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Halloween Haunts: Short Halloween Treats by Galadriel Faye

• October 18, 2021
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“We find delight in the most loathsome things” –   Charles Baudelaire ‘Tis the season for all things that howl, bite and go bump in the night. Grab a pumpkin spice… Read more

Latinx Horror: Interview with Sergio Gomez

• October 18, 2021
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Born in Mexico but raised in the United States, Sergio Gomez lives in Philadelphia with his family. He enjoys reading, martial arts, looking up recipes, cooking, but most of all… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Blood-Drinking Freaks by Loren Rhoads

• October 18, 2021
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There’s a snapshot of me when I was 10, sitting on a boulder outside of Grand Teton National Park. The picture was taken from the passenger window of our family’s… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Ghosts Are People Too by Amanda Desiree

• October 17, 2021
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Ghost stories go together with Halloween like “trick” and “treat.” The image of the sheet with eye-holes is as much a staple of the season as pumpkins, bats, and skulls.… Read more

Latinx Horror: Interview with S. Alessandro Martinez

• October 17, 2021
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S. Alessandro Martinez is an author of Mexican and Spanish descent, and a native Southern Californian with Autism/Asperger’s who writes horror and fantasy for adults and children. His writings have… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Working in a Haunted House by F. D. Gross

• October 17, 2021
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For some it’s such a strange concept, working in a haunted house where the general populace relates to it as something truly horrific and exciting, something you go to during… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Bad Blood Begets Worse Blood by Catt Colborn

• October 16, 2021
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Future relatives are the worse of the bunch when it comes to what terrifies the small and the weak, but just around that corner, a big wheel begins turning, and… Read more

Halloween Haunts: “Blood & Dust” by Jeffrey LeBlanc and “The Spider” by Julian Machen”

• October 16, 2021
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Children of Horror, On this most hallowed of nights, chilling winds howl from hurricane ravaged swamps. These same night winds carry the cry of wolves on the windy peaks of… Read more

Latinx Horror: Interview with Silvia Moreno-Garcia

• October 16, 2021
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SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Mexican Gothic, Velvet Was the Night, Gods of Jade and Shadow, Untamed Shore, The Beautiful Ones, Signal to… Read more

An Interview with the Willow Sisters: Poets Geneve Flynn, Lee Murray, Christina Sng and Angela Yuriko Smith

• October 15, 2021
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Halloween Haunts: Masks by David Sharp

• October 15, 2021
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One of my favorite Halloween traditions was getting or creating a costume. Being a closeted gay kid, it was always cool to pretend to be someone or something else. My… Read more

Halloween Haunts: How To Make a Spooky Zig Zaggy Mini Halloween Journal by Michele Brittany

• October 14, 2021
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Embracing the chaos might be the journey we take to finding peace. ~ Rachel Hollis   Creative types gotta create.  It’s not just a slogan, it’s a credo for most… Read more

Halloween Haunts: GIMME SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT: THE JOYS AND TERRORS OF A POST-PANDEMIC HALLOWEEN by Clay McLeod Chapman

• October 13, 2021
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I was robbed of Halloween. I’m forty three years old. This shouldn’t be about me. October 31st should be for my kids’ sake. But out of all the creature comforts… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Halloween I Created a Monster by Carla McBeath-Urrutia

• October 12, 2021
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This was a Halloween full of parties. I, however, was a student at California College of Arts and Crafts, in the sculpture department, not so interested in parties. This Halloween,… Read more

Halloween Haunts: This is Halloween…in Green Brook, New Jersey by Jesse Rosenbaum

• October 12, 2021
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Well, I suppose I should specify that this is what Halloween was like for me in Green Brook, New Jersey while growing up in the eighties and nineties.  I have… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Storm of Madness and Scars by Jeff Oliver

• October 11, 2021
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Storms inspired Halloween in a sense. Like witches casting spells under a horrific storm in the middle of the night. Or a ghost only manifesting itself under stormy conditions like… Read more

Indigenous Heritage in Horror: Interview with Owl Goingback

• October 11, 2021
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Owl Goingback has been writing professionally for over thirty years and is the author of numerous novels, children’s book, screenplays, magazine articles, short stories, and comics. He is a three-time… Read more

The HWA Honors Indigenous Peoples Day

• October 11, 2021
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Monday, October 11 is Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2021 in United States. Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures.… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Paranormal Halloween by Heddy Johannesen

• October 11, 2021
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Halloween casts a dark spell on us. October enchants the young and old as spirits roam free. The veil between the worlds is thinnest now. I have a keen and… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Crawl Space by Juliette Kings

• October 10, 2021
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My daughter has a tote bag printed with the words, My Mom Blogs About Vampires. When you are a parent who writes about the paranormal, horror, and urban fantasy, it… Read more