LIMERICKS: Duke Center author Bill Robertson had a whole collection of limericks he wrote that he shared.

“When I started freelance writing years ago, my first success came in the horror genre,” Bill writes. “Here are a few ‘spooky’ limericks I think your readers will enjoy.”

There once was a vampire clerk

Who took the dayshift like a jerk

He opened the store

And was heard of no more

‘Cause that was the last time he worked

There once was a werewolf named Jim

Whose chance for survival was slim

On every full moon

He broke into a croon

That made us shoot bullets at him

There once was a teacher named Roger

Who was quite the nervous old codger

The detention hall brats

Filled his briefcase with bats

Now he’s the asylum’s worst lodger

There once was a vampire who sneezed

Each time he got down on his knees

The fang marks he made

Were of very low grade

And his victims all caught his disease

There once was a frisky old satyr

Who fondled the wife of Darth Vader

Now he’s got burns

Where his fingers once turned

And he sure is sorry he made her

STAR WARS: While we’re on the topic of Darth Vader, next week is the 40th anniversary of his debut on the silver screen.

On May 25, 1977, the very first Star Wars film was released. The film opened up viewers to a new universe — a world of possibilities — and kindled science fiction enthusiasm in mainstream audiences.

The next film in the series — “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” — is set for release this December.