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Halloween Haunts: Once in a Blue Moon

2020-10-13 14:00:44by Lou Rera Those of us who live for this time of year when we can be someone or something else without raising eyebrows, know full well, Halloween is a day unlike any other. I suspect most HWA members…

Halloween Haunts: The Owl

2020-10-12 23:00:41By Jeffrey LeBlanc Children of Horror, The leaves are crisped and sere with a harvest moon brilliantly glowing. Goblins, ghouls, and ghosts trek chilled, fog-filled streets to trick or treat. And the living and undead dare the decrepit crypt…

Halloween Haunts: Halloween Records!

2020-10-12 14:00:14By Dr. Greg McWhorter Heh…heh…he…The wind is starting to blow. The bats are flapping around in the moonlight. Distant howls from wolves can be heard late into the night. Ah, yes…it’s Halloween time once again! And what better way…

Halloween Haunts: Writing Modern Horror

2020-10-11 14:07:38 By Heddy Johannesen Horror has a seductive hold on us. Horror is like a tentacle crawling from the crypts of our darkest dreams to suck us into horrific nightmares. If done properly, it casts a dark magic, sending chills…

Halloween Haunts: Scarier than Halloween

2020-10-10 14:17:00By Loren Rhoads   Halloween has always been my kid’s favorite holiday. I did everything I could to encourage Ezra in that, even letting her choose to stay home from a school sleepaway trip in fifth grade so she…

Halloween Haunts: A Corporate Halloween

2020-10-09 14:07:49By David B. Riley I worked for many years in the hotel business in the mountains of Colorado.  At high altitude snow was a very real possibility for Halloween.  One day, as Halloween was approaching, snow seemed unlikely so…

Halloween Haunts: Barbasol and Terror

2020-10-07 14:02:02By Meghan Arcuri   The fathers always took us. That’s just how it was. Maybe the dads liked it more. Maybe they thought they’d get extra candy. Maybe that’s the way it was done in my neighborhood. Regardless, most…

Halloween Haunts: A Hundred Years of Horror Movies

2020-10-06 14:07:58by Amanda Trujillo Halloween is horror movie season. Actually, I enjoy horror movies year-round, but when Halloween draws near, I marathon my favorites. As a child, I’d watch my favorite films (mainly Universal) throughout October to get into the…

Halloween Haunts: A Tradition of Fright

2020-10-05 14:00:42by Robert P. Ottone As long as I can remember, Halloween has been my favorite holiday. This isn’t an original concept, right? Every horror writer champions Halloween as the best night of the year, but for me, my affinity…