October 31, 2025
Trigger Warning: This piece contains violence, mental health trauma, and animal harm.
He grabbed the little box, shoving garbage bags out of the way to get to it, and shouted, “Do your worst!”
October 30, 2025
Trigger Warning: This piece contains violence, mental health trauma, and animal harm.
“These words are real, even if they offend you, even if you disagree with them. They are the truth.”
October 30, 2025
Boney fingers reach to clutch heart and hands.
A gasp of surprise, and then gone! As he whirls them into the ether.
October 29, 2025
Trigger Warning: This piece contains violence, mental health trauma, and animal harm.
At Halloweentime he thought he could hear it. Like bees buzzing under thick glass. Like a humming mumble. He could almost feel it.
October 28, 2025
“They sneak and they skip
House to house, begging for candy,
Their plastic pumpkin pendulums swing
And parents keep the pillowcases handy.”
October 26, 2025
His “guy” was some video game warrior I had never seen before nor knew anything about. Not Robin Hood. Not a tiger that permitted the loud, aggressive, in-your-face roaring he loved so much…He wanted his “guy”. And of course “Grammy” would figure it out”
October 25, 2025
I cried to the moon goddess, Nyx, as the night began to wane.
“Goddess can you hear me?
The night is cold, and I need a guide —
One who will fill the path with light and power.”
October 25, 2025
Mabel turned to begin her solitary walk home. Somebody in the darkness under a tree caught her eye. Another little girl was standing there, all by herself.
October 24, 2025
Once a year we cheer this fear and get our fill, each chill a thrill. We’re children still down deep inside where we must hide from guts and gore galore.
October 23, 2025
The gangway connection door opened and a sable-haired woman seemed to float into the car. She wore a black Venetian gown with tangerine trim and a crown of naked branches festooned with marigolds. An onyx pendant dangled from her choker, reflecting the train’s fluorescent light.
October 22, 2025
An ancient crone’s nose pressed against the glass, inches from me. A scattering of teeth punctuated her mouth, and her eyes, devoid of expression, stared right through me.
October 9, 2025
It’s that time of year — when the ghouls come out to play with the creepy twins in the shadows of that old house on the hill. You know the one. Where the family gets all “creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky…” Yes, it’s October and time to get your ooky Halloween books list ready to indulge in some spooky fun!