2015-11-01 23:45:55Monique 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 and in-between reviewer of all things entertaining. Her short…
2015-10-31 06:00:37By 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 costume, jumped, the plastic Iron Man mask clattering to…
2015-10-30 06:00:18We 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 any crime let alone that crime — The Amityville…
2015-10-29 06:00:25It 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. We used to have a blast on this favorite…
2015-10-28 06:00:25When 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 offers up, or the (mainly poor, old, single-by-choice, physically…
2015-10-27 06:00:34I 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 differ); I’m referring to my geographic location. Specifically, the…
2015-10-26 06:00:13Ghosts 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, and ghost-themed movies scare up box office dollars. But…
2015-10-25 06:00:44Horror 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, when I’m not carving upside-down pentagrams into my 4-…
2015-10-24 06:00:08From 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 grounds are open to visitors. Chinko-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan…
2015-10-23 10:00:16Hallowe’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 it turned out, was one of above average mobility…