It’s October!

The air is getting cooler, and my yard is filled with pumpkins and creepy creatures, including Edward Broomhands, who’s new to the family. I have the theme song from The Blob stuck in my head, and all my smiley faces have fangs, and I’m happy, HAPPY, HAPPY because my favorite month is here! Last yearContinue reading “It’s October!”

After It Rains

Rain is an event here in Austin. We tweet about it, talk about it, marvel at it, and sometimes dance in it. At times, we get more than we need, as happened during the terrible Memorial Day weekend floods earlier this year. But more often than not, we go so long without rain that itsContinue reading “After It Rains”

When Writers Go on Vacation

When Horror Writers Go on Vacation… They visit cemeteries and consult creepy fortune tellers and seek out local lore of haunted places. Photos: The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA; The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, NY; The Carousel Museum in Hartford, CT (fortune teller); Maine Ghosts & Legends: 10 Encounters with the SupernaturalContinue reading “When Writers Go on Vacation”