Halloween

HWA’s HAUNTED NIGHTS released October 3rd!

• September 12, 2017
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ABOUT HAUNTED NIGHTS Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and… Read more

Halloween Pumpkin Recipe Contest!

• August 17, 2017
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HWA Announces Contents of Its Next Anthology, HALLOWS’ EVE

• November 27, 2016
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An exciting line-up of bestselling and critically-acclaimed authors will share the table of contents with some of the horror genre’s best new voices in the Horror Writers Association’s next anthology,… Read more

Happy Halloween from HWA!

• October 31, 2016
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Happy Halloween from the Horror Writers Association (HWA)! As horror writers, of course we treasure Halloween, but we also understand the concerns of some educators in regards to the holiday.… Read more

Halloween Haunts: A Condemned Man, A Halloween Memory by Steve Rasnic Tem

• October 31, 2016
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Back then, for me, it was all about masks. For Halloween, sure, but I’m also talking about day-to-day.  This all started with the perception that people seldom said what they… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Halloween Defines Fall, At Least for Me By John F.D. Taff

• October 30, 2016
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I have found, in 25 years of fiction writing now, that the surest way to a feeling of verisimilitude in a story is to process the experiences in my life… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Emotional Realism in Extreme Horror Fiction by Nicole Cushing

• October 29, 2016
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  First things first: let’s acknowledge the elephant in the room. Extreme horror fiction hasn’t always enjoyed the best reputation. Despite the commercial success of books like Bret Easton Ellis’… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Exorcism for Fun and Profit by Loren Rhoads

• October 28, 2016
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I read The Exorcist early in high school.  My mom was a school librarian and didn’t place any limits on what I read, figuring that if it was too mature… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Real Creeps, or How to Create Horror Non-fiction Shorts by Lisa Morton

• October 27, 2016
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One of my favorite pieces of advice for new writers looking to make more sales is to consider trying some non-fiction. As an author who is known for both fiction… Read more

Halloween Haunts: It’s Not a Season, It’s a Lifestyle by Greg Chapman

• October 26, 2016
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You all know my tale of woe. I am forced to live without the true spirit of Halloween because I live on the other side of the world. 🙁 But… Read more

Halloween Haunts: It Was a Different Time by JG Faherty

• October 25, 2016
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Recently, I had the opportunity to go on a vacation with a group of friends. Five couples, and 2 of them had their daughters with them, ages 17 and 19,… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Meet Joe Pipe by Pete Mesling

• October 24, 2016
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I grew up in a small town in North Dakota. I’d say the population was around 16,000 to 18,000 back then. In a town that size, there aren’t a lot… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Widow By Erik Hofstatter

• October 23, 2016
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  A billow of fruity vapour swirled around me as I waited to begin my morning commute. It smelled like peaches and reminded me of a smokescreen employed by the… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Cheapers Creepers by Sumiko Saulson

• October 23, 2016
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When I get writer’s block, I turn to one of my other creative tools, such as painting or illustration. Back in the fall of 2012, when my father was in… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Mr. Moose by Walter Jarvis

• October 22, 2016
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Mr. Moose haunted our house at Halloween during my high school years. My youngest brother, who was seven at the time named him, and the name stuck for his once-a-year… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Halloween, A Becoming by Lou Rera

• October 21, 2016
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Halloween is a becoming. In the parlance of pop culture, it’s an outing. You can become a Halloween extrovert and strut it, or you can be discovered in the shadows… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Killer Pumpkins by Naching T. Kassa.

• October 20, 2016
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When I was a girl, I loved the “B” horror films of the 1950’s. My dad introduced them to me and I enjoyed the terrible acting, cheap sets, and silly… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Last Haunted House I Remember by Kristina Stancil

• October 20, 2016
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Growing up in the Bible Belt I felt like an outcast.  I didn’t care about Miss Piggy and her jewels that she always raved about.  I was down with the… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Hallowe’en in a Suburb and in a Library by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.

• October 19, 2016
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  I have spent much of my adult life chasing my drug of choice: the feeling of October in the New England of my childhood. The day gets darker earlier,… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Where Have All The Children Gone? by Kenneth W. Cain

• October 19, 2016
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  This last Halloween was the first for my family in our new house. While my wife and I anxiously waited for children to show up at our door in… Read more