Month: October 2012
Posted on October 31, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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To the Autumn People: `Tis All Hallow’s Eve. The skies are grey and a chill wind blows. I’ve come across a few Halloween treats to offer today and so I thought I’d combine them all into one post. Enjoy! SKELETON FOUND IN OVERTURNED TREE… Continue Reading “Halloween Treats”
Category: March of the Autumn People, My Words In the WildTags: Autumn People, BBC, benjamin kane ethridge, Blair Witch, Bram Stoker Award, Cracked, Dungeon Brain, Ghostwatch, Google, halloween, Hell Manor, Hurricane Sandy, hwa, lisa morton, London Underground, M.R. James, My Words In the Wild, Paranormal Activity, Shining, Skeleton
Posted on October 30, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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I recently got together with friends and fellow authors Lisa Morton, John Palisano, and Jodi Lester to discuss what frightens us, the horror genre, the writing biz, and all sorts of other interesting goodies. Here’s Part 1 of the discussion: Q: What do you… Continue Reading “Roundtable Discussion: The Horror of it all!”
Category: March of the Autumn People, My Words In the Wild, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: Bad Moon Books, Brad C. Hodson, Byron, Charles Dickens, Chuck Palahniuk, Clive Barker, Coleridge, Edith Wharton, ghosts, halloween, Harlan Ellison, Hell Manor, Henry James, History of Halloween, horror, horror movies, Jodi Lester, john palisano, Joyce Carol Oates, Kubrick, lisa morton, Midnight Walk, My Words In the Wild, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nerves, Oscar Wilde, Patrick McGrath, Poe, publishing, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shakespeare, Shelley, Silence of the Lambs, Stephen Gregory, The Lovely Bones, The Shining, Toni Morrison, torture porn, Trick or Treat, Truman Capote, Victor Hugo, writing
Posted on October 24, 2012
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Also check out Part 1: Black Hounds and Part 2: A Ghost Story for Halloween Okay, so I admit this one’s a bit of a stretch. The soundtrack to the novel presented as mythology? I’m with you. I’m kinda-sorta pulling a fast one here.… Continue Reading “Darling: The Soundtrack to the Novel – The Mythology of Darling Part 3”
Category: March of the Autumn People, My Words In the Wild, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: Amityville Horror, Appalachia, Boston, Coconut Records, Darling Violetta, Death Cab For Cutie, East Tennessee, Genitorturers, halloween, iTunes, John Martyn, John Skipp, johnny cash, Lalo Schifrin, Metallica, Mozart, music, My Words In the Wild, Phillip Glass, Ralph Stanley, Scarling, soundtrack, The Chambers Brothers, The Guy Barker International Quintet, The Rolling Stones, Type O Negative, Velvet Chain, Woodkid
Posted on October 22, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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Every Halloween, the Horror Writers Association runs their “Halloween Haunts” series. Every day, there are a couple of new articles from writers in the field. Head on over and check out my piece on the ghost stories of M.R. James titled “Peculiar Genius.” While… Continue Reading “Guest Post Over at the HWA Blog”
Posted on October 18, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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“That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins,… Continue Reading “The March of the Autumn People”
Category: March of the Autumn People, My Words In the Wild, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: A History of Halloween, autumn, Autumn People, Bahaus, benjamin kane ethridge, Black & Orange, Blood & Gristle Lambs, Bottled Abyss, Brad C. Hodson, Brad Hodson, Cannibal Corpse, Dead City, Deathflash, Fall, GENE O'NEILL, Greg Chapman, halloween, Hell Manor, horror, JOE MCKINNEY, john palisano, Liquid Fear, lisa morton, michael louis calvillo, Mutated, My Words In the Wild, NATE KENYON, Nerves, October, Ray Bradbury, ROCKY WOOD, SCOTT NICHOLSON, Shadow of the Dark Angel, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Sparrow Rock, The Bone Factory, the Burning Times, The October Country, The Red Church, Trick or Treat, Witch Hunts
Posted on October 17, 2012
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Audiences tuning into the second of three debates between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney last night were expecting what one member of the town hall audience described as a “knock down, drag out fight.” They were disappointed. “It wasn’t what we wanted… Continue Reading “Second Presidential Debate Incites Riot”
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use IncorrectlyTags: Democrat, election, Fox News, MSNBC, Obama, politics, Presidential Debate, Republican, Romney, town hall
Posted on October 12, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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Last night, millions tuned in to watch the Vice-President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan square off at Centre College in Danville, KY. Viewer expectations were mixed, with those on the right anxious to get a first look at Paul Ryan’s debating prowess, and… Continue Reading “Vice-Presidential Debate Takes Unpredicted Turn”
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use IncorrectlyTags: Centre College, Danville, debates, Joe Biden, KY, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, President, Romney, Vice President
Posted on October 11, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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My first novel, DARLING, is available from Bad Moon Books. So I thought I’d do a little series on some of the creepy real life legends that make appearances in the novel. `Tis the season, after all… “‘To that Providence, my sons, I hereby… Continue Reading “Black Hounds”
Category: March of the Autumn People, My Words In the Wild, The Poor Man's WikipediaTags: Annwn, Anubis, Bad Moon Books, Black Dogs, Black Hounds, British isles, Bungay, crossroads, England, folklore, ghosts, goddess, Greek, halloween, Hecate, Ireland, legends, magic, My Words In the Wild, mythology, Norse, phantoms, Scotland, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Snickleways, The Hound of the Baskervilles, the Wild Hunt, Underworld, United Kingdom, York
Posted on October 4, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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The nation gathered around their television sets last night for the first debate in the 2012 Presidential Election. While the suspected topics of health care, the economy, and Cthulhu took up a large portion of the debate between President Barrack Obama and his challenger, Massachusetts… Continue Reading “Big Bird Responds to Presidential Debate”
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use IncorrectlyTags: Big Bird, Cthulhu, Democrat, Matt Lauer, Obama, PBS, politics, Presidential Debate, Republican, Romney, Today Show
Posted on October 4, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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The following is a post that originally appeared on author Benjamin Kane Ethridge’s site. Check out the Bram Stoker Award winner’s work here: http://www.bkethridge.com/WORK.html THE WAR ON HALLOWEEN by Brad C. Hodson Imagine it’s the eighties. An overweight only child, one parent dead and the… Continue Reading “The War on Halloween”
Category: March of the Autumn People, The Poor Man's WikipediaTags: autumn, Aztecs, benjamin kane ethridge, Black Mass, Bram Stoker Award, christmas, Dionysus, Dracula, Easter, Etruscan, Fall Festival, funeral rites, Greek, halloween, Jonathan Harker, Mr. Hyde, October, pagan, paganism, prayer, ritual, Roman, vikings, War on Halloween, Wicca
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