Over at www.goblinbooks.com we're going to spend the next couple of weeks exploring the classic Bloody Mary game and urban legend we all learned about as kids.  For those who don't know, you were supposed to recite the name "Bloody Mary" several times into a mirror with the lights off, and then something terrible would appear.  I'd love for you to ( Read more... )

I just got my spooky "Staircase" short story accepted over at www.microhorror.com.  It's a site that specializes in flash fiction -- spooky tales of just a few hundred words a pop.  In their case, the limit is 666 words long.  Ha.

Anyway, I also updated the Goblin with a couple of links and some of my favorite "ghost caught on tape" clips from the ( Read more... )

Just posted a creepy short story about a creature you might know over at www.goblinbooks.com.  You vampire fans might notice some similarities to the legendary New England undead, such as Mercy Brown.  That definitely provided some inspiration, but I also watched John Carpenter's The Thing last night.  So that probably had something to do with it ( Read more... )

I'm serious.  If you can't see the genius in this clip... it's like I don't even know you.  Get out.  Now.

Below is a clip by a French group named Zombie Zombie of John Carpenter's "The Thing" filmed with GI Joe characters.  It makes me happy in a way that I can barely remember from the first time I saw The Muppet Show and from when I learned that ( Read more... )

It's real and it's all over at my blog at www.goblinbooks.com.

I took a 17 mile hike to get these shots, and I got eaten alive by mosquitos.  But the results are utterly spooky.  Enjoy.

Sure, you're going to need canned food for when the Big One hits.  Everybody knows that.  "That Sarah Palin makes me want to stock up on canned food!" folks say.  Or, "The way the market is going, I'm going to run out and buy canned food!"  Canned food is important.

But don't forget the moist towelettes.

After you crawl out of your bunker and don ( Read more... )

I found a full version of Nosferatu on Youtube, and also something else you kids might like.  It might just be the first, and most pure, horror story you've heard.  It's all at my site: www.goblinbooks.com.

... is a pit bull knows it's not qualified to be vice president of the United States.  Especially riding the ticket next to a 72 year-old who looks like he has an alien egg sac growing out of his head.  Sure, a pit bull might lick its own butt.  Maybe it'll maul the neighbor kid. 
But like most dogs, a pit bull is a deeply practical creature.  Just ( Read more... )

I got a nice mention over at Zombos' Closet of Horror.  What's neat about it is that everything is in narrative form, as if it's a little story about the main character, a C-movie horror actor named Zombos and his ever-patient valet.  The site is devoted to all things horrific.  It's good, creepy fun for anyone who remembers watching monster movies ( Read more... )

I'm kicking off Halloween right now, dammit, converting my blog www.goblinbooks.com into a house for all my dark things -- original fiction and various tidbits I find on the web.  We'll start with a (very) short story.  Hopefully you'll get a shiver with your morning coffee.

Read it here.