it...it was quite the creepy one, that's for sure.

[A sound of assent.] Mmm, yeah, she does. Especially with the stake in the heart part at the end.

[epicbraille]

I suppose some things never change in the world of horror. Although vampires are supposed to die when their heads are removed, which I don't suppose was a problem for the princess.

[primordial]

Well, they never did say she was a vampire, but a witch, which is a whole other type of creature for the Russian people, I guess...because I know, for a fact, that they do have vampires in other such stories.

[epicbraille]

Do Russian horror stories hold a particular interest for you, or are they just another part of the whole folklore experience?

[primordial]

Nah, I just picked an anthology up once from a yard sale, thought I'd give it a try with the story at bedtime thing. So, I guess more of the latter?