Archive for October, 2020 [ 38 ]

Halloween Haunts: When Captain Howdy Visits on Halloween: The History of the Ouija Board

• October 31, 2020
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By Lisa Morton Whenever I tell people that I’ve written a book about séances, the subject of the Ouija board usually comes up very soon. Ouija boards have fascinated us… Read more

Summer Scares Reading Program

• October 30, 2020
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and BookList, has launched a reading program that provides libraries and schools with an annual list of… Read more

Halloween Haunts: From Birthdays to Doorbells to Arson: Mischief Night

• October 30, 2020
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By Kevin Wetmore My mother’s birthday is October 30.  She told us that when she was growing up her parents would throw a Halloween-themed birthday party. My grandmother would call… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Haunter of the Cul de Sac

• October 29, 2020
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By Nancy Holder Oh, Halloweens of my childhood, those halcyon days when our parents hardly ever supervised us and had no idea of the traumas we underwent in the name… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Hungry Ghost Festival

• October 28, 2020
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By Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn Lee Murray: As a girl, I remember my Kiwi-Chinese mum lighting joss sticks for the spirits of the dead, always three or five slender… Read more

Halloween Haunts: “You don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps”

• October 27, 2020
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by Frazer Lee In another life, and another time (1998 to be specific) I was hired to work crew for several weeks on a film shoot. The movie production in… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Voice and Poe

• October 26, 2020
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by Naching T. Kassa   When I think of Halloween, sweet memories come to mind. The scent of caramel apples, the brisk chill of October’s dying breath, horror films flickering… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Rising from the Dead

• October 25, 2020
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by Chris DiLeo Every Halloween, my father rose from the dead. He would wait until his victims were so close there was nowhere they could run, and as those quivering… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Can Halloween Be Pandemic Proof?

• October 24, 2020
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By Pamela K. Kinney   I always loved Halloween. When people asked me as a child what my favorite holiday was, I knew they expected to hear it was Christmas.… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Dive Bombed in a Nightmare

• October 23, 2020
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by Damian Serbu Halloween often brings to mind memories of past frights and haunts. As a horror writer, I find myself drawn to moments that scared the crap out of… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Thank You, Horror

• October 23, 2020
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by Tom Leveen   The thing is, the non-readers of horror don’t get it. They don’t get our attraction to the darkness, to the monstrous. They don’t get that we,… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Everybody is a Book of Blood

• October 22, 2020
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By B.R. Yeager   Each October, we immersive ourselves in narrative. Yes, yes—those classic and cult films, those new and beloved books. I don’t need to tell you. Search “best… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Short Stories, Long Journeys – Halloween Lights

• October 21, 2020
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by Anna Taborska Halloween has been lucky for me as a writer. The first story of mine ever published was a Halloween-themed story, and it came out in time for… Read more

Classical Frights — Halloween Poetry by the Great Ones

• October 20, 2020
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By David E. Cowen, Bram-Stoker Nominated Author of Bleeding Saffron Every October social media sites become saturated with celebrations worthy of Samhain (pronounced “so-win” in Gaelic I am told). The… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Halloween Then and Now and in the New Now

• October 20, 2020
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by Kate Maruyama   We do enjoy Christmas, but the most wonderful time of the year for my family is the Halloween season. When we first moved to the neighborhood,… Read more

Halloween Haunts: On Treats and Tricks

• October 19, 2020
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by Christopher Hawkins Trick or treat. We say the words, but we don’t often give a lot of thought to them. They’ve become generic holiday words, not much more than… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Haunted Houses

• October 18, 2020
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by David Sharp   One of my favorite Halloween traditions is going to haunted houses—not breaking and entering into an abandoned places where ghosts may dwell, but going to the… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Halloween Party Guest

• October 17, 2020
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by R.A. Stafne Sometimes Halloween plans just don’t work out. Indeed, they sometimes fall completely apart. This does not necessarily mean that Halloween won’t end up being scary and memorable,… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Hallowmas

• October 16, 2020
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By Katherine Kerestman The Hallowmas Feast was held in The Cauldron Black, an occult shop in Salem, Massachusetts, on the wharf in Salem Harbor.  It is a close space with… Read more

Halloween Haunts: How Grandma Made Me a Horror Writer

• October 15, 2020
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by Jeremiah Dylan Cook I didn’t know true horror until the day my grandma died. Up until that point, no one I’d known closely had journeyed into the great unknown.… Read more