Ghost Town
Paul Bristow • December 14, 2020
What scares us?
In Inverclyde, Hallowe’en is celebrated with a programme of community arts events which takes it’s name from an old Scottish tradition, Going Galoshans.
In 2020, the festival was mostly online, and as part of our Outside the Box
project, we ran a number of comic sessions and courses. Throughout September and October we pulled together a collection of scary stories, including a comic adaptation of ‘The Buried Alive’ a Ghost Story from Greenock born writer John Galt, first published in 1822.
We also ran a number of competitions, asking people for their suggestions about what ghosts would be doing while we all stayed indoors, and many of these ideas appear in the comic. Unsurprisingly, pandemic themes weave in and out of some of the stories, the real world worries of the virus blending with traditional supernatural fears. Winter is an ideal time for telling and sharing scary stories, and we hope you enjoy while staying safe.
You can download Ghost Town
here, or read online via our ISSUU page.
We would like to thank Youth Connections, Inverclyde Libraries and RIG Arts for their help, support and promotion of this project.
You can also download another Outside The Box comic, exploring young people's experience of Lockdown.
The Outside The Box project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and is continuing to work with young people in Inverclyde throughout 2021. During the current cornonavirus crisis, we are able to work with organisations and groups remotely if required, with all materials provided.
Please get in touch
to discuss how we can continue creating and collaborating in these challenging times.
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