2015-10-20 06:00:25Yep, I’m an old guy, so I remember going trick or treating back in the ‘60s (that’s a date, not a temperature) in a housing subdivision in Illinois. The subdivision was plenty big (all pre-fabricated houses; our family watched…
2015-10-19 10:00:14Mr. Crow left me his usual calling card—a lump in my neck—inviting me to a follow-up interview at Doylestown Hospital. That night I lay in my hospital bed only sleeping for moments, desperate just to blank out my mind.…
2015-10-19 06:00:37Horror shows its face (or doesn’t if it’s effective) through a lot of mediums these days, be it via television, movie, or my very favorite, books. There are some common themes that you can find with horror regardless of…
2015-10-18 10:00:28I probably wouldn’t have the attention span to write about Japan if I still lived there. It’s just too damned interesting. I tried, of course, but every time I sat down to the keyboard during those eight years, I…
2015-10-18 06:00:56Hello HWA! And Happy Halloween 2015! My name is Christopher Alan Broadstone, and I’m a musician, writer, and filmmaker, as well as being a brand new member of the Horror Writers Association. In the many online interviews I’ve given…
2015-10-17 06:00:03TAKE ONE At the end of October, you may approach an unfamiliar door. The door belongs to a stranger. When it opens, you show the home’s anonymous inhabitants trust, revealing yourself in fragile form, expecting a brief moment of…
2015-10-16 10:00:11I’m a haunted house connoisseur. Over the years since I was a kid, I’ve gleefully gone to all the various haunted houses that appear every Halloween. There have been a few close calls. I remember once catching a full…
2015-10-16 06:00:18The tradition – whether real or imagined – of ghosts more prominently appearing or visiting the living during Halloween inspires all sorts of stories in my mind. Nothing tantalizes me more, however, than real hauntings. And actual hauntings that…
2015-10-15 06:00:34That would be “Bring Your Own Cat,” and for those of us dog lovers out there, the following investigation into this certain ancient Halloween (or Samhain) practice, will bring tears of joy and long-repressed urges to break out the…
2015-10-14 10:00:37The ancient Celts celebrated the Sabbat of Samhain on the eve of October 31st, marking the Celtic New Year. Samhain means summer’s end, pronounced “samhuinn” (Scots Gaelic spelling) when they protected their herds in the stables and stored their…
