2021-10-14 13:13:13Embracing the chaos might be the journey we take to finding peace. ~ Rachel Hollis Creative types gotta create. It’s not just a slogan, it’s a credo for most of you reading today’s Halloween Haunt. We all find…
2021-10-13 13:13:18I was robbed of Halloween. I’m forty three years old. This shouldn’t be about me. October 31st should be for my kids’ sake. But out of all the creature comforts coronavirus took from me in 2020, I’ll selfishly admit…
2021-10-12 20:13:40This was a Halloween full of parties. I, however, was a student at California College of Arts and Crafts, in the sculpture department, not so interested in parties. This Halloween, I created a true, walking, talking monster. It was…
2021-10-12 13:13:03Well, I suppose I should specify that this is what Halloween was like for me in Green Brook, New Jersey while growing up in the eighties and nineties. I have always had a connection with horror from a young…
2021-10-11 20:13:33Storms inspired Halloween in a sense. Like witches casting spells under a horrific storm in the middle of the night. Or a ghost only manifesting itself under stormy conditions like most horror and ghost stories specify. Maybe tortured souls…
2021-10-11 13:11:17Halloween casts a dark spell on us. October enchants the young and old as spirits roam free. The veil between the worlds is thinnest now. I have a keen and strong interest in the paranormal. I would happily work…
2021-10-10 13:00:55My daughter has a tote bag printed with the words, My Mom Blogs About Vampires. When you are a parent who writes about the paranormal, horror, and urban fantasy, it is always Halloween, and of course you’re always the…
2021-10-09 20:33:24Halloween is that time of year when the veil between our world and the next, the natural and the supernatural, becomes virtually non-existent. What better way to celebrate, and gather real-life inspiration for some excellent horror writing, than by…
2021-10-09 13:00:43I got to write about my family’s connection to Halloween last year, which was very cathartic, and resulted in tears when I talked to my mom about it. This year, I thought I would talk about the importance of…
2021-10-09 11:13:19Most every child loves Halloween, for the obvious reasons. Costumes, candy, classroom parties, and a little dash of mischief thrown in for some razzle dazzle. We’ve all been there, and I’m sure that we all had an undeniably great…
