Halloween

Halloween Haunts – HWA and Halloween-Inspired Horrorky by Paul Lonardo

• October 11, 2023
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Halloween Haunts – HWA and Halloween-Inspired Horrorky by Paul Lonardo As a writer whose focus has always been prose, I had never even considered attempting writing in verse. The thought… Read more

HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: THE RURAL HEART OF DARKNESS AND ITS MONSTERS by Nicole M. Wolverton

• October 10, 2023
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HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: THE RURAL HEART OF DARKNESS AND ITS MONSTERS   by Nicole M. Wolverton The rural Pennsylvania hinterlands beg for monsters. It’s more than just the setting—sprawling cornfields, more than… Read more

Halloween Haunts: What the Drive-In Means to Me by David Sharp

• October 9, 2023
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The drive-in has always held a special place for me in regards to horror. It was an awesome place to hang out and watch a double feature with friends. I… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Lighthouse by Elle Mitchell

• October 8, 2023
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Halloween Haunts: The Lighthouse by Elle Mitchell   I love St. Augustine. It’s a part of Florida that feels unlike Florida—or it did when I went there as a child. It… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Helen Creighton: The Ghost Lady by Heddy Johannesen

• October 7, 2023
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Halloween Haunts: Helen Creighton: The Ghost Lady by Heddy Johannesen   Helen Creighton was a celebrated folklorist, author, and pioneer researcher. She is best known for her book Bluenose Ghosts… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Rekindling My Love for Halloween by Sheri White

• October 6, 2023
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Halloween Haunts: Rekindling My Love for Halloween by Sheri White     I have a confession to make. I don’t enjoy Halloween as much as I used to. The holiday… Read more

HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: THE GHOST OF YOUNGER ME, STILL LAUGHING BY MY SIDE by Ronald J. Murray

• October 5, 2023
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HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: THE GHOST OF YOUNGER ME, STILL LAUGHING BY MY SIDE by Ronald J. Murray   My earliest taste of bringing others frightful fun came on Halloween during my… Read more

HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: A KIWI KALEIDOSCOPE by Lee Murray (and friends)

• October 4, 2023
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HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: A KIWI KALEIDOSCOPE by Lee Murray (and friends) Recently, I asked the contributors of Kiwi horror anthology Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa (Clan Destine Press,… Read more

Halloween Haunts: A Marie Kondo Halloween by JG Faherty

• October 3, 2023
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Halloween Haunts: A Marie Kondo Halloween by JG Faherty   Life is funny, and not always in the ha-ha way. We spend most of it moving forward into the future.… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Evans City Cemetery by Katherine Kerestman

• October 2, 2023
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Halloween Haunts: Evans City Cemetery by Katherine Kerestman   For this cat, The Night of the Living Dead is an essential component of the Halloween season, having its place of… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Amazing True Story of the Witch Who Wouldn’t Go Home by Nicole Willson

• October 1, 2023
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Halloween Haunts: The Amazing True Story of the Witch Who Wouldn’t Go Home by Nicole Willson I was nine years old on the night the witch came to our house… Read more

Halloween Haunts Rises Again!

• August 17, 2023
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From October 1 through October 31, the Horror Writers Association will host an online event to celebrate the month of Halloween and help horror readers and horror writers connect at… Read more

It’s Always Been Our Stories That Saved Us: An Introduction to Transgender Awareness Week by Emily Flummox

• November 12, 2022
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It’s Always Been Our Stories That Saved Us

An Introduction to Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance 

by Emily Flummox

Twenty-four years later, we still do not know… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Real Horror by Brian W. Matthews

• October 30, 2022
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In a few weeks, I will begin my sixtieth journey around the sun. Over those years, Halloween has changed for me. The meaning. How I enjoy it. With whom I… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Do Ghosts Respect International Borders? by Geneve Flynn

• October 29, 2022
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To an Asian Australian, Halloween is a delightful, albeit slightly bewildering, phenomenon. It isn’t widely celebrated in Malaysia (where I spent my early childhood) and is really only just starting… Read more

Halloween Haunts: That Halloween Feeling by Jo Kaplan

• October 28, 2022
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“Why do you write horror?” they ask (whoever they are—generally people who avoid horror at all costs, who don’t like to be scared). I’m never sure how to answer. Despite… Read more

Halloween Haunts: A Fiend is Born by Gaby Triana

• October 27, 2022
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As a child born to Cuban exiles in 1971, Halloween wasn’t a major holiday in our household for a while, since it wasn’t celebrated in Cuba. Once my parents recognized… Read more

Halloween Haunts: We’re Still Playing, Forever and Ever in 2015 by Sarah Read

• October 26, 2022
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No one celebrates Halloween better than the Halloween People, and while every Halloween has been special in some way or another, the most memorable one, for me, was in 2015.… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Horror Hosts by David Sharp

• October 25, 2022
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One of my favorite parts of the Halloween season is watching horror films. Ever since I was a kid in the 80s scouring Fangoria magazine for October releases to find… Read more

Halloween Haunts: How writing horror is like dressing up for Halloween by Carol Gyzander

• October 24, 2022
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As many folks in the United States prepare for upcoming Halloween celebrations by choosing costumes—for themselves or perhaps for their children to go trick-or-treating—it’s intriguing to think about how dressing… Read more