2018-10-08 13:00:05 I tend to look at world building in horror as half technical, half psychological. We’re writing about fear at its core, trying to tap into what makes us the most afraid. But we can’t do that without knowing…
2018-10-07 13:00:17 One of the oldest surviving works of literature is the Epic of Gilgamesh. It dates back to the 18th Century BCE. For those unfamiliar with the story, here’s a short recap: Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, is friends with…
2018-10-06 13:00:43 Happy Octoberween—the holiday for people who celebrate all month long! For many years now, I’ve been working with new authors as chief editor at the Bram Stoker Award ® winning small press Omnium Gatherum. I also critique, edit…
2018-10-05 13:00:57 Happy Friday everyone! Today, Halloween Haunts catches up with horror writer Sean Patrick Traver, author of The Temple Tree & Towerseries and the recent novella, Wraith Ladies Who Lunch. Both are in print and available at Amazon. Halloween…
2018-10-04 13:00:32 In our Underworld Gothic blogpost last year, we pointed out that Halloween isn’t really a thing down under in New Zealand. It’s true: hardly anyone goes trick-or-treating, you don’t see plastic skeletons propped up in our front yards,…
2018-10-03 13:00:07 The most magical time of year—Halloween! Bring on the costumes, candy, and the monsters. Let’s focus on the creeping villain, the slimily misunderstood, the tortured, and the turned. Monsters of all types hover, slither and ooze from above…
2018-10-02 13:00:16 First create spooky invitations for all of your friends, whether furry, human or undead. Or jazz a Facebook party event page and invite them there. Plan it ahead of time. Then enter your kitchen, summon your inner kitchen…
2018-10-01 13:00:50It was three years ago that I was editing my second academic anthology, which was on space horror films. As an academic-focused writer/editor, not a fiction writer, the Horror Writers Association was not on my list of organizations that…
2018-09-30 18:19:11 The Seers Table! Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community We have some creepy reading to take you up to Halloween! Linda Addison recommends Brian Barr is a fiction author of novels, short stories, and comics.…
2018-09-20 15:34:27 The days are getting shorter and cooler, and ravaged store displays are picked-over, having only straggling survivors among the pencils, notebooks, and backpacks. Children and teens have mysteriously vanished from public places on weekdays… It’s Back to School…