Hocus Pocus

A story contest for Halloween at Elliquiy. And I had a silly Heroine idea, which I decided not to inflict on the entire board...

Prompts:

1: bloodcurdling, corpse, haunt

2: shriek, spectre, ominous

Bonus phrase: Beware the witching hour.

3: eerie, mayhem, phantom

Bonus phrase: Even the dead tell stories.

4: simulacrum, blasphemous, gallows

Bonus phrase: "Save your tears..."