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…
2023-10-05 14:07:04HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: THE GHOST OF YOUNGER ME, STILL LAUGHING BY MY SIDE by Ronald J. Murray My earliest taste of bringing others frightful fun came on Halloween during my twelfth year. Almost annually, Halloweens were spent at my…
