2011-10-28 00:48:41by John Hornor Jacobs So far I’ve progressed through five of the seven ages of Halloween. I’m forty now, a father of two girls, and broaching the midpoint of my life. But I think back on the forty Halloweens…
2011-10-27 06:42:22Full Title: In The Bleak Midwinter: A Special Agent Constance Mandalay Novel Author: M. R. Sellars FOR THE PEOPLE OF HULIS, MISSOURI, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS ARE HELL… On December 22nd, 1975, something unthinkable happened in the small, northern Midwest…
2011-10-26 00:40:28by Lisa Morton This is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Halloween, to be published by Reaktion Books in 2012. If you’re not familiar with Reaktion, they do beautifully designed pop culture histories with color illustrations, and Halloween will…
2011-10-25 08:39:08Gabrielle Faust is giving away one paperback copy of her novel, Regret. Enter now by posting in the comments section below or e-mailing memoutreach@horror.org. Read a sample chapter from the upcoming release Revenge by Gabrielle Faust and Solomon Schneider.…
2011-10-25 00:37:47by David Sakmyster Being on the HWA’s Stoker Jury panel for screenplays, I figured at the least I’d get to study a lot of the year’s best screenplays. I’d engage in interesting discussions about the merits, and particularly the…
2011-10-24 00:13:56by Christopher Hawkins My wife and I met at a Halloween party. We both went in costume; me in a wizard getup that I’m still embarrassed about, and her in a sari that made her especially adorable. We connected…
2011-10-23 00:08:53by Amy Grech Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, more beloved than Christmas because it’s the most magical day of the year when candy is almost as plentiful as snow on Christmas Day! The trees shed red, brown,…
2011-10-22 00:59:23by Lon Prater By now everyone who wants to has had the chance to see Van Helsing, whether in a theater or on video. Few critics have had good things to say about the film, a fact that’s easily…
2011-10-21 12:42:20by Matt Mogk After a typically harsh Chicago winter, the city by the lake was sunny and bright in the early summer months of 1969. Escaping the rising afternoon heat, a young film critic named Roger Ebert ducked into…
2011-10-21 00:02:38by Anne C. Petty Years ago, I spent one memorable Halloween along with three friends at Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp, the famous enclave of mediums in central Florida. We stayed with friends in nearby Deland, who were openly wary of…