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A Portrait of the Halloween Expert as a Young Woman By Lisa Morton

• October 31, 2019
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  Happy Halloween! Today’s Best Of Halloween Haunts was originally published last year….. When my father passed away in 2015, I received an unexpected and lovely inheritance: thousands of color… Read more

“Why Do We Love Halloween?” By JG Faherty

• October 30, 2019
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  Welcome back to Halloween Haunt’s! Today’s Best Of was originally published in 2017…. As a horror writer, it’s kind of expected of me that I’ll be enamored of the… Read more

68 Years of Halloween by Steve Rasnic Tem

• October 29, 2019
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  From last year’s Halloween Haunts, here is today’s Best Of…. I believe I was seven years old the first time I went trick-or-treating. Before that I wasn’t much aware… Read more

“How We Made a Monster (and scared the bejeebers out of an entire high school)!” By Lloyd F. Ritchey

• October 28, 2019
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  Today’s Best Of Halloween Haunts was originally published in 2017…. We watched with glee as a man scooped up a little girl and bolted for the door. The kid… Read more

Which Witching of Which Witches? by Nancy Kilpatrick

• October 27, 2019
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From 2015, here is today’s Halloween Haunts’ Best Of…. When I was seven years old, I saw a witch. I mean a real witch, not one of the politically-correct Wiccans… Read more

Interview Spotlight: Robert Payne Cabeen

• October 26, 2019
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  Today’s Halloween Haunts was originally published last year… Happy Friday All! Today marks the last interview spotlight as Halloween Haunts welcomes writer, artist and poet Robert Payne Cabeen. At… Read more

It’s Not a Season, It’s a Lifestyle by Greg Chapman

• October 25, 2019
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From 2016, here is today’s Best Of Halloween Haunts… You all know my tale of woe. I am forced to live without the true spirit of Halloween because I live… Read more

Four-Color Frights by James Chambers

• October 24, 2019
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Happy Halloween Haunts! Today’s blog comes from 2016… Every Halloween I follow certain traditions. A handful of movies I dig out to watch, some music I like to play, favorite… Read more

The Killer Pumpkins by Naching T. Kassa.

• October 23, 2019
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Today’s Best Of Halloween Haunts comes from 2016… When I was a girl, I loved the “B” horror films of the 1950’s. My dad introduced them to me and I… Read more

How to Make a Monster By Janet Joyce Holden

• October 22, 2019
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  Welcome to a Best Of Halloween Haunts from 2018… I’ve always thought book-signing events should be cool and awesome, and with that in mind I always bring a few… Read more

Gamers Guide to Halloween Video Games (That Actually Take Place on Halloween) By Nicholas Diak

• October 21, 2019
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  A Best Of Halloween Haunts from 2018…. Introduction Year after year, various online periodicals compile lists of the best video games to play during the month of October. Typically,… Read more

“Why Do We Love Halloween?” By JG Faherty

• October 31, 2017
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As a horror writer, it’s kind of expected of me that I’ll be enamored of the Halloween season. And it’s no secret that I am! But I loved Halloween long… Read more

“How We Made a Monster (and scared the bejeebers out of an entire high school)!” By Lloyd F. Ritchey

• October 30, 2017
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We watched with glee as a man scooped up a little girl and bolted for the door. The kid was kicking and screaming with fright. “Ah,” I thought. “Another successful… Read more

“Underworld Gothic” By Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray

• October 29, 2017
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Lee Murray: We’ll probably shock our American colleagues by saying Halloween isn’t really a thing down here in New Zealand. No neighbourhoods of kids out Trick or Treating. No pumpkins… Read more

“A Halloween Ritual” By Naching T. Kassa

• October 28, 2017
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Halloween is a magical time for children. October chill fills the air, frost glittered pumpkins wait in the patch, and disguised friends roam the streets. Halloween traditions increase the enchantment.… Read more

“The 1970s, The Goatman, and Me” By Sheri White

• October 27, 2017
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The 70s were a scary time to be a kid. It was an era of urban legends, UFO sightings, Bigfoot, and demon possessions. In my town, our urban legend was… Read more

“Season’s Change” By Kristine Smith

• October 26, 2017
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Halloween never seemed to be a big deal when I was a kid. I grew up in Florida during the mid-1960s, and recall maybe a week or so of festivities.… Read more

“In Loving Memory: Morbid Anatomy Museum” By James Chambers

• October 25, 2017
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This year marks the Horror Writers Association New York chapter’s first Halloween without the Morbid Anatomy Museum since we reformed a few years ago—and the dark country of October feels… Read more

“Friendly Neighborhood Spooky Cemetery” By Heddy Johannesen

• October 25, 2017
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Merry meet all, I live near the Mount Olivet cemetery with its own claim to fame. It is where the Titanic victims were buried. I often visit there, and stroll… Read more

“Tis the Season for Chills and Thrills” By Lincoln Cole

• October 24, 2017
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Dictation Lesson: This Halloween, I decided to try out something new that had always scared me: dictation! I’ve wanted to try writing my books by speaking the words aloud and… Read more