House of Haiku Recap for October 2025
Three lines, no waiting
September recap | August recap | July recap | June recap | May recap | April recap
Celebrating the 7th month of Chris J. Franklin’s single word (usually) prompts for our haikus. He did a great job of coming up with Halloween related prompts, and participants came up with some wonderful responses. Such creativity out there! The five months ahead should have even more. And please join in.
Prompts in October
A bunch of terrific entries. Take a good look through them.
Never too late to add your own to each of these prompts, and “like” any that really appeal to you.
Prompt: Zombie (with quite an appetite)
Prompt: Candy (for everyone with a sweet tooth)
Prompt: Ghost (a spirited prompt)
Prompt: Mad Scientist (an experimental prompt)
Prompt: Pumpkin (carving out a niche)
Final Note
A great thing on Substack is NOT earning money from it but the camaraderie that grows here. These haiku prompts are an example. People come together, post their three-line poems, read other contributions, and generally have a bit of fun. Hope you’ll join in.
Please check out my author website. And thanks for reading.
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My new book, due out November 1st, 2025 from Wordwooze Publishing:
My five books (so far) from Wordwooze Publishing:
From the Files of Fontaine Investigations – paranormal mystery that I had so much fun writing (ebook, paperback, and soon on audio).
The Greeting Card Girl’s Christmas – a sweet romance novel for the holiday season (ebook, paperback, audio).
Wind Down the Chimney and Other Eerie Tales – my first book of eerie short stories (ebook, paperback, audio).
The Stardust Alliance and More – my second book of eerie stories with a touch of Sci-Fi (ebook, paperback, audio).
The Wiccan Tales – a novel and a real Halloween treat (ebook, paperback, audio).
(All human written. I even designed the covers.)
See them all here:
Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop.org | BookBub | Everand | Apple Books | Kobo | Thalia (German) ebook & print | Smashwords | Angus & Robertson: | Mondadori (Italian) | Vivlio (French/English) | Fable
Audio versions:
Wind Down the Chimney | The Stardust Alliance | The Wiccan Tales | The Greeting Card Girl's Christmas
It was a spooktacular month, full of fantastic contributions! Well done everyone... 😎