2015-10-14 06:21:03Z.M. Wise is a poet, editor and poetry activist. He has been a written-word poet for almost two decades and a spoken-word poet for four years and is co-owner and co-editor of Transcendent Zero Press, an independent publishing house…
2015-10-14 06:10:57I was born on 24 October – a week before Hallowe’en. Growing up in the North of England in the 1970s, this didn’t mean much – Hallowe’en wasn’t a big celebration. Bonfire Night, falling five days later was a…
2015-10-13 06:00:43It’s that time of year again. I gleefully walk into the temporary outlets of spook, where all my Halloween needs can be found: zombie rats, life-size skeletons, grave stones, reapers, spider webs, fog, black lights, glow paint, dripping blood,…
2015-10-12 10:41:25 Welcome to the showcase of member publications! Select a book cover to purchase or learn more about it or the author. You can view the wall of amazing cover art from past years by using the dropdown in…
2015-10-12 06:00:46With the season of the witch upon us, thoughts turn towards fantasies played in the veil between worlds. The ideas of neglected ghosts and spiteful succubus aren’t too far from our fleeting thoughts as the leaves spin in chilly…
2015-10-11 10:00:59We haven’t the Halloween tradition, in Italy. Well, to tell the truth: we have had it for a few years. But it’s not a tradition, it’s not folklore, and it’s not a great, popular celebration as in United States…
2015-10-11 06:00:43Halloween is a great excuse to throw a party. These themed cocktails and cute snacks to serve with them are a welcome addition to any celebration—in theory. Vampire’s Kiss This sophisticated and elegant beverage looks as though it will…
2015-10-10 06:00:51You’re at Halloween Haunts, hosted by the Horror Writers Association; I don’t need to convince you that Halloween is the best holiday. I don’t need to regale you with tales of childhood mischief to get you in the mood…
2015-10-09 06:00:31For me, October means haunted houses! Not the real ones, mind you; those are year round. I’m talking about haunted house attractions. As part of the research for my latest book, I wallowed in reading articles about haunts and…
2015-10-08 10:00:39Halloween is not unlike death itself, I suppose. We know it’s only a matter of time before it arrives, whether we want it to or not. It’s more predictable than death, of course, arriving like clockwork every thirty-first of…