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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
2020-10-08 14:00:48by L. Marie Wood Pumpkins and goblins and witches galore… those are things that Halloween is for! Ok, mayb e not, and I thank you for sitting through that random rhyming start – the rest of the post will be…
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…
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…
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…
2020-10-04 14:00:27Dracula. Frankenstein. The Mummy. The Wolfman. Posters covered his walls, as did cotton cobwebs, rubber tarantulas, and bats strung with elastic. Dribbles of wax added authenticity to the gold-painted candelabra on shelves covered with Tales from the Crypt and…
