Per HWA’s bylaws, two officer positions (Vice President and Treasurer) and four Trustee positions are to be elected in odd-numbered years. HWA’s Election Search Committee has assembled a slate of… Read more
Bruce Boston’s poetry and fiction have appeared in hundreds of publications, including Asimov’s SF, Amazing Stories, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, The Pedestal Magazine, The Twilight Zone Magazine,… Read more
The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, today announced it has signed with Writers House, one of the world’s largest… Read more
Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with an adorable Chihuahua that keeps her company and a bloodthirsty lawyer who keeps her sane. She is a full-time author, part-time editor… Read more
By Mark Onspaugh
The Wolfman roared, his eyes glowing bright red, his massive yellowed fangs slick with saliva and blood.
My little brother Matty, who had been checking out a… Read more
We almost drove past it until I noticed the line snaking around the side of the nondescript-looking Dutch Colonial house on the canal. It hardly looked like the scene of… Read more
It was Halloween of 1973 (I know, a long time ago). It was Halloween, my favorite holiday in Covina, California, a small working class town in the San Gabriel Valley. … Read more
When I was seven years old, I saw a witch. I mean a real witch, not one of the politically-correct Wiccans we have now, or the evil glam witches Hollywood… Read more
I can honestly say I live in Halloween Central. No, I’m not referring to how extensively I decorate the house for my favorite holiday (although my wife would beg to… Read more
Ghosts have become one of Halloween’s most beloved icons, and each October we see them manifest in everything from terrifying haunted attractions to whimsical decorations. Haunted locations boast increased traffic,… Read more
Horror industry laymen offer me a standard observation when Halloween rolls around. “This is like your high holy day, isn’t it?”
Why, yes, Mr. Joking To Cover Up Your Discomfort,… Read more
From vampires, plague victims, ghosts, golems, and the gate to Hell, some of the best stories are buried in cemeteries. These are some of my favorites. All of these burial… Read more
Hallowe’en never really meant that much to me when I was a kid… well, not when I was a teenager, anyway.
I was born in late 1961. My childhood, as… Read more
During the late 1970s and 1980s, the city of Detroit was plagued by Mischief Night or Devil’s Nights riots that saw widescale arson attacks taking place over the Halloween period,… Read more
Halloween offers a perfect time to ponder haunting images and innermost fears, probing the question, what scares you? The question “want some candy, little boy?” is the stuff of urban… Read more
When one is a child, Halloween is about trick-or-treating for candy. Treats as in Halloween, and not from any other holiday. Except in 1965, I learn the horror of Easter… Read more
I’m a proud Dane and we are often considered the “Happiest people on Earth”.
Danes, apparently, live a life of bliss in The Fairy Tale Nation of H. C. Andersen.… Read more
Yep, I’m an old guy, so I remember going trick or treating back in the ‘60s (that’s a date, not a temperature) in a housing subdivision in Illinois. The subdivision… Read more
Mr. Crow left me his usual calling card—a lump in my neck—inviting me to a follow-up interview at Doylestown Hospital. That night I lay in my hospital bed only sleeping… Read more
Horror shows its face (or doesn’t if it’s effective) through a lot of mediums these days, be it via television, movie, or my very favorite, books. There are some common… Read more