A new job and a new dog have been eating up a lot of my time, so I’ve fallen down on my regular Halloween posts. But here’s a nice video of the latest Halloween scare props. All these seem to be from the same company. Sadly, I doubt I can afford any of them…
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Library Addition: Michael Swanwick Signed Poem on Leaf
Here’s an incredibly odd (and likely fragile) item: Swanwick, Michael. Signed Poem on Leaf. Dragonstairs Press, 2016. First edition. Note: Signed poem on leaf is a description more than a title, since it’s literally a leaf with a poem written on one side, and signed, numbered (4/20) and dated “2016” by Swanwick on the other.… Continue reading Library Addition: Michael Swanwick Signed Poem on Leaf
Fark Annual Scary Story Thread
Tomorrow is Halloween, which means it’s time for the annual Fark Scary Story Thread! Here are the links to threads from previous years: 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 While you’re here, feel free to check out some of my other freaky/creepy/scary/silly Halloween posts.
Halloween Horror: Nicely Done GIF From a Hammer Film
I’ve never seen it, but this is evidently from The Witches:
Halloween Horrors: Mummified Clown
Which is scarier, a clown or a mummy? Well, how about a mummified clown? The California Institute of Abnormalarts, a bar and concert venue that also functions as a museum of oddities, is home to something that will make anyone with coulrophobia (an irrational fear of clowns) quake in their boots…and it’s every bit as… Continue reading Halloween Horrors: Mummified Clown
Halloween Horrors: A Blog About Devices for Speaking to the Dead
This seems like a good thing to mention in October: a blog dedicated to devices for speaking to the dead. There are planchettes and Ouija boards aplenty, but also tipping tables and rapping hands. Or how about a neanderthal spirit that supposedly killed 15 people at a French sanitarium?
Halloween Horrors: 20 Scary Urban Exploration Videos
Here’s some nice creepy viewing: 20 scary urban exploration videos: I’m not the sort of person to poke around abandoned buildings any time, much less at night, but here are some creepy, scary, and unexplained things that urban explorers have chanced across doing just that.
Holy Fark: They’re Making a TV Series of Candle Cove
That was my reaction upon reading this. In fact, making is probably the wrong word, since it evidently premiered on SyFy tonight. (I’ve been busy.) If you hadn’t heard of it before, it’s a Creepy Pasta about a obscure kid’s TV marionette show, except most kid’s shows don’t have characters like “The Skintaker.” And naturally,… Continue reading Holy Fark: They’re Making a TV Series of Candle Cove
Halloween: Betty Boop’s Snow White
It’s October already, so time to start putting up some Halloween posts, so here’s Betty Boop’s version of Snow White. Really digging those crazy background images during the Cab Calloway song…
Would You Believe a Folk Rock Album Called Ray Bradbury’s Dark Carnival?
Some musical works are justly forgotten. Sadly, I feel that Bob Jacobs’s concept album Ray Bradbury’s Dark Carnival falls into that category, being of a overly theatrical folk rock style that was probably never in fashion, even when it was released. Here are a couple of the more tolerable examples: I don’t think a revival… Continue reading Would You Believe a Folk Rock Album Called Ray Bradbury’s Dark Carnival?