Teeny Halloween Villages and Towns

Department 56

I love stuff like this! I don't collect it, but I know many people who do. It makes me feel like a little girl again, playing with toys in her dollhouse. I wish I could afford to buy it, or even have a place to store it. If I could, I'd have it out year-round. But I'm too afraid I'd break something.

The Headless Horseman

This classic story by Washington Irving can be read aloud to children. It's perfect to help set the ambiance of the holiday. Hint: Don't go for the movie versions, unless you use Disney's.

Now Available! CODE 30 by Gail Smith (Linda Mooney w/a)

CODE 30

Tales of Supernatural Horror

by Gail Smith

Tease Publishing(ebook)

Word Count: 33.3K

Order here: http://allromanceebooks.com/product-code30-11805-140.html

Hello. My name is Alexis Hembree and I’m a cop. My partner and I are good at our jobs. Except we don’t tend to work what others would call a "normal" police beat. For some reason we draw evil toward us like flies to sugar.

Sometimes there are things in this world we can’t explain or anticipate. And when they happen, when they show up, when they cross that line between their world and ours, we have to deal with them as best we can. It’s our job to stop them. Even if it may cost us our lives.

303 Lexington Street
It was a crack house. Except, in this case, drug dealers went in but didn’t come out. Not alive. In body bags. What’s more, if everyone who went inside ended up being shredded to death, who was doing the killing?

Georgie Porgie
The killer targeted women. Young, old, prostitutes, business women, it didn’t matter. One moment they would be walking down the sidewalk in the middle of town, and the next what was left of their bodies would be found in a nearby alleyway. Devoured. That’s why I had to be the next one to walk the streets. To draw out whoever was doing this. To be his next victim.

The Farewell
He murdered young girls by crucifying them with ice picks. He was slick, elusive, and heading for our city. My partner and I were damned and determined this murderer would get no further. Unfortunately I couldn’t keep my head on the job. But neither could I ignore the weird-ass dreams I was having about this deviate. This case was becoming more personal, more foreboding, and more dangerous with each passing day. And there was no damn way I could avoid what I dreamt would the final outcome.

Samhain

Celebrated by the Celts as the Celtic New Year,
it's also referred to as "the time when the walls between the worlds grow thin..."

Horror Magazines - I Gots 'Em!

A reader read my blog over at Dark Phantom and asked what Fangoria was. It's a horror magazine, and it's been in business for a very long time. The covers might gross you out, but the articles are tops. You hear about the business end of making movies, get insight into how certain special effects are created, and you're treated to little bits of trivia about characters and such. The mag also features DVD reviews (I love to hear about alternate endings and delelted scenes), book reviews, music reviews (who 'da thunk? Horror music!), and loads of other stuff.

If you haven't tried Fangoria, and you love horror, give it test drive!

The First Family of Halloween

No matter how you slice it, the Addams family is America's First Family of Halloween.

Whether you prefer the original by Chas Addams...

The 60s television version...

Or the movie version. :D

Great Horror Online! Fearnet.com

Fearnet.com

Uncut movies! Trailers! Blogs! Interviews! Horror News! Articles!

I watch just two hours of TV a WEEK...

and this is one of them.

You can bet I'll be glued to my television set on Halloween night for their 7-hour live event. Just like I did the past two years.

SIMOLIF is up for a New Covey Award!

The cover to RUNNER'S MOON: SIMOLIF is up for cover of the month!

http://thenewcoveycoverawards.blogspot.com/

If you can, please go over and vote for it. Voting information is located on the left side.

Thank you!

Have You Made Your Jack-o-Lantern Yet?

It Ain't Halloween Without Candy Corn

To find out how this stuff is made, go here.

LOVE it! :D

Mooney Does Movies: "It's Alive"

Check out the Cohen version, originally released in the 70s. Back when horror was produced without CGI.

IMDB is here.

Wikipedia is here.

Want to spend Halloween with a good old-fashioned scare? Try it! It's a classic!

It's a TWOFER!

Woot! Mayra also blogged Gail Smith's interview over at The Dark Phantom Review!

You can see it here: http://thedarkphantom.wordpress.com/

I've Been Interviewed!

by BlogCritics Magazine!

For the month of October, they're interviewing authors of horror, so my horror persona Gail Smith has a chance at the spotlight. :D

You can see the full article here.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/10/05/202010.php

It's not Halloween without Charlie Brown

It's a Book Signing in San Marcos!

Trick or Treat!

Smell my feet!
Give me something good to eat!

Halloween is not complete with a Ghost!

Yeah, I know I'm dating myself when I confess that I can SING THAT TUNE! LOL!

(Psst! You can find a midi of the tune here.)

Of Ghoulies and Ghosties

Scottish Prayer

Traditional

From ghoulies and ghosties

And long-leggedy beasties

And things that go bump in the night,

Good Lord, deliver us!

I LOVE FALL! I LOVE OCTOBER! I LOVE HALLOWEEN!

So every day this month I'm posting a
Fall/Autumn/October/Halloween

pic/movie review/bit of
nostalgia/something-or-other just because
I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!