Posted on October 15, 2013
by Brad C. Hodson
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That magical time of year is here once again. The skies are a little grayer, the air a little chillier. Multicolored leaves dance their way down the street in the embrace of a cool wind. Candles flicker from inside the hollow eyes of a… Continue Reading “A Return to the October Country”
Category: March of the Autumn PeopleTags: amnesia, autumn, contaminated, doctor sleep, em garner, Featured, ghosts, halloween, halloween haunts, hauntings, horror, hwa, lisa morton, London Underground, machine for pigs, October, Old Hag syndrome, Ray Bradbury, Shining, Sleep Paralysis, Stephen King, summer's end, will patton
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 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 February 8, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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February is WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH, a month I’m sure most of you had no idea existed. February, I mean. Who keeps track of anything between Christmas and the Fourth of July? In all seriousness, women in the horror genre are often relegated to… Continue Reading “Women In Horror Month: An Interview with Lisa Morton”
Category: March of the Autumn People, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: cemetery dance, frankenstein, halloween, haunting of hill house, horror, horror writers association, hwa, interview, interview with a vampire, lisa morton, Los Angeles, lottery, stumpfucker, women in horror month, writers, zombies
Posted on September 28, 2011
by Brad C. Hodson
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In the van ride home from KillerCon 3 in Las Vegas, Hal Bodner looked out the window at the desert speeding by. Behind him, John Skipp flipped through his CD’s with John Palisano, trying to find the perfect road trip music. Lisa Morton and Shannon… Continue Reading “Beer and Moaning in Las Vegas, or My Weekend With Hal Bodner”
Category: March of the Autumn People, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: benjamin kane ethridge, bite club, black and orange, burning effigy, Christopher boyle, convention, gardner goldsmith, gene o'neil, hal bodner, horror, jack ketchum, john palisano, John Skipp, jonathan maberry, killercon, las vegas, lisa morton, mercedes yardley, michael louis calvillo, mma, monica kuebler, rj cavendar, rj cavender, rue morgue, scott james magner, stratosphere, UFC, wrath james white, writing
The 2011 Bram Stoker Awards were held recently by the Horror Writers Association. Several close friends of mine won awards and I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate them. Here is a list of winners from the HWA’s site (www.horror.org): HWA Announces… Continue Reading “The 2011 Bram Stoker Awards”
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