Spooky Legends: Marta Acosta on her very own “The Ghost of Blah-Blah”

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Marta Acosta is back today starting the second week of Spooky Legends. Instead of the hilarious Milagro, Marta herself is telling us about her very own inspired urban legend and giveaway a copy of HAUNTED HONEYMOON or any of the Casa Dracula books. See details below.

Marta Acosta lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.  She was a feral reader, roaming the stacks of the public library. She received a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from Stanford University and has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Contra Costa Times, and Spaces Magazine. Marta lives with her husband and son and their crazy dog.   An avid gardener, she likes independent films, funny novels, loud music and lively conversations. She’s always happy to hear from readers, even the ones who point out typos.

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Marta on “The Ghost of Blah-Blah”

by
Marta Acosta

As Halloween approaches, we like to share spooky stories about monsters, vampires, headless horsemen, witches, werewolves, and things that send our adrenaline surging.

Well, other people like that, but I have a few confessions to make. The first is that I am a scaredy-cat. Just seeing a still of Jack Nicholson in The Shining is enough to make me nervous. I have never watched any movie where the main character wears a mask most of the time or wields a chainsaw. Well, except for Army of Darkness, because I make an exception for Bruce Campbell movies.

Now for the second confession. I am a ghost. I’d forgotten about the whole being-a-ghost thing because it happened so long ago. However, recently I was at one of those Napa Valley soirees where everyone was drinking good wine, noshing on organic, artisanal whatnots, being all arty and sophisticated and stuff, because that’s how I roll (mostly I’m rolling my eyes). I was chatting with someone who had spent some time overseas at the same place I’d lived and we talked about some unpleasant occurrences there. I attributed them to a criminal.

In a hushed voice, she said, “Some people say it was the Ghost of Blah-Blah.” She didn’t actually say “Blah-Blah” but the name of the country estate where we’d lived.

I then remembered my past and said, “Actually, I am one of the Ghosts of Blah-Blah.”

This is how a ghost story can start. It can start with a girl and her crazy best friend who have for some reason gotten ahold of master pass keys to the country estate where they’re living. Perhaps the girls decide that it would be funny to leave a bottle of Old Grouse scotch for a super cute guy while he’s sleeping. Perhaps someone hears them late in the night and, in a panic, they run down a hall, shrieking with laughter, and then run into the closest empty room, a bathroom. Perhaps they realize that if they leave the bathroom, they will be caught so they climb out the window and drop several feet into the bushes. Then they run all the way around the estate grounds and hide by the stables until things are calm.

Perhaps later on people talk about the crazed female laughter in the night…even though there was no one there!  Perhaps the girls are too amused and embarrassed (and shouldn’t have been misusing the master pass keys) to confess their responsibility.  The girls return home and forget the incident. But others continue to pass along the story, each retelling becoming more and more sinister, so that years later people are still talking about The Ghost of Blah-Blah!

And I can’t help but wonder: how many other ghosts stories are really the result of silly girls trying to leave scotch for super-cute guys? The Amityville Horror House had a swimming pool, so I’m pretty sure that, yep, some hawt cabana boy inspired all that trouble!

Hope you have a thrilling and not too chilling Halloween!

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Thanks Marta.  Come back soon!

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Want to read more from Marta Acosta?

Casa Dracula
1. Happy Hour at Casa Dracula (read my Review)
2. Midnight Brunch aka Midnight Brunch at Casa Dracula
3. The Bride of Casa Dracula
4. Haunted Honeymoon

Writing as Grace Coopersmith
Nancy's Theory of Style

Giveaway

Giveaway courtesy of Marta Acosta

One copy of HAUNTED HONEYMOON (or any Casa Dracula book)by Marta Acosta

As the only human to survive vampire infection, Milagro de Los Santos has become quite a celebrity among the blood-drinking elite. Too bad the perks of her condition—increased strength, super-fast healing—don’t pay her condo fees. There are other complications too. She’s feeling guilty about her fling with enigmatic Vampire Council member Ian Ducharme, and pining for her ex-fiancé, Dr. Oswald Grant . . . the fabulous man whose kiss changed her life. It’s when Milagro — irked by Ian’s attentions to his neighbor — travels to London and enjoys a sexy flirtation of her own, that the blood really hits the fan.

Suddenly, those around her are dying gruesome deaths and Milagro’s being interrogated. Who would kill to set her up as a murder suspect? Milagro just wants to turn back the clock and have another chance to make things right, but no sooner has she escaped to Oswald’s ranch than an accident obliterates her memory. Will the murderer come after her now? And will amnesia spark a romantic do-over with Oswald—or will she make all the same mistakes before she ever gets to say "I do"?

Click HERE to read the first chapter of HAUNTED HONEYMOON

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Giveaway Guidelines

1. Open to US/CA only
2. Fill out the form
3. Enter by November 6th. All Spooky Legend winners will be announced on November 7th

I would greatly appreciate if you shared this giveaway on your blog or favorite social networks.  And please tell Marta what you think about “The Ghost of Blah-Blah” in the comments. Thanks!

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