If you like Stephen King books, and have for a while, you’re probably familiar with Gerald’s Game. It’s a little bit sexier than most of his work, but don’t let that edginess fool ya. It’s still dark, distributing and laced with just the right amount of eeriness. The first timeContinue Reading
While most witch tropes revolve around broomsticks, pointed hats, and black cats, the main witch in Slavic lore, Baba Yaga, doesn’t participate in any of these. While she does maintain the traditional physical appearance of a witch — long, spindly white hair, haggard appearance, skinny-to-the-bone arms and legs — ratherContinue Reading
While witches have played a huge role in human lore since the beginning of recorded history, it wasn’t until the 15th century that the actual hunting of witches really came into play. Particularly in Europe, the sudden influx of perceived witches was a source of mass panic amongst those livingContinue Reading
Yesterday I wrote about Week in Weird’s Tin Foil Hat Challenge. What a hoot! I had a lot of fun fashioning a tin foil hat for both myself and Skellie. Oh who am I kidding? The challenge gave me a great excuse to goof off. Some people play with dolls.Continue Reading
Last Fall I heard about the Land of Oz in Beech Mountain, North Carolina. Meant to look into it further and write about it, but didn’t. (Me and my good intentions will be engraved on my headstone.) Anyway, the Land of Oz came to my attention again last week whenContinue Reading
As explained on the Anthologies page, the release of the Shadow People and Cursed Objects anthology has now been pushed for the third time. Originally it was intended to come out by September 25, 2015. Then we re-grouped and aimed for December 1, 2015. Now we’re looking at February 1,Continue Reading
A marketing rep from Pixel Bizarre contacted me about a free app (music to my ears) they have out: Pumpkin Blaster. It’s designed for iPhone and iPad. Since their description so beautifully covers it, I’m copying and pasting it below: PUMPKIN BLASTER – BLAST THEM ALL! Blast as many pumpkinsContinue Reading
Our affiliate, HalloweenCostumes.com, has generously agreed to give one of our readers a $25 gift card and free shipping. You know what that means, right? Contest time! I have the perfect contest idea for us too. It’s a game I like to play with myself every summer called “Guess WhichContinue Reading
Just wanted to post a quick update about the Shadow People and Cursed Objects anthology that we’re still accepting submissions for. Submissions Wow! The response to the call for submissions has far exceeded my expectations. I was hoping for as many as 10, but figured I’d be lucky to justContinue Reading
A lot of you reading this are probably familiar with Phantoms & Monsters run by Lon Strickler. I have no idea how long he’s been at it now, but I know when I started HJ in 2009, he was (and still is) one of the preeminent paranormal blogs. And ifContinue Reading
In my post about our adventure to the Escape Game Nashville, I mentioned online escape games you can play. But I’d heard tell of other live-action versions in other cities and wondered about them. Where were they? Were they similar to the one in Nashville? I searched them out andContinue Reading
We’re really excited to announce that submissions are now OPEN for an anthology we tried to launch last year but…well. We didn’t get it going. However, this year we’re ready to go! (Are you digging the cover? We totally are! Check out what we have to say about it’s opticalContinue Reading
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