The day is here, my friends! We made it! Happy Halloween, Happy Samhain, and (slightly early) Happy Día de los Muertos!Thank you for joining me in my month-long holiday celebration. I truly hope you've enjoyed it. I have ( Read more... )

We are almost there, my friends!

The quote for today come from Neil Gaiman's oh-so-timely essay "Ghosts in the Machines" from Tor.com.

"We are gathered here at the final end of what Bradbury called the October Country: a state of mind as much as it is a time. All the harvests are in, the frost is on the ground, there’s mist in the crisp night ( Read more... )

Cool things are afoot!
- A new documentary is in the works about one of my all-time favorite television series: Millennium after the Millennium.
- Check out the Apex Magazine 2016 Subscription Drive, complete with lots of extra goodies and rewards ( Read more... )

I have a special treat for you today ( Read more... )

Once I saw upon an object-glass ( Read more... )

Speaking of the Year without a Summer...

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the writing of Frankenstein, two new anthologies have just been published.

Eternal Frankenstein (2016)Official Description: "Two hundred years ago, a young woman staying in a chalet in Switzerland, after an evening of ghost stories shared with friends and lovers ( Read more... )

This past summer marks the 200th anniversary of the infamous Year without a Summer, during which the Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva in Switzerland served as the setting of a historic literary meeting of the minds. Two of the remarkable products of that gathering (which included Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, later to become Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe ( Read more... )

Here are two quick recommendations of works I recently finished that are perfect for the season.
* Book rec:
A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby (2016), historical/mystery/horror/fantasy YA. What a beautiful, haunting story! My review is here.
* Netflix streaming rec:
Glitch. This is the Australian version of France's take on "the dead are ( Read more... )

I love the idea of subscription boxes, but I've been slow to try many, and of those I have tried, only two at this point have won me over. Please note my positive comments below are those of a customer and not someone who received free items in return for a review.

First is Evil Supply Co., because 1) I actually use the stationery I receive (I'm ( Read more... )

Today I offer you a spooky short story, perfect for one-sitting reading or listening: "The Four-Fifteen Express" (1867) by Amelia B. Edwards.

- You can find a free audio version of the story for download from Librivox here.

- You can read the complete story online here.


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