So all month long we’ve talked about creatures, books, music, and some great new titles to really get you in the mood to be scared. Yet, I have a bit of a confession… I was a complete scaredy cat even through my teenage years. Even now, I can’t do gore (unless it’s really campy), and … More Halloween as a professional genre-type person
I’ve been waiting eleven months for this. I wait for Halloween like some people wait for Christmas. Truth be told, I’m usually so worn out that I don’t get to go out like I used to (or go completely crazy and dress up and terrorize the neighborhood like I certainly never ever have done before … More It’s Halloween!
We haven’t done one of these in a while, and with Halloween approaching it’s time to scary up the playlists! I don’t know about you, but a good Halloween song can make an eh day a lot of fun. So I’m going to go through a few of my favorites, and some newer songs that … More Macabre Music Monday!
So I have this quirk..I may not completely believe everything that I read, but there’s a part of me that kind of wants to. My grandmother was the same way – very into UFO conspiracy theories and life in outer space. Granted, I’m not so big on that end of the spectrum, but there are … More Monster Monday: Cryptozoology and Real Hauntings
So I’ve been thinking lately about that age-old topic that gets my blood boiling…women and horror. I feel strongly about gender equality in genre, I think that we have a lot to contribute to the dark genres, and when I happened upon an old post about the top 25 women horror writers you’ve never heard … More Thoughts on Women Horror Authors
Zombies are really hot right now, right? They seem to be THE thing, but why is that? What fascination do we have with disgusting corpses walking around killing and transforming the living? Seriously, if you were to go up to a random person and be all “Dude, you’ve got to see this! It’s about these … More Monster Monday: Zombies
So, I really wasn’t kidding when I said I wanted to grow up to be Elvira. Horror hosts and anthology shows are things that have always intrigued me. Shows like The Twilight Zone, Tales from the Dark Side, Tales from the Crypt, and on and on…they’re fabulous. Where else can you get such a range … More The full range of horror
If you’ve hung out with me, read my posts, or been around me for any amount of time, you know that eventually I’m going to say something about Cthulhu. I can’t even remember at what point I even discovered H.P. Lovecraft – I think I heard references to Call of Cthulhu or something and was … More Monster Monday: Cthulhu and the Eldergod Brigade
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, so let’s open up the vaults! Today’s piece of my tragic writing past is from November 20, 1990, so I would’ve been ten or so. I will warn you, this was when I was neck deep in my self-insertion fantasy phase (though some could argue … More The Lost Manuscripts: The Magic Leaf
I’m not exactly sure at what point in my life I started to become a rock n’ roll addict. I was the first child for my parents and grew up before it was regular practice to plaster albums with parental warning labels. Truth be told, the music of the eighties was so embedded in popular … More Music Monday: Born to Add er…Rock
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