Halloween Haunts: On Being a Halloween Expert
by Lisa Morton
“How did you become a Halloween expert?”
At this point in my life, I can’t begin to tell you… Read more
Halloween Haunts: The Wolf Girl of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
by L. E. Daniels
“‘Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!’” That’s Dad, performing Bram… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Halloween Reading
by Kevin Wetmore
My non-horror friends always get a little excited that they can relate to me better for a few weeks. “We’re watching some scary… Read more
Halloween Haunts: The Last Trick or Treat
by Alison Armstrong
The last time I went trick or treating was the moment I realized my childhood was fading.
Every year I… Read more
Halloween Haunts: How to be Safe in the Cemetery
by Loren Rhoads
One foggy summer day, I explored the historic cemeteries a mile outside of Pescadero, California. The grass… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Our Love Story as Told by Halloween
by Jessica Hobbs
As my husband and I approach our anniversary of seventeen years together – an unusually long time for… Read more
Halloween Haunts: The Ghost with the Ruby, Ruby Lips
by Naching T. Kassa
A few years ago, during Halloween Haunts, I shared one of my most favorite scary stories… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Licensing on Halloween
by Rosemary Thorne
Children are not the only ones going door to door setting up dealings on Halloween. There are sorcerers too, knocking on the… Read more
Halloween Haunts: All The Treats!
by Linda D. Addison
Halloween has been one of my favorite holidays my whole life. As a child the idea of dressing up that… Read more
Halloween Haunts: A Halloween Poem by Maxwell I Gold
The Castle Ephialtes
By: Maxwell I. Gold
A stronghold built at the peak of my contemptuous thoughts; haunted… Read more
HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: INTERVIEW WITH A HORROR-LOVING CHILD
by Eric J. Guignard and Devin Guignard
I sat down to write this blog post, and—as I do before any writing—I read… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Thing That Make You Go “Hmmm…”
by L. Marie Wood
We speak of the dead in past tense and positives. We dress for them in ceremony and as… Read more
Halloween Haunts: A Halloween Wedding in the Cemetery
by Denise Dumars
A remembrance of Meg (Susan) Groeling, 1949-2023
Last October I officiated a wedding between two horror writers:… Read more
Halloween Haunts: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
by Lara Frater
I would like to take you back to a magical time. Before streaming and when few had… Read more
Halloween Haunts: When Taboo Becomes Tradition
by Carrie Lee South
When I tell non-horror people I write dark fiction, their response is often something like “Why? Don’t you want… Read more
Halloween Haunts: The Facts in the Case of Edgar Allan Poe
by Joseph Maddrey
When I moved to Richmond, Virginia in 2021, after fifteen years in Los Angeles, I… Read more
Halloween Haunts: How a favorite holiday (Hint: It’s not Halloween) made me love spooky stories
by Nikki Kallio
When my collection of short fiction came out this year—an assemblage of… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Halloween on Blood Mountain
By Jeffrey LeBlanc
Golden and crimson leaves fall majestically from the ageless trees of Blood Mountain. As they drift along nearing the forest floor,… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Why Write Horror?
by Megan Bledsoe
My mom remembers sitting side-by-side with me in a vinyl green recliner back when I was two years old. She had… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Pangangululuwa
by Victory Witherkeigh
“Did you bring the crispy pata? It was your Tito’s favorite pork dish.”
The woman sitting on the gravesite in front of me… Read more