{"id":52,"date":"2016-11-20T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T09:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/?p=52"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:22:55","slug":"the-storm-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/the-storm-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Storm Ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We present to you the following diary entry. This handwritten piece, found with a bundle of other notes, was chosen for inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Among other antique objects was a wax cylinder, suitable for a headphonogram machine presently undergoing repair work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">The Storm Ghosts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">DO NOT JUDGE ME MORE THAN A fellow man who expresses his labour through hard sweat and brawn. Would such a man ever face the eternal battle I have fought each day? Would I have followed my kin than answer the call___ Why have you abandoned me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Haunt me if you must, for your presence terrifies me while lurking in dark shadows. Can you not grant me mercy from all I see with your eyes? What more must I endure when I see what you see? Do you not observe that I wander far from those I have abandoned? I have become a hermit, complete with a lantern, held high, searching in more ways than you know for the light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To whom it may concern, I have little time to write a warning for those sceptical as I was. Much should be learnt from ancient tales expressed in romantic prose, for I did not take heed of the duality of nature. Do not dismiss these words, for they may protect you should you come by a fate witnessed by this writer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Heed the warning these ancient signs foretell, for it is the hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Allow me, good people, an audience with you. I speak to you in all hope that you may save yourselves. In days approaching, they will enter from violent storms and electrical disturbances beyond what you have witnessed before; they will materialise from a supernatural vortex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At the fading of the light, the drawing of a heavy grey veil darkens shadows and snuffs out the light. They will come. I plead with you all that this is no ramblings of a madman. I pray none of you are damned through ignorance. Please, I implore you and all that will hear my message. Understand and do not dismiss my words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As they come closer, their growing intense presence is felt within the closeness and stillness of a charged night. Be cautious when a thunderstorm gathers across the land, its deep subliminal vibrations shaking our inner core. For it will do. I know it will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">All places on land succumb. Know this. One and all are vulnerable to a weakening of their vibration. Fear grows ignited by the lightning, the boom of thunder, and the roar of a wild wind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Heed the warning that such a night is at its height from fear, brought to the forefront of the minds of mortals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">People do not seek out spectral forms. For they will seek you always. Such is the case when imagination gets the better of you when fear overwhelms all rationale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Be mindful of the storm ghosts, fated creatures appearing suddenly in the quickness of a lightning flash. They all stand ready, illuminated, wide-eyed, drawn, gaping mouths dropped open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Know their immediate appearance when the lights flicker. And, in a darkened room and closed eye, when a sudden flash of light flashes on and off, they are now here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The lost crew from storm sunken sea ships, phantoms washed up by raging storms revisiting old haunts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Know one thing to see one is to carry its haunting. It remains an entity attachment, seeking forever to prolong its fear so that it may exist alongside you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Know this as well, for although touched by the fearful haunting, its presence within you awakens awareness and heightened senses, part of the realm beyond the veil of death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you experience a strange insight, wakefulness beyond the physical realm, ask yourself, would you seek help and return to a state you would describe as blindness&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3086 size-full\" style=\"border: 0px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/the-storm-ghosts-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/the-storm-ghosts-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/the-storm-ghosts-1-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/the-storm-ghosts-1-768x656.png 768w, https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/the-storm-ghosts-1-620x529.png 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Typed from original handwritten diary entry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">-end-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/a-pygmalion\/\">back to previous episode<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/a-pretty-thing\/\">forward to next episode<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/\">back to list of stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We present to you the following diary entry. This handwritten piece, found with a bundle of other notes, was chosen for inclusion. Among other antique objects was a wax cylinder, suitable for a headphonogram machine presently undergoing repair work. The Storm Ghosts DO NOT JUDGE ME MORE THAN A fellow man who expresses his labour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[3,21],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john-riley","tag-john-riley","tag-the-storm-ghosts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3075,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/3075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}