2022-10-19 13:00:37When I was a kid in the 1980s, long before the advent of R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps, my friends and family told scary stories with a funny twist. Some were rather dirty like, “The Ghost in the Walls,” while…
2022-10-18 13:56:52From my very first Halloween, I learned how important sewing is to that special night. My mother wore an elaborate clown costume, complete with a separate neck ruffle with ringing bells. Her mother had crafted this costume for her…
2022-10-17 13:53:03To say that I never saw myself writing horror is an understatement. My earliest memory of horror was at my best friend’s birthday when we were children. I don’t remember exactly how old we were, but I doubt we…
2022-10-16 14:00:14Like many people born in October — all of us beauty-loving Libras, all of those mysterious, sexy Scorpios — I grew up thinking that Halloween was my special holiday. Like I had some sort of corner on the market.…
2022-10-15 14:31:36I’ve written a lot of Halloween fiction, and I do mean A LOT. As in, I’ve already had one entire collection of just Halloween short stories and novellas – The Samhanach and Other Halloween Treats – published (by JournalStone)…
2022-10-14 14:09:05When our son was not-quite-two, my wife and I—perhaps irresponsibly—took him into a Spirit Halloween store, scarring the kid for years. The demon-possessed animatronics and creepy-crawly creatures proved to be too much for little Mason. The incident is forever…
2022-10-13 14:06:23For some odd reason, a Halloween memory from high school popped into my head the other day. I’m not one to love going back to immerse myself in high school reflections. I didn’t love or hate that part of…
2022-10-13 08:01:01 Trigger Warning: This article addresses mental health. Why Mental Health representation in SFFH matters By Penny Jones Recently, I had the privilege of moderating the Fantasycon 2022 panel on mental health in SFFH with my panellists David Green…
2022-10-12 14:02:29I always wanted to be a writer, but deep inside for most of my life, I was constantly in a struggle with my own demons. Demons of being “less than”. Once when I was in sixth grade, our English…
2022-10-11 14:00:30I came home for the first time to celebrate Samhain, one week after someone died there, on that land. If I were ever to write a tabletop role-playing game based on Halloween, I think I’d forego the use…