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A young girl's face with a pretty fairy hovering behind her.<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" SHADOW="None" H2G2IMG="childhoodfairies.jpg" ALT="A young girl's face with a pretty fairy hovering behind her." />
A mermain - half woman, half fish - sits on the rocks as waves crash onto the shore behind her.<PICTURE embed="CENTER" shadow="None" H2G2IMG="mermaid.jpg" ALT="A mermain - half woman, half fish - sits on the rocks as waves crash onto the shore behind her."/>
A child's bedroom with something hiding underneath the bed.<PICTURE embed="CENTER" shadow="None" H2G2IMG="bogeyman.jpg" ALT="A child's bedroom with something hiding underneath the bed."/>
A ghost appears in a room with blood on the walls.<PICTURE embed="CENTER" shadow="None" H2G2IMG="amityville.jpg" ALT="A ghost appears in a room with blood on the walls."/>
A cargo cult effigy<PICTURE embed="CENTER" shadow="None" blob="B5546457" ALT="A cargo cult effigy"/>
A god caught up in machinery<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B4110437" ALT="A god caught up in machinery"/>
A demon playing with letters in a word<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B3679816" ALT="A demon playing with letters in a word"/>
A graveyard<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B1051632" ALT="A graveyard"/>
Two old ladies<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B55582" ALT="Two old ladies"/>
Children in horrible masks<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B135615" ALT="Children in horrible masks"/>
A hobbit<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B155350" ALT="A hobbit"/>
A green and scary monster<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B279280" ALT="A green and scary monster"/>
A street festival<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B325370" ALT="A street festival"/>
The Burrey Man<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B454216" ALT="The Burrey Man"/>
A Witch<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B481158" ALT="A Witch"/>
Fortune cookies<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B73536" ALT="Fortune cookies"/>
A sandwich board man predicting doom<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B60498" ALT="A sandwich board man predicting doom"/>
A green dragon<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B95275" ALT="A green dragon"/>
The signs of the zodiac<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B80841" ALT="The signs of the zodiac"/>
A pixie<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B515793" ALT="A pixie"/>
A wizard<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B516135" ALT="A wizard"/>
A red dragon<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B527015" ALT="A red dragon"/>
Three shadowy figures<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B144306" ALT="Three shadowy figures"/>
Unicorns and a fairy tale<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B114415" ALT="Unicorns and a fairy tale"/>
A pink and gold dragon on an inkpot<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B564081" ALT="A pink and gold dragon on an inkpot"/>
A mermaid wearing an orange turban and playing the flute underwater<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B652145" ALT="A mermaid wearing an orange turban and playing the flute underwater"/>
A stone slab with a crown on it<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B659335" ALT="A stone slab with a crown on it"/>
A fairy falling into a pot of ink; another fairy writing on a piece of parchment paper<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B662241" ALT="A fairy falling into a pot of ink; another fairy writing on a piece of parchment paper"/>
A long-haired lady rising from a starlit lake<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B703590" ALT="A long-haired lady rising from a starlit lake"/>
a strip of four images showing how to prepare the perfect Halloween lantern<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B733724" ALT="a strip of four images showing how to prepare the perfect Halloween lantern"/>
Pentagram in a circle, two candles<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B965312" ALT="Pentagram in a circle, two candles"/>
A Greek man making wings, melting a candle in a castle tower with Icarus in the background<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B781553" ALT="A Greek man making wings, melting a candle in a castle tower with Icarus in the background"/>
Scientist holding mini Santa in a conical flask.<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B1108696" ALT="Scientist holding mini Santa in a conical flask."/>
Teleport santa!<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B1108713" ALT="Teleport santa!"/>
Buddhist-style good karma love Santa.<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B1108700" ALT="Buddhist-style good karma love Santa."/>
Devilish child.<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B1108704" ALT="Devilish child."/>
Children climbing over Egyptian Mummies.<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B1057152" ALT="Children climbing over Egyptian Mummies."/>
A Samurai Warrior<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B1703318" ALT="A Samurai Warrior"/>
A gecko putting an anchovy into his Christmas stocking<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B814923" ALT="A gecko putting an anchovy into his Christmas stocking"/>
Oedipus<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B2312963" ALT="Oedipus"/>
Death browses the Obituaries page<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B2423640" ALT="Death browses the Obituaries page"/>
Using a Ouija board by e[version]<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" blob="B2559089" ALT="Using a Ouija board by e[version]"/>
Baba Yaga!<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" blob="B2558888" ALT="Baba Yaga!"/>
A scary pumpkin<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" blob="B2646837" ALT="A scary pumpkin"/>
A squonk's tear<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" blob="B2702044" ALT="A squonk's tear"/>
Golum<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B2811081" ALT="Golem"/>
An elf<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" BLOB="B2844989" ALT="An elf"/>
a spooky underground tunnel<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" blob="B3812298" ALT="a spooky underground tunnel"/>
The heroic Odysseus, a boat, and a galloping white horse.<PICTURE EMBED="CENTER" blob="B3928874" ALT="The heroic Odysseus, a boat, and a galloping white horse."/>

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