Shoulder Tap

There are two conditions that make us feel most alive.  Ecstasy and Fear.

As we approve All Hallows Eve, the invisible mantle of fear weighs more heavily on our shoulders. It doesn't help that shadows angle farther and linger longer with the arrival of October.  The things that lurk in those shadows scratch at our heels and whisper to us as we pass.

If we're honest with ourselves, we will admit that our adrenaline seldom rushes the way it does when we sense are at risk of facing things for which we have no explanation. Wraiths that scurry though tree lines, voices that blend with the hum of appliance motors, and footsteps approaching from empty rooms all send electricity racing through our bodies.

Now, as we move into the period when the veil between worlds thins, we are faced with having to consider that the things we detect from the corners of eyes just might tap us on the shoulder. And it is then that we will know what it feels like to be alive... for a few moments anyway.