2013-10-23 06:00:56Halloween. This is one of my favorite times of the year. In fact, the whole month of October is such a wonderful time for me. Aside from the noticeable changes in the sultry, hot and sweaty summer, of which…

2013-10-22 10:00:30Last year, I described what fear was for me. It has never been that which I see, the visceral and horrid depictions on a TV screen, but always in those moments of reflection that follow. Often, when we are…

2013-10-21 10:00:47Originally published in Raven Elektrik’s Jack O’ Spec, 2011. It was time for another Family Gathering. I can always tell because Auntie Blue gets fidgety and insists we wash all the curtains twice. Cousin Anne makes a night sky…

2013-10-21 06:00:35 well I let their teeny minds think that they’re dealing with someone who is over the brink and I dress this way just to keep them at bay cos halloween is everyday it’s everyday Ministry, “Every Day is…

2013-10-20 10:00:24For years now, I’ve been hoping for The Horror Revolution. A resurgence. A return to the good old days of the eighties (before I was born!) when horror was not only successful, but thriving. In some ways, on some…

2013-10-20 06:00:01Halloween 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…

2013-10-18 10:00:34We’ve heard for years how to write. We’ve learned three-act structure, possibly subconsciously, through countless hours of movies, television shows, and novels. We’ve read articles about sentence structure, grammar, what kind of dialogue tags to use, point of view,…