Scary Cold On Halloween
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK In my adult years I’ve never been a fan of Halloween, especially now that I’m not supposed to be eating candy anymore. I mean, what’s the point? It pained me […]
Tag: Halloween
Can You Score A One Night Stand From Your Halloween Costume?
Let’s be honest here, if you’re single on Halloween, you probably want your costume to get attention. There’s no way you’re painting your hair green and making your face look like Snooki’s period if you […]
Fang Festival Follies
(Kids. Candy. Corpses. Career politicians. Okay, no corpses.) Well, here in my neighborhood, we’ve all managed to survive yet another pagan-based festival. You know the occasion – the one where diminutive, oddly-dressed strangers coalesce in […]
Vintage Halloween WTF-ery
Maybe it was the cocaine talkin’, but Halloween costumes took a decidedly creepy turn in the early 20th century. With most costumes made from what was laying around the house — bicycle parts, kitchen […]
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Rocks Halloween
She’s campy and brilliant and she’s conjured up an empire that has had decades of vampirish staying power. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, may be the “Queen of Halloween”, but Cassandra Peterson, the woman behind […]
Halloween Jagoff – My Personal Therapy
My blog posts are sometimes my personal therapy outlet. This is one of them. I love Halloween but I’ve been carrying the emotional scars from trick or treating, for years, caused by an older lady in my childhood neighborhood. […]
The Halloween Horror Campaign
With Noah Vail equine author extraordinaire A new neighbor named Rex stopped over to tell us he plans to launch the Super Duper Halloween Election Spectacular. “What are you campaigning for?” I asked Rex, unaware […]
The Hanged Man
“Cecilia, really, it can’t be this bad.” Attempting to pace the room, Ian’s face creased into a scowl as he pulled one leg in front of the other. Why did he come back to this […]
Zombie sing-a-long
‘Tis the season to be zombified, either by The Walking Dead or after a hit-and-run by a soccer mom on a mission of hate after losing a game to a misfit band of ten-year-olds, so […]