When Research Can Give You Great ideas
Add comment April 3rd, 2008
I’m doing a but of research into supernatural beasties for future books/stories in the TMA universe, and I cam across something that just gave me all kinds of really cool ideas for a story.
It may be mentioned that to-day the Greeks of the Isle of Karpathos (Scarpanto) never bury a body which has rings upon it; “for the spirit, they say, can even be detained in the little finger, and cannot rest.”[14] It is not suggested that anything so horrible might happen as that the spirit should become evil or a Vampire, but certainly it would not be in the full enjoyment of happiness and peace.
What an basis for a horror story - or a very sad piece of paranormal fiction: someone buried with their favorite rings is cursed to wander the world forever. Were the rings cursed, or is it misfortune?
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