<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:10:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/hauntings/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Invisible Watcher         ...Part 2       ...Confronting the Shadow Side]]></title><description><![CDATA[He wanted to tell her how much he preferred to look at her, that only by watching could he memorize her, and take her and possess her. He could not touch better or more fully with his hands than with his]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nexonian/@johnjgeddes/invisible-watcher-part-2-confronting-the-shadow-side</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nexonian/@johnjgeddes/invisible-watcher-part-2-confronting-the-shadow-side</guid><category><![CDATA[nexonian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HddCZa6w9qBodHaBcNCPWuHaC7Licp1Ja51R5BwQHTJrEzBaaRNc5gZNnarL5fp656xfiBnVZ2jguaz1Uq1GKQtLdsJZAbPU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invisible Watcher]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where in the self-help section of Barnes & Noble is help on dealing with a supernatural stalker? ― Cosmo Knox A woman’s voice calls from the doorway, “Office hours over?” I look up from my monitor]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/invisible-watcher</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/invisible-watcher</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvRJLvvY3JfgwMBPxjZLJtU5ufkHq8atLHCDcZJfvXsaCPYmCZVSmTkAsTQVUCGVAgandotoWmhiTtLiz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Places of the Heart    …Finale          …Exorcising Ghosts]]></title><description><![CDATA[What you leave behind is not engraved into stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others. —Pericles Hiram's Monument I grew up in the shadow of a legend—Hiram Morton, my grandfather, a robber]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/empty-places-of-the-heart-finale-exorcising-ghosts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/empty-places-of-the-heart-finale-exorcising-ghosts</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFv7TVXTEnKSPdbnpEsN2FByAsd7prpz1TujkG71soufXuRMq6CqAtpsvcQtWsejeZxqesMz3cdcmCxN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Places of the Heart    …Part 2     …Custodian of the Past]]></title><description><![CDATA[All my house is peopled with ghosts... Some call such 'ghosts' memories. —Henrietta Stannard It’s spring—the season to ponder failed romances such as Cyrano and Roxanne, or more particularly, Jillian and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/empty-places-of-the-heart-part-2-custodian-of-the-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/empty-places-of-the-heart-part-2-custodian-of-the-past</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9DsUMpZC13hFjjnB8MQ7rMcWigw216NGbrhZKHnAE8kPVdD24GDLz91Cu39Ea1FC3Y3jExvhTpjWv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Places of the Heart       ...Part 1                ...Ghosts]]></title><description><![CDATA[I grew up in the shadow of a legend—Hiram Morton, my grandfather, who rubbed shoulders with robber barons but managed to escape the crash of ’29. 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Drops of tears, drops of blood, the ring of laughter, the edge of tempers that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bumps-in-the-night-part-13-the-name-of-the-ghost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bumps-in-the-night-part-13-the-name-of-the-ghost</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9Hc8FL3qsFgTV8LAncwhYxMUvw7RPN89rkFzZct4k5ECw8B1G7a87CbmdLtF1t2jEtMmUwdDooz1scofNn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bumps in the Night      ...Part 12        …Protecting Spirits]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dead appear to us in dreams because that's the only way we can see them; what we see is a projection, beamed from a great distance, shining from a dead star… ― Donna Tartt Poppy finally opened up to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/72ksns-bumps-in-the-night-part-12-protecting-spirits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/72ksns-bumps-in-the-night-part-12-protecting-spirits</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:52:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrVQ1WtERXLpvZn7H84n292RtrVabLtiBMeCq7a1A9AgUk22z8pqWe79cwPRuN64spFwaVmVRSsTxbqXXNTtW9qyvTyXAh8ZtjpjncoSYhQonbp6LaA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bumps in the Night      ...Part 12        …Protecting Spirits]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dead appear to us in dreams because that's the only way we can see them; what we see is a projection, beamed from a great distance, shining from a dead star… ― Donna Tartt Poppy finally opened up to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bumps-in-the-night-part-12-protecting-spirits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bumps-in-the-night-part-12-protecting-spirits</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrVQ1WtERXLpvZn7H84n292RtrVabLtiBMeCq7a1A9AgUk22z8pqWe79cwPRuN64spFwaVmVRSsTxbqXXNTtW9qyvTyXAh8ZtjpjncoSYhQonbp6LaA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bumps in the Night             ...Part 11            …A Startling Realization]]></title><description><![CDATA[She had followed a trail left by a dead man. 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Le Guin After talking to Poppy’s neighbour, Gail and I felt unsttled. 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