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It is that time of year when we feel the urge to huddle by the fire on a dark, stormy night with a warm drink in our hands, listening to stories that go bump in the night. It’s time for the Halloween Story Share for 2026. This year I’ve got three submissions for your macabre delight. We’ll visit a scary house, examine a painting that is not what it seems, and walk through a cathedral with a chilling secret.

Story 1: The Witches House by Mervyn Dean. Dean is a retired physician living in Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, with his wife and dog. His writing journey began with academic/research papers, and drifted into short humorous articles for a medical newspaper. Recently his has stretched his writing skills to ghost stories.

Story 2: Tall Grass by Madison Farkas. Farkas is a writer, director, actor, and award-winning playwright based in Hamilton, ON. Her latest project is Fault & Stitchery, a queer gaslamp fantasy audio drama.

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Story 3: Holy by Lauren Quinn. A veterinary student by day, spinner of yarns by night. Quinn is a collector of lore and a teller of tales. When she isn’t writing, she can usually be found in the company of her two feline friends, hunting down new legends and dreaming up her next story.

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Music used for this episode includes –

Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound

Always – Nesrality

Sad Dramatic – Atlas Audio

Eerie Dark Ambient – Megalix

Tension – Solarflex

Driving Music – The Mountain

Soft Wings – Alana Jordan

Church atmosphere with choir – Freesound Community

Gloomy Chruch Organ Music – Icsilviu

One thousand years ago Victorian gothic piano music – Joel Fazhari

More Beautiful Than We Deserve (Gregorian Chant) – Nick Panek

Ceremonial Pay Gregorian Choir – Sonican

Epic Gregorian Choir Canticum Tenebrae – VJ Galaxy

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Warning: Be ready for laughter and quirky conversation.

This bonus episode consists of outtakes from Jacqui’s interview with bestselling author Rachel Linden. They discuss music, their childhoods, and oddly dramatic stories of toy ownership.

Bio for Rachel Linden –

RACHEL LINDEN is the bestselling author of many novels, including The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake and The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie, which is now a Hallmark movie called THE MAGIC OF LEMON DROPS. She loves creating stories about strong women facing big challenges, food, travel, and second chances at love.

Rachel’s taste for adventure and interest in people first led her to a career as an international worker with a faith-based aid organization, and her experiences living and traveling in more than fifty countries around the globe continue to provide excellent grist for her stories. She loves writing novels that combine so many of her favorite things – strong women facing big challenges, food, travel, and second chances at love. Rachel enjoys crafting bittersweet stories of struggles and triumphs infused with a touch of magical realism and with ultimately happy, or at least very hopeful, endings.

Currently Rachel lives with her husband and children on a sweet little island near Seattle. When she’s not dreaming up a new story, she enjoys camping with her family in their pop top campervan, exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, eating sushi, and having grand adventures in far flung places.

Links:

https://www.rachellinden.com/

https://www.instagram.com/rachellinden_writer/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005100049437

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Music used for this episode includes –

Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound

Always – Nesrality

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In a wide-ranging conversation, Jacqui interviews bestselling novelist Rachel Linden about growing up in a conservative, internationally focused homeschooling household without TV. Linden explains how early travel and seeing poverty in Honduras led her to seven years living in Europe doing foreign aid work. She discusses her first book at age six (“Beans!”), her theme-first approach to plotting, and discovering characters through motivation. She explains how The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie became a Hallmark movie and her cameo during filming in Winnipeg. Linden also previews A Sprinkle with Sweet Serendipity and her current work teaching creative writing and drafting two new novels, including one slightly historical.

Bio for Rachel Linden –

RACHEL LINDEN is the bestselling author of many novels, including The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake and The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie, which is now a Hallmark movie called THE MAGIC OF LEMON DROPS. She loves creating stories about strong women facing big challenges, food, travel, and second chances at love.

Rachel’s taste for adventure and interest in people first led her to a career as an international worker with a faith-based aid organization, and her experiences living and traveling in more than fifty countries around the globe continue to provide excellent grist for her stories. She loves writing novels that combine so many of her favorite things – strong women facing big challenges, food, travel, and second chances at love. Rachel enjoys crafting bittersweet stories of struggles and triumphs infused with a touch of magical realism and with ultimately happy, or at least very hopeful, endings.

Currently Rachel lives with her husband and children on a sweet little island near Seattle. When she’s not dreaming up a new story, she enjoys camping with her family in their pop top campervan, exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, eating sushi, and having grand adventures in far flung places.

Links:

https://www.rachellinden.com/

https://www.instagram.com/rachellinden_writer/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005100049437

Do you have a story idea or thoughts about the episode? Connect with Jacqui at the following.

www.JacquiLents.com

FB: Jacqui Lents Author

IG: @JacquiLents

Music used for this episode includes –

Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound

Always – Nesrality

I am the Quiet – Moon Petal Media

Maybe This is Enough – Moon Petal Media

30 Seconds of Bluegrass – Caffeine Creek Band