The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. - H. P. Lovecraft

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Spooky!

Welcome to this issue of the Alte! 
The year is waning and things draw to a close. Ghosts come out to haunt just about anything they can get their ethereal hands on - I've even heard of a ghost haunting a matchbox, so be careful when lighting your hearth!
Either way, we are glad to see that so many of you have braved the way to us and send in such lovely submissions which we hope you will all enjoy reading. So thank you to all contributors and readers: The paper would not exist without you.
Thank you for making the  Alte what it is.

As always, we would of course love to hear any comments and feedback you may have. If you wish to contact us, you can do so through e-mail or by the handy little form at the bottom of this page. On behalf of the Alte staff, we hope you enjoy this Issue, and all of which to come.

     This Issue in the Alte:

• The ads section is back in full swing with lots of great opportunities. Though if  puzzles are more your thing, I suggest you try some of the great puzzles we have this month.
• We have a few articles from our very talented writers. Among them an article about The views of Ghosts in different cultures,  and an article about Common Phobias by Maxim Trevelyan.
  
• I'm amazed by how many of you submit to our Alte challenges! The Drabble Babble Challenge has a number of drabbles waiting to be read, and photos to been seen in the Photography portion.
• There are of course also BINGO this time! Lots of submissions for you to read and get inspiration to write your own!

Rules
On each tile of the grid stands a skyscraper. The lowest skyscraper is 1 unit tall, the next 2 units and so forth. That means that in this puzzle there are skyscrapers of 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-unit heights. Each row and each column has exactly one skyscraper of each height in it. The higher skyscrapers of course block the smaller ones from view. The numbers and arrows indicate how many skyscrapers are visible from that position (Imagine you are standing in that position, looking in the direction the arrow points. The number next to the arrow, is the number of skyscrapers you will be able to see along that row/column).

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Last Issue:

As part of my testing the layout, most of the previous issue has been uploaded onto this layout. Feel free to browse old BINGO entries as well as articles published last June.