2015-10-06 06:00:31When the Season of Mists comes, and Halloween with it, I enjoy nothing better than sitting beside the fire with a book – often in search of inspiration for my next story. A couple of Halloweens ago I was…
2015-10-05 06:00:50It crawled toward midnight, outside the Old Bailey in the echo of Sepulchre’s bells The moon wrapped himself in a blanket of clouds the winds screeched a bone-chilling yell I turned up my collar to stave off the night a stranger I walked on alone Feeling the cold,…
2015-10-04 10:00:20Fear is one of those deeply personal things. I, for one, am absolutely terrified of clowns. There’s no good reason for this fear, and my mother assures me she never abandoned me at a circus during my childhood. I’m…
2015-10-04 06:00:03My first few Halloweens when I was young were simply awesome–just a pinch of scariness coupled with an adventure with my friends. The trick or treating was almost secondary to the costumes and comradery of what excitement awaited us–almost.…
2015-10-03 06:00:12It’s that time of year again. October is upon us once more and with it come the same sets of expectations and disappointments that come every year for those of us that still hold that ideal Halloween in our…
2015-10-02 06:00:08Interested in writing horror but don’t know where to begin? Here is a list of the 9 essential horror novels you need to read to get you started. In no particular order. No one can tell you what the…
2015-10-01 06:00:11As far as I know, no student ever saw inside the room with the yellow, rippled glass window. The only one on the second floor of St. James School not part of a classroom row, the window glared down…
2015-09-28 23:30:01Beginning on October 1st and running through the entire month, HWA will once again present its annual Halloween Haunts blog series, with posts about history and Halloween from HWA’s members, book excerpts, and lots of great giveaways you won’t…
2014-10-31 10:00:57Dim light spilling through a red-stained Gothic window cast a ghastly pall over a heavily shadowed long hall. At the center of the room, bathed in the bloody illumination, a naked woman lay down on a black velvet covered…
2014-10-31 06:00:43I grew up in a relatively safe neighborhood in Colorado Springs, which was why, when I went trick-or-treating in fourth grade, I was allowed to go with a small group of friends and no adult supervision, and how I…
