Originally published in Raven Elektrik’s Jack O’ Spec, 2011.
It was time for another Family Gathering. I can always tell because Auntie Blue gets fidgety and insists we wash all… Read more
well I let their teeny minds think
that they’re dealing with someone who is over the brink
and I dress this way
just to keep them at bay
cos halloween… Read more
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Greg Chapman is the artist of Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times, written by Rocky Wood and Lisa Morton, recipients of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior… Read more
We’ve heard for years how to write. We’ve learned three-act structure, possibly subconsciously, through countless hours of movies, television shows, and novels. We’ve read articles about sentence structure, grammar, what… Read more
Should Halloween not be a case where the parent is the boss of what their child does without it being considered evil? Hypocrite or actual devout Christian can find some… Read more
Lisa Morton is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel for Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times co-written with Rocky… Read more
If you’re anything like me, your interest in the horror genre explodes every October. You set aside the Michael Chabon or Nick Hornby you’ve been reading for Stephen King or… Read more
Summer’s bright days are still upon us: the joys and laughter stronger, louder, as if the earth’s bounties now ready for harvest rail us with delight. As the days begin… Read more
When I was a kid, the excitement leading up to Halloween night was second only to that of Christmas Eve. The leaves had fallen and made a wonderful noise when… Read more
Rocky Wood is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel for Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times co-written with Lisa… Read more
Halloween is hungry, thirsty work. All those seasonal book signings and live readings can really take it out of you, not to mention the effort it requires to fish all… Read more
The Halloween season is upon us, when the trees shed their leaves like scraps of yellow-orange construction paper that shuffle beneath your feet, every pumpkin spreads a butter-yellow grin,… Read more
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1. How would you describe Vampires, Zombies, and Wanton… Read more
Nightmares are the stuff of dreams-the subtle edge of darkness that creeps across the sleeping mind, evoking inner demons to dance macabre behind the shuttered windows of the soul.
I… Read more
October 31st – Halloween night:
A lonely drifter wanders on a dark sandy road through the scrubby New Jersey Pine Barrens. Clouds mask the full October moon. A screech is… Read more
Lucy Snyder is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction for her story “Magdala Amygdala.”
1. How would you describe “Magdala Amygdala”?
I’d describe… Read more
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