Halloween Haunts: How a favorite holiday (Hint: It’s not Halloween) made me love spooky stories

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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, I watch the wind wisp them up into swirls across the rocky bald, and shadowed crags of Blood Mountain. I smile warmly and place my hand to my brow shading my eyes from the crossing sun. I narrow my blue eyes and furrow my brow trying to trace the track of the turbulent leaf storm as it rolls and glimmers as elfin gold in a late-afternoon sun. It truly is a glorious October afternoon in Nature’s splendor. ...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 her arm around me, was cuddling me close, when I suddenly gasped and twisted to look behind me. ...More...

Halloween Haunts: Pangangululuwa

by Victory Witherkeigh

“Did you bring the crispy pata? It was your Tito’s favorite pork dish.” ...More...