2024-10-25 00:24:45Halloween Haunts: Halloween in a Theatre By Kevin Wetmore There is a running joke in the theatre, often expressed on a t-shirt, stating, “I can’t – I have rehearsal.” This has felt like a truism for much of…
2024-10-24 04:43:10 By Tom Joyce Taking a creative writing course is a concept that some of Ray Cluley’s fellow authors seem to find puzzling. Even objectionable. If you’re calling yourself a writer, shouldn’t you already know how to write?…
2024-10-22 07:08:08Halloween Haunts: An Oingo Boingo Halloween By Joshua Millican I’ve always loved horror more than Halloween. Horror, that feeling you get when you face the darkness of the unknown, has fascinated and excited me since I was a…
2024-10-18 07:21:31Halloween Haunts: KRAKEN, AND RAVENS, AND RAPTORS… OH, MY! By Evan Baughfman October’s not just for things bumping in the night. It’s also when sports grab ahold of me, slide their fangs into my bookish flesh, and transform…
2024-10-17 07:13:54Halloween Haunts: What Ben Cooper Taught Me About Life By Den Shewman The things that made me: The famous Shock Theater package of Universal Studios monster movies, licensed cheap to local TV stations. Aurora’s monster kits, especially the…
2024-10-16 07:54:26Halloween Haunts: Cinnamon Sugar and Grave Dust: Musings of a Writer in San Diego’s Old Town By Kathryn Blanche “The oldest town in California,” touted the sign posted on the dust-coated message board of the El Campo Santo…
2024-10-15 07:48:46Halloween Haunts: Learning About Dark Poetry, and a Burning Haibun for Halloween By Stacie Herrington Hello, Halloween people! First off, I would like to thank HWA member and amazing poet Stephanie M. Wytovich along with all the contributors to…
2024-10-14 07:04:56Halloween Haunts: Have You Ever Shaken the Devil’s Hand on Halloween Night? By David Sandner Was it a Halloween night when Robert Johnson walked out to the crossroads to make a deal with the devil? I don’t know,…
2024-10-13 07:02:16Halloween Haunts: The Severed Hand By Michael Subjack Halloween has always been my favorite time of year, but there was an odd period between trick-or-treating as a child and enjoying more ambitious pursuits as an adult that found me…
2024-10-11 08:00:50 What inspired you to start writing? My short answer is reading. My longer answer is that I’d been a professional theater actor, which had more crossover with writing than I’d realized. When I stopped acting, I was…