2013-10-07 10:00:04Halloween has always held a special place in my heart, even before I ever thought about becoming a horror and science fiction writer. While there is never one single reason a person can trace to a love of all…
2013-10-07 10:00:00Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. Growing up, I relished Halloween’s approach even more than Christmas. Santa had nothing on Halloween with Jack o‘Lanterns, costumes and candy… Every year the crisp October air prompted my father to take…
2013-10-06 10:00:18One of my most vivid childhood memories was of a haunted house in the neighborhood when I was young. It was the artificial variety. The guys who ran it where most likely high school students—certainly way older than me…
2013-10-05 14:00:04Why do we do it? Why do folks like Mike Dellosso, Brian Keene, Elizabeth Massie, Kevin Lucia, me, and any number of other writers look at the dark side of the literature spectrum? Why write horror novels when there…
2013-10-05 10:00:29Fans of horror and dark fantasy love Halloween. There’s a reason people watch frightening films or walk through “haunted houses” to be terrorized by college students dressed as zombies: There is something incredibly exciting and entertaining about being scared.…
2013-10-04 14:00:48Every day when he comes home from preschool, my four-year-old son, Owen, proceeds to creep us out with his artistic creations. Here are some of my favorites (with appropriate captions): …
2013-10-04 10:00:38As with most authors of horror stories and ghost tales, one of my favorite times of the year is the Halloween season. My fondness for the spooky holiday stems back to early childhood, when my fellow elementary school students…
2013-10-03 23:05:48Author: David A. Riley David A. Riley began writing horror stories while still at school and had his first professional sale to Pan Books 1969, which was The Lurkers in the Abyss, published in the The Eleventh Pan Book…
2013-10-03 10:00:19L.L. Soares is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel for Life Rage. 1. How would you describe Life Rage? Life Rage is, at its core, the story of psychologist who specializes…
2013-10-02 10:00:04There are a lot of wonderful reasons to use Halloween in fiction. It’s an extraordinarily rich holiday, offering a variety of experiences. For some, it’s about the autumn season, with the sights and smells and sensations that accompany longer…