2023-10-15 13:06:38Halloween Haunts: How a favorite holiday (Hint: It’s not Halloween) made me love spooky stories by Nikki Kallio When my collection of short fiction came out this year—an assemblage of sci-fi, speculative and gothic stories—a family member who read…
2023-10-14 13:06:38Halloween Haunts: Halloween on Blood Mountain By Jeffrey LeBlanc Golden and crimson leaves fall majestically from the ageless trees of Blood Mountain. As they drift along nearing the forest floor, I watch the wind wisp them up into swirls…
2023-10-13 13:06:21Halloween Haunts: Why Write Horror? by Megan Bledsoe My mom remembers sitting side-by-side with me in a vinyl green recliner back when I was two years old. She had her arm around me, was cuddling me close, when…
2023-10-12 13:06:30Halloween Haunts: Pangangululuwa by Victory Witherkeigh “Did you bring the crispy pata? It was your Tito’s favorite pork dish.” The woman sitting on the gravesite in front of me said. I turn my head, realizing that there’s a…
2023-10-11 13:06:17Halloween Haunts – HWA and Halloween-Inspired Horrorky by Paul Lonardo As a writer whose focus has always been prose, I had never even considered attempting writing in verse. The thought of composing a poem had always been intimidating to…
2023-10-10 13:06:49HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: THE RURAL HEART OF DARKNESS AND ITS MONSTERS by Nicole M. Wolverton The rural Pennsylvania hinterlands beg for monsters. It’s more than just the setting—sprawling cornfields, more than a few reputedly haunted covered bridges, dark forests,…
2023-10-09 13:06:24The drive-in has always held a special place for me in regards to horror. It was an awesome place to hang out and watch a double feature with friends. I would go no matter the weather; being in the…
2023-10-08 13:30:14Halloween Haunts: The Lighthouse by Elizabeth Mitchell I love St. Augustine. It’s a part of Florida that feels unlike Florida—or it did when I went there as a child. It was a slice of Europe with a splash…
2023-10-07 14:07:27Halloween Haunts: Helen Creighton: The Ghost Lady by Heddy Johannesen Helen Creighton was a celebrated folklorist, author, and pioneer researcher. She is best known for her book Bluenose Ghosts about firsthand accounts of spine-chilling tales. Creighton excelled at…
2023-10-06 13:06:59Halloween Haunts: Rekindling My Love for Halloween by Sheri White I have a confession to make. I don’t enjoy Halloween as much as I used to. The holiday has changed so much for me over the past…