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Musings in the NightMaybe it's just me, but after damn near 40 years on the creative end of the horror/dark fiction lit business, it feels like...
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Smith Mountain Lake AdventuresIt's been a pretty good while since I've headed out on a solo geocaching adventure, and since today's weather looked about as...
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Extending the Dick & WillieI shit you not, the Dick & Willie has gotten longer. Yes, about two decades ago, the old Danville &...
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Speakeasy on StarlingFriends Bob & Yvonne accompanied Brugger and me to a unique and entertaining event last night at the Virginia Museum of...
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Grave Treasures!Grave treasures! A little interview at Cemetery Travel about "things" you might find in the land of the dead....
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Distant Early Warning Alert:Scares That Care Presents AuthorCon III!It's coming up on the horizon — Scares That Care Presents AuthorCon 3 — happening at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel...
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It's Just OverkillAfter my morning walk, I planned to spend the rest of the day writing. I ended up taking a much longer walk than usual, and when I...
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The Smith River, a Haunted Island, and the Spooky PlaceAlmost every day, I walk somewhere between three and four miles around our neighborhood, which has done wonders for my...
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Happy, Horrific Valentine’s Day and Damned Rodan’s Madre de Dios Spiked SalsaWhile St. Valentine's Day might be a real "thing" in certain religious circles, neither Ms. B. nor I see it as much more than a typical...
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DEATHREALM: SPIRITS at Lovecraft eZine!Lovecraft eZine proprietor Mike Davis was kind enough to have me, authors Tony Tremblay and David Niall Wilson , and...
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Number 1 and Driving HighWhat a day. What a freaking day. A mixture of the best and the worst rolled into one. It began last night when friend Scott (a.k.a....
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DEATHREALM: SPIRITS Bookbub Deal!From Bookbub... With terrifying tales from Bram Stoker Award–winning authors Brian Keene , Elizabeth Massie , Joe R....
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Pre-Dawn Muggle Madness and MoreSince Ms. B.'s folks have reached that age where they need a bit more help from time to time, she heads to Michigan regularly to visit...
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Hellnotes Reviews Fugue Devil: ResurgenceHellnotes reviewer Carson Buckingham gives Fugue Devil: Resurgence a big thumbs-up! A...
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Bad BehaviorWhy not? I'm gonna step right up and post my thoughts sparked by the latest of the endless social media explosions because, for me,...
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One Guess LessI saw in my online "memories" post that pops up daily that, on this day in 2012, I found the geocache called " The Curse of Samarra...
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WIP Excerpt: The House at Black Tooth PondNot very long ago, I wrote a haunted house story, titled " The House at Black Tooth Pond ," for an upcoming anthology, which will be...
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THE FORT — A Short Horror Film by Alan Lastufka"Teenage best friends Erin and Tim have their own hideout in the woods. It’s an old reclaimed trailer nicknamed the Fort. And it just...
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Man the Pumps!An hour ago, we received a tornado alert on our phones, the wind came roaring, and the tornado sirens started blaring. That all...
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Guns of the Wasteland by Leverett ButtsMainly on my long daily walks, I've been listening to Lev Butts 's Guns of the Waste Land series on Audible. It's Arthurian legend...
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The Weird Library: Listen in the Dark — "Black Shuck Tavern""Black Shuck Tavern," by author Emma Gibbon kicks off the debut episode of The Weird Library: Listen in the Dark ,...
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A Virginia Beach New Year'sFRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2023 These past few New Year's holidays, Brugger and I have gathered with our regular partners in...
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Scary Christmas and Happy Horrordays!CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING ... I got up fairly early, well before Ms. B., and made my usual Christmas Eve...
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A Happy Horrorday Freebie — "Masque of the Queen"A FREEBIE! Submitted for your approval: a sampling from my short story collection, Fugue Devil: Resurgence ... a...
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A Supper Club ChristmasThroughout the year, our good friends, Joe & Suzy and Terry & Beth , get together with Brugger & me for a regular,...
