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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!
Ha, this was awesome. Curious how he died the first time, too… Great story! 🙂
Yowza. Calm and cool in such a situation – makes me wonder what the guy was like when he was alive.
Nancy, well prepared and remaining calm for her kids, is a strong mother. I like the untidy husband once again leaving a mess for Nancy to clean up. 🙂
very nicely done – I also wondered how he died the first time – did she have to kill him before? He seemed like a menacing figure, terrorizing his family in life and death. Blessings!
And not one comment about brains! Well done!
Well, it’s obvious that Patrick loved Nancy for her brains. [Sorry, Larry and Icy. I just couldn’t resist.]
I wouldn’t necessarily say that Patrick is a zombie, he’s just something that Should Not Be. I know plenty of people like that >.<
Haha, I prefer “Should Not Be” over zombie. Nicely executed, Icy.
It’s a shame he wasn’t a more “Fun Dad”, he could have taken the kids round the neighbourhood, he would have made an awesome Trick-or-treater.
The reference to the mess he made did give me a smile too.
I too like the line about him making another mess for her to clean up. Seems she’s had to do so far too often. But no more! Great story Icy!
“Still, the boys being out of the house would give Nancy time to make her preparations.”
One has to wonder what Nancy was preparing for. Did she suspect Patrick was likely to come back, and was preparing to ensure he couldn’t? She was already prepared for pretty much anything. But it sounds like there was something specific she had in mind.
Nice work, Icy. As always.
Well that’s one walking dead that won’t be walking anymore – think of the candy he could of got if he’d gone trick or treating instead. ^_^
This one’s definitely a tight package — there’s a lot put in here without any overt hand-wringing or back stories. Very well done. I hope she liquidises him.