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Thank you. From the blackest corners of your mind, they call, pulling you deep into shadow, twisting your senses, keeping you from sleep.

It's time to face your darkest fears.

This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and welcome.

We're only a few days from All Hollow's Eve, and I hope you have some sinister plans to celebrate,

whether it's with costumes, candies, or maybe heading out to a party.

Of course, if you're deep into the Halloween tradition, there's a good chance you're at least familiar with the progenitor to this spooky season,

Sawin.

The pagan festival of Saoan celebrates the end of the harvest in the beginning of the darkest parts of the year, when the veil between the spirit world and our own is the thinnest.

Of course, Saoan is also pretty steeped in

superstition, so a couple of things you might want to keep in mind this year to help you not only

make the most of the season, but survive it. With the veil between worlds at its thinnest,

not all that walk the streets necessarily belong to our own terrestrial plane.

Those echoing footsteps that seem to be following ever closer behind you, don't stop walking,

keep your eyes front, because on Sowan Eve, there's a good chance it

isn't a living creature following you, but the haunting footsteps of a phantasm, hungry for more

than just your attention. Want to keep those nasty specters at bay? A couple of things you can try with centuries of

success behind them. Ringing a bell on Sowan, for example, can help keep the evil spirits away

through the long, cold, dark nights ahead. Better still, collect some animal bones and bury them in your front yard.

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