Month: October 2012

31 Days of Spoooktacular: Happy Halloween

I'm drinking a beer called Vampire Slayer (brewed by Clown Shoes). This isn't a review, I'm just letting you know that I have a dark, flavor rich beer and you should get some yourself. No, really I'm just here to say, Happy Halloween. We've spent a lot of time together, you and I and it's … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: Happy Halloween →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: In the Path of the Storm

Storms do not scare me. They haven't scared me in some twenty years. The thunder is so much noise and the lightning is avoidable. Hail is a problem, but only rarely and only when you're outside. And, in the end, there's not a lot you can do about it except button down and stay low. … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: In the Path of the Storm →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: The Little Things

During the Halloween season, people reach for the big scares: movies, haunted theme park rides, horror conventions, creepy costumes. And, I think, they neglect the little details that permeate our lives that are truly unsettling. Take the following spam comment I got on one of my older entries: "How should I tell him the bad … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: The Little Things →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: It Approaches

Halloween is loping forward at a dead run, though you have your back turned and you're not aware of how close it is to pouncing on you. As always, I feel like I didn't do enough Halloween stuff, that I did too much too early and burned out too fast. But I've decided to let … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: It Approaches →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: Factory Built Haunted Houses

I have never really wanted to go into one of those haunted houses that pop up this time of year. You know the ones; they advertise every five seconds on TV between September 1st and October 31st, the commercials always show screaming frat boys, and there are a lot of pumpkin graphics while the guy … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: Factory Built Haunted Houses →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These

When I was younger, I used to have nightmares on occasion; terrible things that woke me up in the middle of the night, sweating and shaken. I once woke up to pitch black and I could have sworn that I heard someone whisper, "I'm going to kill you". There were a couple of uneasy moments … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: Sweet Dreams Are Made of These →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: The Gauntlet

Way back in the beginning, you may recall that I said that 31 Days of Spoooktacular was part of how I planned to force writing to become a habit for me. Writing has always been something I do sporadically, intermittently and with no true pattern. Even over the course of this year, where I've given myself … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: The Gauntlet →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: Masks

Masks are scary. And not just masks of scary aliens or wolves or demons. I know for a fact that there are people who find the above mask creepy, even though there is nothing inherently creepy about it. There's no blood or fangs. There's nothing sinister about it. It represents no gender, race or deformity. … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: Masks →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: Do You Fear What I Fear?

If I were to catalog the myriad fears and superstitions that bind me, we would be here the rest of the night and you would be feeling increasingly sorry for me. They range from the mild, but compelling (numbers, silver, threes) to the more provoking, but manageable (don't touch, please don't touch, and now there's … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: Do You Fear What I Fear? →