Hey Kristanene - It sounds like you already have a lot of inspiration from your grandpa's old stories. And the fact that you live in a place like Kentucky could add a lot to it. How much of Kentucky's history do you know? I went camping/hiking with a friend of mine in eastern kentucky early last year and he shed some light for me on the strangeness of the place. Did you know that Kentucky is an indian term that translates, loosely, to haunted bloodlands? A lot of the native american tribes that lived around the area feared it and considered it a very sacred place, which was a big reason why they had such a problem with white men settling there. They weren't trying to be selfish exactly, they were indirectly trying to protect people from what they believed existed in the area. Kentucky is loaded with its own secrets and legends. With a little research into its histories you could get creative with it and combine the stories your grandfather told you with Kentucky's legends. The particular area that I went hiking in was up in some foothills and there was a hollowed out overgrown area that use to be an old mining town in the 1800s. I don't remember many of the details just now but the jist of the story was that a woman who lived there put a curse on the town for something her husband and/or some other people had done to her. a bunch of freaky stuff started happening over time and it was all taken seriously enough that everybody evacuated the place. Anyone that tried going into it later regretted doing so. I wasn't brave enough to get too close but from where we were, you could just make out the shells of old houses and structures burried in the trees. I don't know how true the story is but it was definately interesting when told to me, in more detail. Autumn is well on its way, and with it comes Halloween. Use the spirit of the coming season to help inspire your creativity. 8-) ~E.D.