Prompts #8 and #9!

Hello everyone!

I have recovered from the nasty whatever-it-was and caught up on my coursework (being sick during Faulkner week in my American Fiction class has been a blow to my free time, let me tell you!), and I am very sorry for not having posted the prompts. I hope I haven't killed the community -- it's awfully quiet around here! *drops pin*

To make up for my atrocious neglect, I'm posting two prompts this week, and next week I will post a longer fic challenge.

For prompt #8: Write a story on the theme of fear or fright. What can I say? It's Halloween and I'm feeling kind of...seasonal. Responses can be light and funny or grim and angst-ridden; it's up to you!

For prompt #9: Well, I guess this prompt is in keeping with the spookiness of the season, too. Remember that whole kerfuffle over the significance of the number nine in John Lennon's life, as though it were some kind of omen? Write a story about an omen, a sign, or a fortune suggesting good or bad luck. You don't have to cart the lads off to the psychic's parlor, but it would be interesting to see what you can do with the number nine, or John's period of involvement with Tarot, or what happens when George walks under a ladder one morning on his way to see Paul...

Thanks ever so much for being patient with me while I was sick and getting caught up!