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Who is Icy Sedgwick?
Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!
Beautiful! I could smell the dust…
Wow, such vivid description! Could just see the ballroom and its beauty, dust and all.
Lovely story of ghostly nostalgia!
Thank you! I just thought I hadn’t done a descriptive piece for a while. Glad you liked it 🙂
Nat King Cole makes the best sales pitches. Whatever he’s singing about, I want.
Oh this was luscious. I loved the ghosts. Magnificent.
This is a lovely little piece! I like how the ballroom itself is described as a character. The memory fading back to reality is my favorite part of the story.
I want that house! Lovely story full of enchanting description.
This was a really powerful and engrossing piece. I loved the images you created.
Really beautiful, Icy. Perfect, rich descriptions. I could hear the music, the agent’s heels, felt the dust, everything.
I’d take it, too. Just wonderful.
Great written. I like your writing style. It was very clear and concise and i enjoyed reading the entire article.
real estate agents in london
Lifting the dust sheets from her memories – very nice imagery
Marc Nash
Glad everyone liked it. I’d love a ballroom, though preferably one with fewer cobwebs.
Nicely crafted story…your descriptive narrative is kick ass. I love it! I want to go dancing with that ghostly pale man. Romantic and gothic and dramatic all in one.
Soulful, tinged with sadness, and oh so beautifully written.
There is a beautiful other-worldly feel to the story, evoking memories of childhood and memories of an age when manners and chivalry promoted a more civilised age. The description is so evocative and visual. Beautiful.
Adam B
@Maria – He’s a gent, isn’t he?
@Sam – Sad, yes, but at least the place isn’t being gutted so it can be turned into luxury flats.
@Adam – That means a lot to me, coming from you!
Excellent story! Loved the description in it. Easy to see why she was sold on the house.
This is the reason I read. Once in a hundred stories something comes along that is so beautiful, so perfect that it takes me beyond merely the reading of words from a screen. Seriously, this is one of the best tales my eyes have ever danced with on my laptop. Thank you.
Beautiful writing – evocative and dreamy with a hint of the melancholy. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I am so pleased that people are enjoying this!
Wonderfully descriptive and nostalgic.
That was a real gem, Icy. Lots of memorable, desriptive lines there. These ones really stood out for me:
“The ballroom opens out before me, a cavernous space of silence and memories.”
“Dust motes dance where once there was magic.”
LOVED IT! This was nostalgic for me but I also read supernatural into it. I could see this as part of a longer piece about a medium or a haunting. Good stuff here.
I’m so glad you liked it. I was tempted to make it longer but I didn’t want to spoil it.
Nicely done!
What a beautiful story. Your prose is lyrical, and dreamy and I wish I could say, “I’ll take it.” to that estate agent. I’ve always wanted a house with a haunted ballroom.