Why do we do it?
Why do folks like Mike Dellosso, Brian Keene, Elizabeth Massie, Kevin Lucia, me, and any number of other writers look at the dark side of… Read more
Fans of horror and dark fantasy love Halloween. There’s a reason people watch frightening films or walk through “haunted houses” to be terrorized by college students dressed as zombies: There… Read more
Every day when he comes home from preschool, my four-year-old son, Owen, proceeds to creep us out with his artistic creations. Here are some of my favorites (with appropriate captions):… Read more
As with most authors of horror stories and ghost tales, one of my favorite times of the year is the Halloween season. My fondness for the spooky holiday stems back… Read more
L.L. Soares is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel for Life Rage.
1. How would you describe Life Rage?
Life Rage is,… Read more
There are a lot of wonderful reasons to use Halloween in fiction. It’s an extraordinarily rich holiday, offering a variety of experiences. For some, it’s about the autumn season, with… Read more
October raises dark dreams of chill breezes and the aroma of dead leaves.
Dreams of streets and houses, dead black in silhouette against sunset’s orange and indigo skies.
Twilight dreams.… Read more
The following is a true story… even the names haven’t been changed.
It was the last week of autumn in West Philadelphia, and the wet, warm smell of falling leaves… Read more
My favorite Halloween (so far) was the one I spent in England.
I was researching a novel, and my research took me all over the United Kingdom, including to Northern… Read more
As a child, I’ve always loved Halloween, including the night before. The cool crisp autumn winds howling outside. The brisk air through my open windows. The colors of the changing… Read more
Halloween, and cemeteries, and nightmares, and zombies! Oh, my!
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a fan of all of the above. Well, maybe not always the… Read more
The monsters come out at Halloween. It was the time when they didn’t have to hide and the adults could see them and not realize what they were. Some kids… Read more
I arrived at the Javits Center in New York City for the BookExpo—an oversized, rolling suitcase in hand to tote back all of those advanced copies of my novel that… Read more
Joe McKinney is the recipient of the 2011 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Novel for Flesh Eaters.
1. How would you describe Flesh Eaters?
Flesh Eaters is… Read more
Sometimes horror writers have big egos. It goes with the territory: we are entrusted with the godlike power to instill fear, to make mere mortals quake with terror, or at… Read more
I found something in a cemetery last Halloween season.
I want to tell you what it is. You know I want to, but we must stroll through this cemetery first.… Read more
Halloween has always been one of my favourite holidays.
This is an oddity because, growing up, I was a particularly frightened child: the kind of kid who clings to cotton… Read more
Quick, what is more scary: Freddy Krueger’s burnt, ugly face, or the sound of his knives scrapping against a boiler room wall? Why is it that we are still obsessed… Read more
I grew up in a pretty typical suburban town on Long Island. We didn’t have any haunted houses or creepy graveyards in Smithtown—you had to drive all the way to… Read more