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October Frights: Witches and Witch Trials

 October Frights continues! See participants here. Get some Halloween reads free here.Witches are often one of the symbols of modern Halloween, but being called a witch had dire consequences in past centuries as the church persecuted mostly women in Europe and women were accused during the Salem witchcraft hysteria in this country. Some men also were swept up in the persecutions. (Image, pixabay)

#Halloween #Horror Reading List 2

READ SOMETHING SPOOKY!! There are sooo many good new horror offerings that I can't keep up! Turn the lights off and get reading! haaa!* A gift for you through Halloween! Get some great creepy Halloween reads free here.* Don't forget to visit the October Frights Blog Hop participants here and below:  Always Another Chapter - Be Afraid of the Dark - Hawk’s HappeningsCarmilla Voiez Dark Reads and

#Halloween #Horror Reading List: #Zombies #monsters #creepy

It's that time of year! For October Frights, I'm including a lucky 13 horror reading list - see below. I've been finding so many cool, creepy horror books that I decided to make two lists plus shorter listings in coming days. It's been fun checking out books I haven't read and seeing new recommendations in book groups. Rev up that Kindle and get your reading list ready for some new additions!* Be

October Frights: #Halloween Reads!

 * Don't forget to see what everyone is posting for October Frights! See schedule here.More Halloween Reading Suggestions for October Frights:The Giveaway: Get some free creepy books and excerpts at StoryOrigin.*  * Looking for something new and spooky to read? See the October Frights Authors Books Showcase here. * Who Says Horror Can't Be Fun (And Even Funny?)Creature Feature: A Horrid Comedy -

#Halloween fun! October Frights Blog Hop Oct 10-15

 It's that spooky time of year again! Ready to walk through some deserted forests and chase  - or be chased - by some monsters?Well, my fellow bloggers and I are cooking up some interesting, er, weird, doings this week. Follow right along and maybe you'll get spooked, or trick or treated. There may even be some prizes. So have fun!The place: Author A.F. Stewart's siteThe Giveaway: Get some free

The House on Linden Way Blog Tour #haunted

  Just in time for Halloween! Who doesn't love a haunted house story?Today I'm featuring   The House on Linden Way -  Elizabeth Maria NaranjoAbout the Book: Passing through her hometown a decade after she left, Amber Blake impulsively revisits her old house on Linden Way. She only means to stay a moment, to show her three-year-old daughter Bee the place where she grew up. But when the kindly new

The Munsters Movie #horror #Halloween

 The Munsters  - a movie by Rob Zombie...I'd heard a lot of comments on this, especially as it was made by Rob Zombie. I've never seen his films as they usually seem rather weird... ) See RogerEbert.com review.When I first saw the trailer I wondered as the characters are kind of goofy-looking (or goofier than the regular Munsters TV Show) But....I liked it! It's not a great film by any means,

How to Date a Fury Blog Tour #paranormal #romance

 Today we welcome Luna Joya, author of the new paranormal-romance How to Date A Fury (Syn City Shifters Book 1) ... (Be sure to check out the giveaway and excerpt below.)About the Book:Who knew dying would be the easy part of my day?     It all started the night Chase, my mountain lion shifter ex, reappeared. We’d had a whole good girl/bad boy romance going until he abandoned me a decade ago. I’d

The Last Storm: #Horror and #Monsters Done Right!

 I'm on a reading roll, it seems. And I think I've found my favorite book of the year.I hadn't read any of Tim Lebbon's books before, though I saw his book-based movie, The Silence, on Netflix. I was drawn to that because...well, weird monsters/creatures. (See trailer below and here's the book link.) So, when I heard about his latest book, The Last Storm, it sounded really good. You can't beat

New #Horror Short Fiction Coming!

 I've got a couple new short horror stories coming out.* Amanda comes home from school with questions about how a policeman whose car fell into a sinkhole in the 1950s really died.... Was there something under the street? Learn the truth in my story, "The Rumor That Refused to Die." It'll appear in the upcoming O for Outbreak anthology in the A to Z Horror series by Red Cape Publishing.* Also