Sawubona, bafundi, futhi siyakwamukela ku-31 Scary Story Nights! Ngikuphathele okuthile okukhethekile kulobubusuku okungase kuthathe ukuzinikela okwengeziwe kuwe! Ibizwa Isandla Senkazimulo: Indaba Yomhlengikazi, futhi njengoba ungasho ukuthi igxile ekwakhiweni nasekusetshenzisweni kwenye yezinsalela ezimbi kakhulu ezake zadalwa: Isandla Senkazimulo.

Sakheka esandleni esisikwe kumuntu olenga esigxotsheni, iSandla Senkazimulo, sasiyocwiliswa emafutheni ezilwane noma uma singatholwa, amanoni ezigebengu ezinonya. Izintambo, ezakhiwe ngezinwele zalawo madoda abi, zazinamathiselwe emunweni ngamunye. Kwakuthi uma sibunjwe kahle, iSandla seNkazimulo sikhanyisela isela kuphela elisikhanyiselayo. Ingase futhi ivale imisindo, futhi iphoqelele abahlali bekhaya ebuthongweni obujulile, obukhubazekile ukuze basize ekwebeni.

Inqwaba yezindaba nezinkondlo zibhaliwe mayelana nalezi zinto eziqalekisiwe, kodwa lena ngenye yezintandokazi zami kakhulu.

Hlalani nikhanyise amakhandlela enu, sifunde ndawonye, Isandla Senkazimulo: Indaba Yomhlengikazi!

Inothi Lomlobi: Lapha e-iHorror singabaxhasi abakhulu bokukhulisa izingane ngendlela efanele. Ezinye izindaba ezikulolu chungechunge zingase zibe ziningi kakhulu kwabancane bakho. Sicela ufunde kusengaphambili bese unquma ukuthi izingane zakho zingayisingatha le ndaba! Uma kungenjalo, thola enye indaba yanamuhla kusihlwa noma umane ubuye uzosibona kusasa. Ngamanye amagama, ungangisoli ngezinkinga zamaphupho ezingane zakho! ***

***Inothi lombhali wesibili: Enkondlweni engezansi, uzobona ngasekugcineni kwenkondlo, igama elithi “fagot”. Lokhu ukusetshenziswa okuhlosiwe kwasekuqaleni kwegama okwakungaba induku/igatsha elisetshenziselwa ukubasa umlilo, futhi hhayi inkulumo eyindelelo emphakathini we-LGBTQ.***

Isandla Senkazimulo: Indaba Yomhlengikazi kaRichard Harris Barham

Ezweni elimnyama elimnyama,
Phakathi kwamabili,
Ngaphansi Kwesihlahla Somgoqo,
Ziphethe ngesandla
Ababulali bayasukuma
Ngamunye, ngababili, ngabathathu!
NeNyanga ngalobobusuku
Ngokukhanya okumpunga, okubandayo
Ithiphu ngayinye ejabulisayo;
Ingxenye eyodwa yefomu lakhe
Ubonakala ngesivunguvungu,
Enye ingxenye 's ifihlwe Eclipse!
Nomoya obandayo uyakhala,
Nezulu liyaduma,
Nonyazi lubanzi, luyakhanya;
Futhi ngokuphelele
Isimo sezulu sibi kakhulu,
Futhi uhlobo olungemnandi lobusuku!
'Manje faka obala,
Futhi eduze kwesihlakala
Nginqamule ngokushesha isibhakela sikaMufi!
Manje khuphuka abanesibindi
Lapho eshwibeka khona emoyeni,
Futhi ngihlwithe izingidi ezinhlanu zezinwele zikaMufi!'

Kukhona isalukazi esihlala eTappington Moor,
Uneminyaka emhlane okungenani engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili,
Futhi abanye abantu bathanda abaningi kakhulu kakhulu;
Ikhala lakhe lixhumekile,
Umhlane wakhe ugobile,
Amehlo akhe abomvu tebhu:
Phezu kwekhanda lakhe
Ingabe i-mutch, futhi kulokho
Isigqoko esibi esithusayo,
Okumise okwesicisha-mlilo, umphetho uwumngcingo futhi uyisicaba!
Khona-ke,— My Gracious!— intshebe yakhe!— yayizodideka ngokudabukisayo
Isibukeli ekuqaleni ukuhlukanisa ubulili bakhe;
Noma, ngizozama ukusho, ngaphandle kokuhlolisisa kungaba
Mbize, u-off-handed, Punch noma Judy.
Ngabe uke wambona, ngamafuphi, lowo mgodla wodaka ngaphakathi,
Amadolo akhe emakhaleni, nekhala lakhe esilevini.
Ukugigitheka nalowo queer, ukuhleka okungachazeki,
Ubungaphakamisa izandla zakho ngokumangala, futhi ukhale,
'— Hhayi-ke! Angikaze ngimbone uMfana ovamile nje!'

Futhi manje ngaphambili
Umnyango waleso Salukazi,
Lapho kungekho okuhle okungaba khona,
Ziphethe ngesandla
Ababulali bayasukuma
Ngamunye, ngababili, ngabathathu!

O! 'umbono omubi ukuwubuka,
Kuleyo hovel esabekayo, lelo qembu elibi,
Ngokucwebezela okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kwalelolangabi elilokozayo,
Ukwenza isenzo esingakaze sibe negama!
'Kubi ukuzwa
Lawo mazwi okwesaba!
Wahlehla umthandazi, washo ngokubhuqa!
(UMathewu Hopkins ngokwakhe usiqinisekisile ukuthi nini
Umthakathi uthandaza, uqala ngokuthi 'Amen.')
-' Kuyesabeka ukubona
Edolweni lelo Salukazi
Isandla esifile, esishwabene, njengoba esigaxa ngokujabula!— IzE.

Futhi manje, ngokunakekela,
Amalokhi amahlanu ezinwele
Kusuka ogebheni lwekhanda likaMnumzane elenga phezulu,
Ngamafutha namafutha
Wekati elimnyama likaTom
Uyashesha ukuhlanganisa,
Futhi ukusonteka zibe izintambo,
Futhi eyodwa esithupheni, futhi umunwe ngamunye ukulungisa.
(Ukuze uthole enye irisidi intelezi efanayo okufanele ilungiselelwe,
Xhumana noMnu Ainsworth kanye noPetit Albert.)

'Vula ingidi
Ukungqongqoza komufi!
Fly ibhawudi, nebha, kanye nebhendi!
- Unganyakazi, ungaphambuki
I-Joint, imisipha, noma i-nerve,
Ngokuthakatha kwesandla soMuntu Ongasekho!
Lalani abalalayo!— Vusani bonke abavukayo!
Kodwa yiba njengabafile ngenxa kaMufi!!'

Konke kuthule! konke kusamile,
Londoloza ukububula okungapheli kwe-rill ebabazayo
Njengoba iphuma esifubeni seTappington Hill.
Futhi eTapington Hall
Enkulu futhi Encane,
Imnene futhi ilula, i-squire kanye nomkhwenyana,
Yilowo nalowo uzifunele ikamelo lakhe.
Futhi isigqoko sakhe esimnyama silele phezu kwabo,
Ngoba ihora laphakathi kwamabili kade ladlula!

Konke kumnyama emhlabeni nasesibhakabhakeni,
Londoloza, kusukela ku-yon casement, emincane futhi ephakeme,
Ugongolo oluvevezelayo
Emfudlaneni omncane
Iyadlala, njengokucwebezela okuthile kwe-taper
Ngomunye obhekile ngokukhathala.

Ngaphakathi kwalelo cala, lincane futhi liphakeme,
Endlini yakhe eyimfihlo, lapho kungenanhloli.
Kuhlala lowo obushwabene ngokunakekela,
Nezihluthu ezimpunga ezacile zezinwele zakhe ezibuthakathaka
Ushiye impandla yakhe encane ingenalutho;
Ngewigi yakhe egcwele phansi
Amalenga, aluhlaza futhi amakhulu,
Phezulu kwesihlalo sakhe esidala, esineqolo.
Izingubo zakhe aziboshiwe,
Wavala intambo yakhe,
Ingubo yakhe ibekwe nge-tulip ne-rose,
Izimbali ezinobukhulu obumangalisayo nemibala,
Izimbali ezinjenge-Edene azizange zazi;
- Futhi lapho, ngenqwaba ekhazimulayo
Ngegolide elihle elibomvu,
Indaba iyaxoxwa
Yeka isipelingi esinamandla esitholakalayo ukusigcina
Leyo ndoda enganakekile ebuthongweni bayo obudingekayo!

Ngokujabulisayo, ubona sengathi alikho iso elingakwazi ukubona
Njengoba ejabulela ingcebo yakhe ngokuhaha,—
Isitolo esicwebezelayo
Ngensimbi ecwebezelayo,
I-Rose-Noble enhle, i-Moidore ekhanyayo,
Kanye ne-Double-Joe ebanzi ngaphesheya kolwandle,—
Kodwa kukhona obukela kahle njengaye;
Ngoba, uphapheme futhi unobuqili,
Ekhabetheni elinzima
Embhedeni wakhe weloli kukhona i-Foot-page encane,
Umfana obukhali ngendlela engavamile ngokweminyaka yakhe,
Njengo-Master Horner osemncane,
Ubani ongene ekhoneni
Wahlala edla uphaya kaKhisimusi:
Futhi, ngenkathi lowo Mnumzane Omdala ebala iqoqo lakhe,
U-Hugh omncane ulunguza emfantwini wamabhodi!

Kukhona izwi emoyeni,
Sengingena esitebhisini,
Ikhehla liqala esihlalweni salo esinenduku;
Ngomsindo wokuqala omncane
Uqalaza,
Futhi aphakamise idiphu yakhe yeshumi nesithupha ephawundi.
Kwabe sekuphakama ingxenye
Eceleni kwezinzwane zakhe
Inja yakhe encane enekhala layo elincane,
Kodwa, ngaphambi kokuba akhiphe iphunga elilodwa elifuna ukwazi,
Leyonja encane imile iqinile futhi iqinile,
Ngokuphansi, kodwa kucace,
Manje wela endlebeni,
- Lapho abake babizelwa khona kuze kube phakade,
Amazwi angengcwele esilotho sikaMuntu Ongasekho!
'Vula ingidi
Ukungqongqoza komufi!
Ibhawodi lokundiza, nebha, nebhendi!
Unganyakazi, ungaphambuki,
I-Joint, imisipha, noma i-nerve,
Ngokuthakatha kwesandla soMuntu Ongasekho!
Lalani abalalayo!— Vusani bonke abavukayo!
Kodwa yibani njengabafileyo ngenxa yoMuntu ofileyo!'
Noma iphaneli ye-oki eqinile egcwele izipikili.
Amahinge acwebezelayo futhi anokhahlo,
Yize bebegcotshwe amafutha phakathi nesonto,
Umnyango uvuleka kakhulu ngendlela okungenzeka ngayo,
Futhi lapho bema,
Lelo qembu lababulali,
Kukhanyiswa ukukhanya kweSANDLA ESIKHAZIMULO,
Ngamunye!— ngababili!— ngabathathu!

Badlule kuvulandi, badlule ehholo,
Lapho wayehlezi khona uMthembu ehona odongeni;
Kwavele kwabanda ikhala,
Ekhaleni lakhe elithuthumela kakhulu,
Ubuyobona ukuthi ubehone okokugcina
Lapho ISANDLA Esikhazimulayo esasiseceleni kwakhe sidlula'd!
Ngisho negundane elincane le-wee, lapho ligijima phezu komtapo
Ngesivinini esikhulu ukubalekela ikati,
Nakuba ufile ngenxa yokwesaba,
Imile isikhashana ekundizeni kwayo;
Nekati ebelijaha leyanto encane
Lala uqoshame njengesifanekiso esisebenza kuze kube intwasahlobo!
Futhi manje balapho,
Ekhanda lezitebhisi,
Futhi i-whittle ende egobile iyabenyezela futhi ingenalutho,
— Angicabangi ngempela ukuthi ikhona imali engafumbathisa
Mina isigameko esibi esalandela ukusichaza,
Noma i-wild glare
Ngeso lalelo khehla.
Ukuphelelwa ithemba kwakhe,
Nobuhlungu obujulile.
izinyane lembuzi, newundlu lasesibayeni;
Ingase inganyakazi inkemba yomthengisi;
Abaphuphi - ah, bajabule kakhulu! - ukuthi ummese,
Nakuba bephakanyisiwe, bangabeka impilo yabo engenacala engozini;
Iyawa;—intambo ebuthaka bomphefumulo wabo iklebhukile,
Abakwesabi, abasoli, ukushaywa kuze kube 'kunikezwe.
Kodwa, o! yini into okumele uyibone futhi ukwazi
Ukuthi ummese ongenalutho uphakanyiswe esandleni sesitha,
Ngaphandle kwethemba lokuxosha, noma ukunqanda ukushaywa!—
— Sekwanele!— asidlule ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka
Isiphetho saleyo ngwevu, lelokhehla elingajabule!

Kepha uHugh ompofu,
Ukumangala ngokubuka,
Ayinamandla afanayo okukhuluma noma okwenza!
Ukuzama ize
Ukuvula iso
Lokho kuvaliwe, noma vala lokho okushaya izandla ku-chink,
Nakuba enganikeza wonke umhlaba ukuthi ukwazi ukucwayiza!—
Cha!— ngakho konke lo mhlaba ongakunika noma wenqabe,
Ngabe angisekho manje ezicathulweni zalowo mfanyana,
Noma iyiphi ingubo nhlobo ekaHugh!
-' Kube nenhlanhla kuye ukuthi i-chink odongeni
Uye walunguza isikhathi eside, mncane futhi mncane.

Amazwi okulila, imisindo yosizi
Okufana nokulandela abangani abahambayo,
Ngalobo busuku obubulalayo uTapington ahambe,
Uphahla lwayo oludonsa isikhathi eside kanye ne-gable yalo iphetha:
Imimoya ye-Ethereal, emnene futhi enhle,
Hhawu khala futhi ukhale ngesenzo segazi.

'Kusekuseni kakhulu - ekuseni kubampunga,
Kwadlula amafu nesiphepho.
Futhi zonke izinto zibonakala usuku oluhle kakhulu;

Kodwa, ngenkathi i-lark ingoma yakhe icula,
Ukukhala nokuklabalasa kungokukhala kwe-Tappington!
Ukuqala konke,
Enkulu futhi encane
Wonke umuntu otholakala eTappington Hall,
Emnene futhi Elula, Squire noma Umkhwenyana,
Bonke bafuna kanye kanye ikamelo lalowo Mnumzane omdala;
Futhi lapho, phansi,
Idrenched in his year,
Isidumbu esesabekayo sibekwe obala,
I-carotid ne-jugular zombili zinqamule!
Futhi lapho, eceleni kwayo,
'Phakathi kwegagasi elibomvu tebhu,
Ukuguqa i-Foot-page yeminyaka ethambile kakhulu;
Ehla esihlathini sakhe esiphaphathekile izinyembezi ezehla ngokushesha
Badlalisana nxazonke futhi bakhulu,
Futhi ugxisha igazi ngewigi egcwele phansi!
Maye! nokukhathazeka ngenxa yokuqina kwakhe!—'tis plain,
Njengoba izazi ze-anatomist zisitshela, lokho ngeke kuphinde
Ingabe ukuphila kuzophinde kuvakashele ababulewe ngokubi,
Lapho uma sebesikwe ngomthambo we-jugular.

Kukhona umbala nokukhala eSifundazweni SaseKent,
Futhi ngokujaha ama-cut-throat kwathunyelwa uConstable,
Kodwa akekho ongatshela indoda indlela abahamba ngayo.
Kunekhasi elincane le-Foot-page elihamba noConstable,
Futhi i-pug-dog encane enekhala elincane le-pug.

Edolobheni laseRochester,
Ngesibonakaliso soMqhele,
Amadoda amathathu angama-shabby-genteel ahlezi phansi
Ku-stubble-goose ekhuluphele, namazambane abe nsundu;
Lapho i-Foot-page encane
Angene ngentukuthelo,
Ukucasula i-apula-sauce, u-anyanisi, ne-sage.
Lelo khasi elincane likaNyawo lithatha elokuqala emphinjeni,
Futhi i-pug-dog encane ithatha okulandelayo ngejazi,
Futhi uConstable ubamba elinye elikude kakhulu;
Futhi ama-rose-nobles amahle nama-moidores abanzi,
U-Waiter ukhipha amaphakethe abo ngamaphuzu,
Futhi amaBhuzu nezincekukazi zagijima zagqolozela;
Athi uConstable ngomoya ohloniphekile.
'Uyafunwa, Gen'lemen, konke,
Ngaleso 'lark eyigugu eTappington Hall!'

Kukhona i-gibbet emnyama ehwaqa phezu kweTappington Moor,
Lapho i-gibbet yangaphambili emnyama ike yahwaqabala ngaphambili:
Kumnyama kumnyama,
Nababulali lapho
Zilengela emoyeni,
Ngamunye!— ngababili!— ngabathathu!

Kukhona 'i-hag endala esabekayo esigqokweni esinomqhele oyinqaba,
Entanyeni yakhe baboshwe ku-cravat ye-hempen
Isandla Somuntu Ofile, kanye neTom Cat efile!
Bambophile izithupha, bambopha izinzwane;
Sebembophe amehlo, bambophe izitho!
E-Tappington mill-dam souse uyahamba,
Ngemvuthulu nange-halloo!—'Iyabhukuda!— Iyabhukuda!'
Bamdonsele emhlabeni,
Nesandla sawo wonke umuntu
Ingabe ubamba i-fagot, i-billet, noma uhlobo,
Lapho umgibeli wehhashi obukeka eyindlovukazi, ugqoka ezimnyama,
Uhlwitha lelo harridan elidala njengesaka
Ku-crupper ngemuva kwakhe, ubeka i-spurs ekugebheni kwakhe,
Ugijima esixukwini, futhi uhamba emfantuni!
Akekho ongasho,
Nakuba becabanga kahle,
Indlela lowo mgibeli onyanye nesalukazi abahamba ngayo,
Ngoba bonke bheka yena 'sa uhlobo infernal Ducrow;
Futhi wadazuluka kanjalo, wakhala,
Singanquma ngokufanele
Ukuthi isalukazi asizange sikujabulele ukugitsheliswa kwaso!

Isho okufunayo, kodwa kukhona okuthile mayelana nolimi lwakudala kanye nephimbo elithumela ukuvevezela okwengeziwe phansi komgogodla wami lapho kusetshenziswa endabeni ethusayo! Ngethemba ukuthi ukujabulele ukungena kwanamuhla ochungechungeni lwethu futhi uzophinde usijoyine kusasa njengoba ukubala wehla ku-Halloween kuqhubeka!!