Halloween Haunts 2013: Traditions by Marge Simon
Originally published in Raven Elektrik’s Jack O’ Spec, 2011.
It was time for another Family Gathering. I can always tell because Auntie Blue gets fidgety and insists we wash all… Read more
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Halloween Haunts 2013: Halloween is Every Day by Johnny Worthen
well I let their teeny minds think
that they’re dealing with someone who is over the brink
and I dress this way
just to keep them at bay
cos halloween… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Reclaiming Horror by Annie Neugebauer
For years now, I’ve been hoping for The Horror Revolution. A resurgence. A return to the good old days of the eighties (before I was born!) when horror was not… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Sunglasses at Night by Julie Campbell
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, the other favorite being Thanksgiving. I’ve always enjoyed dressing up and I’ve had some great costumes courtesy of my mom and… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Stoker Spotlight Interview with Greg Chapman
Greg Chapman is the artist of Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times, written by Rocky Wood and Lisa Morton, recipients of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Opening the Vein by John Palisano
We’ve heard for years how to write. We’ve learned three-act structure, possibly subconsciously, through countless hours of movies, television shows, and novels. We’ve read articles about sentence structure, grammar, what… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Trick or Treat by Kristina Stancil
Should Halloween not be a case where the parent is the boss of what their child does without it being considered evil? Hypocrite or actual devout Christian can find some… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Stoker Spotlight Interview with Lisa Morton
Lisa Morton is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel for Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times co-written with Rocky… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Five Films You Should Be Watching This Halloween Season by Brad C. Hodson
If you’re anything like me, your interest in the horror genre explodes every October. You set aside the Michael Chabon or Nick Hornby you’ve been reading for Stephen King or… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Halloween—What First Comes to Your Mind at the Thought? by John G. Rees
Summer’s bright days are still upon us: the joys and laughter stronger, louder, as if the earth’s bounties now ready for harvest rail us with delight. As the days begin… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Halloween as a Kid by Michael J. McCann
When I was a kid, the excitement leading up to Halloween night was second only to that of Christmas Eve. The leaves had fallen and made a wonderful noise when… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Stoker Spotlight Interview with Rocky Wood
Rocky Wood is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel for Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times co-written with Lisa… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: A Feast of Fear by Frazer Lee
Halloween is hungry, thirsty work. All those seasonal book signings and live readings can really take it out of you, not to mention the effort it requires to fish all… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: ‘Tis the Season by Ed Erdelac
The Halloween season is upon us, when the trees shed their leaves like scraps of yellow-orange construction paper that shuffle beneath your feet, every pumpkin spreads a butter-yellow grin,… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Comment Ça? Rencontrez Dracula en Français pour (Dracula: Entre l’Amor et la Morte)—A Film Review by James Dorr
Dracula in French? And Canadian French to boot? And with songs! Yes, all that and more is available to those who enjoy a delightful shiver on seeing a bat’s silhouette… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Stoker Spotlight on Marge Simon
Marge Simon is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in Poetry for Vampires, Zombies, and Wanton Souls.
1. How would you describe Vampires, Zombies, and Wanton… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Night Terrors by Heather L Reid
Nightmares are the stuff of dreams-the subtle edge of darkness that creeps across the sleeping mind, evoking inner demons to dance macabre behind the shuttered windows of the soul.
I… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Beware of the Jersey Devil by Carol MacAllister
October 31st – Halloween night:
A lonely drifter wanders on a dark sandy road through the scrubby New Jersey Pine Barrens. Clouds mask the full October moon. A screech is… Read more
Halloween Haunts 2013: Stoker Spotlight on Lucy Snyder
Lucy Snyder is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction for her story “Magdala Amygdala.”
1. How would you describe “Magdala Amygdala”?
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Halloween Haunts 2013: Why I Write Horror by Carl Alves
I read pretty much every genre with the exception of Romance and Westerns. Nothing against them, just not my cup of tea. Although there are many things I find enjoyable… Read more
