2012-10-04 04:00:45Allyson Bird is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel for her book Isis Unbound. 1. Tell us about what inspired you to write Isis Unbound? I’ve always been interested in Ancient…
2012-10-03 04:00:58Halloween. It’s trite that this holiday would be the favorite of a horror writer, but there it is. Halloween is my favorite holiday, better than that blissed-out full feeling at Thanksgiving. Better than a pile of presents at Christmas…
2012-10-02 06:00:21We had a marvelously terrifying basement in our house in Western Virginia, a perfect setting for a Halloween party. The room at the bottom of the kitchen stairs was unsettling enough: a blocked-off fireplace, peeling vinyl flooring with a…
2012-10-02 04:00:26“What is that monstrosity in the driveway?” I knew those would be my wife’s first words when she got home. I went to kiss her hello. Her eyes burned through me. I paused at a safe distance. “It’s a…
2012-10-01 04:00:27I’m certain I’m not the only horror writer who’s ever wondered what they would do if they found themselves in the real-life equivalent of a chainsaw slasher flick. I’d venture, in fact, that this is something horror writers spend…
2011-11-19 02:50:57Many thanks to all those readers who supported the HWA’s first Halloween Haunts blog event! We appreciate you stopping by to read the posts and excerpts and enter for book giveaways. We hope you had a Happy Halloween and…
1970-01-01 00:00:00By the time you read this, it will be too late. My time is short, so I will be brief. Whoever you are, however you have found this journal, know that I wanted this. Welcomed it. But that when…
1970-01-01 00:00:00Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, the other favorite being Thanksgiving. I’ve always enjoyed dressing up and I’ve had some great costumes courtesy of my mom and her willingness to sew. I had a dog costume…
