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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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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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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 […]

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Me and Mr. Jones

Last month at the World Horror Convention in Portland, Oregon, I had the pleasure of introducing HWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award and special guest Stephen Jones not once, but twice. First, I introduced him during the […]