OctoBOO with Team Halloween – Vol. 2 of 3

Samhain is here!

Oct 31, 2024

The call for Halloween posts went out and was heeded. So many that I have split them into three volumes. Here’s the second volume. Enjoy! Volume 3 to be posted later today 31 October 2024.

See Volume 1

And watch for Crazy/Cozy Christmas beginning November 1st. And no, I’m not skipping Thanksgiving, so those stories are very welcome, too.

Please don’t miss my own humble eerie efforts at the bottom of this post.

Spooktacular Reading (in no particular order):

Paige Garland

gets tricky:

Macabre Curiosities

Story - The Pentagram

The Pentagram…

6 months ago · 8 likes · Paige Garland

Marco

— start with this one and keep reading:

Knights of the Autumn Crown

Tower of the Banshee. (Iron Age Prompt, 'The Calm' for 27/12/2023)

Aes slept soundly, releasing only the smallest noises with each exhale. Bundled tight in heavy layers of linen and wool cloth. She held the magic lantern close to her chest. It’s meager heat was enough to circulate warmth…

a year ago · 7 likes · 2 comments · Marco

Alec Worley

dives into creating horror comics:

Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic

The Four Techniques of a Truly Scary Horror Comic

Why are so few horror comics genuinely scary…

3 years ago · 11 likes · 10 comments · Alec Worley

Mata Haggis-Burridge

and the doppelganger:

The Inciting Incident with Mata Haggis-Burridge

You Saw A Woman With Your Face

Here’s another uncanny poem to get you in the Halloween mood. If you enjoy horror and the craft of creating fiction, pull up a coffin and settle in. Subscribe for weekly inclusive, spooky, fun horror stories, writing tips, exercises, and more…

6 months ago · 18 likes · 10 comments · Mata Haggis-Burridge

Andy Futuro

threads through this story:

Andy Futuro

Weaver

Blood burbled from the peasant woman's mouth. Limbs akimbo, swathed in a rough hemp dress, she looked like another mound of refuse adorning the raw dirt street…

6 months ago · 53 likes · 32 comments · Andy Futuro

Robert Garron

gets a laugh:

Robert’s Substack

THE FUNNY BONE PLOT

“Hey, Burt. Guess what…

6 months ago · 6 likes · Robert Garron

and goes cultish:

Robert’s Substack

INITIATION

High above the Plains of Oc’tl, deep in the crags of the Forbidden Mountains, the initiate clambered into the lair of his ungodly idols, the dreaded Cult of the Sunless. The cavern walls were dank and cluttered with the effigies of demigods and hideous cacodemons, their only veneration satiated by the blood shed in the course of battle. Their grizzly we…

6 months ago · 9 likes · Robert Garron

Meaghan McIsaac

, writer and illustrator, shows us something special:

Authorstrator

LAVA CAT CRUISE SHIP

Happy Friday…

a year ago · 22 likes · Meaghan McIsaac

C. Lee McKenzie Books

presents this (first of four parts so far):

C. Lee McKenzie Books

The Curse of Havenwood House, First Installment

Curses are the scariest things for me. I imagine how relentlessly they entangle people and how helpless they render even the strongest of us. I’m hoping my heroine will find the strength to free herself from the curse that has destroyed her predecessors. Let’s see if she can do that…

7 months ago · 15 likes · 28 comments · C. Lee McKenzie

Chris J. Franklin

presents a bunch:

Tales of the Zeitgeist

FLASH FICTION: VOLUME FOUR

“What scares me is what scares you. We’re all afraid of the same things. That’s why Horror is such a powerful genre…” - John Carpenter…

6 months ago · 24 likes · 23 comments · Chris J. Franklin

Cadence's author/screenwriter

post this serialized novel (start here and keep going!):

Cadence's’s Substack

The Missing Prince Prologue

Leila My camera crew began setting up our cameras as I looked around to ensure I had the best lighting for this segment's intro. I turned to look at Damian, who nodded. I attached my microphone to my shirt as he slowly counted down. Then he pointed at me, and I began to speak, "Once upon a time, there was a prince, Garrett Cunningham, who was heir to…

6 months ago · Cadence's author/screenwriter

Thanks for reading. Please check out my three books (so far) from Wordwooze Publishing:

Wind Down the Chimney and Other Eerie Tales – my first book of eerie short stories (ebook, paperback, audio).
The Stardust Alliance and More – my second book of eerie stories with a touch of Sci-Fi (ebook, paperback, audio).
The Wiccan Tales – a novel and a real Halloween treat.

(All human written. I even designed the covers.)

See them all here:

Oct 31

It was a great month! I hope to have a few for November!

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Wow, three volumes! Thanks for Mentioning my new spooky Post. You've done an amazing job here, and this is a fantastic collection of things to read. Well done everyone. Happy Halloween to you all! 🎃😎🎃

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