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“Election Day”
(This piece was written specifically to be read aloud at an event happening on the evening of November 7th at the Bearded Lady Mystic Museum in Burbank. Because that’s the day after the midterm elections […]
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Anthologies
HAUNTED NIGHTS
ABOUT HAUNTED NIGHTS: Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and Lisa Morton, a leading authority […]
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President H
A few years ago, my frequent editor and friend Stephen Jones gave me one of the best gifts I’ve ever received: the assignment to write a novel that would be a part of his Zombie Apocalypse! […]
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My first yard haunt
After 28 years in a second-story apartment, I moved into a house again in January of 2015. Does it sound crazy to say that we immediately began to imagine our first yard haunt? If you […]
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The fiction of Halloween
I’m obviously a big fan of Halloween fiction. At its best, it does more than just capture the seasonal feelings surrounding the beloved festival; it tells us something about ourselves – why we have an […]
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New Wars and Dark Screams
Over the last few years, I’ve been involved with the care of several elderly relatives (in January, I became the live-in caregiver to my 82-year-old mother). I’ve been to dozens of doctors, hospitals, and skilled […]
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An Evening With Kate
September 9, 2014. My friend Mandy Slater and I take our seats inside the Eventim Apollo theatre in London at 7:20 p.m. The show is supposed to begin at 7:45. This will not be a […]
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THE ART OF HORROR
A celebration of frightfully fearful images, compiled by some of the biggest and most respected names working in the genre. From early engravings, via dust jackets, book illustrations, pulp magazines, movie posters, comic books and […]
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A Death in the Family
“He’s got a rattle now. It’s a death rattle. You should probably come soon.” That was my Mom on Wednesday morning. She was talking about my 93-year-old stepfather, Ed. A year ago Ed was still […]