2025-10-02 11:00:23Halloween Haunts: The Personal Nature of Horror Eugen Bacon As writers of horror, there are many motivations that spur us to write this kind of fiction. Some, perhaps like Eric LaRocca, there’s a certain glee in unsettling the…
2025-10-01 11:00:51Halloween Haunts: Have a Bluetooth Halloween By Lisa Morton Bluetooth. Who could’ve predicted ten years ago that Bluetooth technology would be one of the major future advances in the art of the Halloween haunt? But it’s happened, and…
2024-10-31 07:19:39HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: DO GO IN THE BASEMENT BY TIM WAGGONER When I was child in the mid-1960s to the mid-1970’s, I attended a Quaker church in my small southwestern Ohio town. My parents, as far as I know,…
2024-10-30 07:16:14HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: UNDERWORLD CONNECTIONS By Lee Murray Another spooky season is upon us and, once again, I’m scratching my head, trying to come up with something to contribute to our HWA Halloween Haunts blog. Because, as I’ve said…
2024-10-29 07:57:46Halloween Haunts: THE LEGEND OF STINGY JACK by Debra Every Herein lies a tale fit nary for babe nor child. Only the brave shall know the legend of Stingy Jack. In a town long gone, nestled ‘tween the…
2024-10-28 07:53:23Halloween Haunts: The Great Pumpkin Massacre By Paul Carro Okay, we all know one. A neighbor. Yeah, that neighbor. The one that might not quite be a demon but certainly knows them personally. My neighbor (let’s call him…
2024-10-27 07:50:28HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: ABRACADABRA, I KNOW WHO I AM Rosemary Thorne I remember my name and the year I was born. My beautiful house is so nearby that if I close my eyes, I can feel the familiar shine…
2024-10-26 08:46:41Halloween Haunts: The Horror We Share By Naching T. Kassa Every time Halloween season comes around, I think of my dad and how he introduced me to horror. My mom, the kindest person I have ever known, wasn’t…
2024-10-25 07:09:08Halloween Haunts: Rekindling The (Halloween) Magic By DJ Slater I remember when the feeling hit me, the one where you realize something that once brought you immense joy no longer reaches those heights. Since my early childhood, my parents…
2024-10-25 00:24:45Halloween Haunts: Halloween in a Theatre By Kevin Wetmore There is a running joke in the theatre, often expressed on a t-shirt, stating, “I can’t – I have rehearsal.” This has felt like a truism for much of…
