Halloween Haunts: Living in Halloween Central by J.G. Faherty

I can honestly say I live in Halloween Central. No, I'm not referring to how extensively I decorate the house for my favorite holiday (although my wife would beg to differ); I'm referring to my geographic location. Specifically, the Lower Hudson Valley region of New York State. It is, without a doubt, the perfect place for a horror writer to live. The area comprises several counties – Rockland, Westchester, Orange, Dutchess, and Putnam—and all of them have a history rich in haunts, spooky tales, and strange phenomenon. North of Manhattan, south of Albany, it's an area whose history of ghostly,…

Halloween Haunts: Making Halloween Mean Something by J.G. Faherty

Well, our favorite holiday of the year is fast approaching, and as always my writerly mind turns to thoughts of promotion. Or at least it did, back in August, when I started looking around for themed events in the local area where I could sign and sell books. I've done this before, appearing at fright fests and books stores, either alone or with other writers. Then something happened that changed my focus. I did a young adult reading at one of our local libraries. Now, at the time, I was just getting started in putting together some ideas for articles…

THE COLD SPOT by HWA Member JG Faherty

Author: J.G. Faherty Clay Daniels is an outcast among outcasts. Cursed with a terrible birthmark on his face, his life is an endless misery of teasing and physical abuse from his classmates. Things only get worse when his parents die and he's forced to move in with cruel relatives who make the torture of school seem like paradise. Then everything changes when he meets a boy named John in the woods behind his house. John and his friends don't care what Clay looks like, or that he's not strong or particularly smart. That's because they're dead, and the dead don't…

CEMETERY CLUB by HWA Member JG Faherty

Author: J.G. Faherty 20 years ago, four friends awoke an ancient evil. Now it's back, and only the Cemetery Club can stop it before the whole town ends up dead. Or worse. Rocky Point is a small town with a violent history. Mass graves, illegal medical experiments, and brutal murders dating back centuries. Of course, when Cory, Marisol, John, and Todd form the Cemetery Club, they know none of this. They've found the coolest place to party after school - an old crypt. But then things start to go bad. People get killed, and the Cemetery Club knows the cause:…