Quarantine-o-ween infographic

Updated March 30, 2020 My friend, author Katie Craig, tagged me in a post she saw on Instagram from the @greatpumpkinproject, who in turn had shared it from the originating source, @preservehalloween, about Quarantine-o-ween:   View this post on Instagram   #Repost @preservehalloween with @get_repost ??? Sounds like a planContinue Reading

The Myers House NC Spookhouse Theater movie screen with Michael Myers holding a knife in front of it

The Myers House NC throws a big Halloween bash every year, but check out this exciting post on Instagram that I spotted: View this post on Instagram   I’m excited to finally announce SPOOKHOUSE THEATER! This has been a long time in the making and a dream come true forContinue Reading

HAuNTcon logo

It’s January, which means a couple of things: It’s a New Year, and HAuNTcon is right around the corner. January 17-19, 2020 to be exact. It’s always the first Halloween Con every year, and it’s once again taking place in New Orleans alongside the Halloween & Party Expo. What IsContinue Reading

I created the #MyHJHaunt contest with selfish intentions initially. I LOVE Halloween decorations and seeing all the creative ways people spook up their houses. That’s what I was after. However, I wasn’t expecting how hard picking a winner would be. Holy cow there were some GREAT entries. I’ve put offContinue Reading

We had some great entries for the #MyHJSelfie Halloween Costume Contest. We had seven categories to choose winners for. However, we goofed on our original post and listed “Most Original” twice. One of those should’ve been “Cutest.” Didn’t catch that until now. Best Couples Costume AND Most Original Costume: VampireContinue Reading

After playing around with the Facebook Live feature, we feel like we’re getting a little more comfortable with it. And thankfully we have a couple very dedicated friends/fans who’ve shown up to our experimental FB Live events. They’ve made them even better. (Otherwise it’d just be me and Skellie twiddlingContinue Reading

Here’s another contest for our HJ Halloween Festivities. Do you like the Human Organ for Transplant lunch bag pictured above? Enough that you’d like to have it for your very own? If you answered yes to the above questions, great! Read on for how you can enter to win it.Continue Reading

Our Halloween 2016 Festivities have a Halloween Costume Contest, but it wouldn’t be complete without a Pumpkin Contest! What We’re Looking For Pumpkins, pumpkins, and more pumpkins of course! Master carver? We want to see! Great at arranging pumpkins into festive displays? Please treat our eyes to that feast! Can’tContinue Reading

What kind of party would our HJ Halloween 2016 Festivities be if we didn’t include a costume contest? That’s right. We want to see you all decked out in your Halloween finest! Categories We’ll be awarding trophies and medals in the following seven categories: Funniest Costume Scariest Costume Most OriginalContinue 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

Hello! My name is Emma Rae Curtis, and I’m a huge fan of Halloween. I blame it completely on my wonderfully active imagination. I’ve had it ever since I was a little girl, and there’s been no looking back. It is a big part of who I am. Halloween hasContinue Reading

    The next stop on the Party Express is to a very good friend of mine’s blog, Chris Verstraete’s Candid Canine. Let me give you a little background on Chris… We met online 10 years ago. We were both members of a Yahoo Group called Short Mystery Fiction Society.  ChrisContinue Reading