2015-10-23 06:00:11During 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, kicking off the night before on 30th October). The…
2015-10-22 06:00:19Halloween 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 legend, though each Halloween the promise of treats sends…
2015-10-21 06:00:54When 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 peeps. Those marshmallow treats in shapes of yellow chicks.…
2015-10-20 10:00:01 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. This is mostly true, but growing up here…
2015-10-20 06:00:25Yep, 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 was plenty big (all pre-fabricated houses; our family watched…
2015-10-19 10:00:14Mr. 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 for moments, desperate just to blank out my mind.…
2015-10-19 06:00:37Horror 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 themes that you can find with horror regardless of…
2015-10-18 10:00:28I probably wouldn’t have the attention span to write about Japan if I still lived there. It’s just too damned interesting. I tried, of course, but every time I sat down to the keyboard during those eight years, I…
2015-10-18 06:00:56Hello HWA! And Happy Halloween 2015! My name is Christopher Alan Broadstone, and I’m a musician, writer, and filmmaker, as well as being a brand new member of the Horror Writers Association. In the many online interviews I’ve given…
2015-10-17 06:00:03TAKE ONE At the end of October, you may approach an unfamiliar door. The door belongs to a stranger. When it opens, you show the home’s anonymous inhabitants trust, revealing yourself in fragile form, expecting a brief moment of…