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January 8, 2013
A Personal Thank You for Recent Reviews
I just wanted to take a moment and thank all of the readers who have taken the time recently to leave a review for my short stories “The Basement” and “Drop Dead Tavern” as well as my novel “The Jack-in-the-box” (still anxiously awaiting one for my novelette “Messiah of the Zombie Apocalypse”). A couple of [...]
October 30, 2012
Free Halloween Short Story: “Mrs. Piper’s Special Treat”
Here’s a little short story I wrote over the weekend. Hope you enjoy it and Happy Halloween! “Mrs. Piper’s Special Treat” by Chad P. Brown Well, it’s trick-or-treat time again, kiddies, and every little witch, ghost, ghoul, vampire, and zombie is going to be sure and hit Mrs. Piper’s house tonight (twice if they can [...]
October 29, 2012
Free E-book for Halloween
As a special Halloween treat, you can get a FREE copy of my novelette, “Messiah of the Zombie Apocalypse,” from October 30 to November 1 for Kindle. If you enjoy it, please leave a review. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Click here for your free copy
October 27, 2012
My Top 5 Favorite Horror Movies for Halloween
Since there is no better time of the year to watch scary movies than Halloween, here are my top 5 favorite movies to watch during the Halloween season. 1. Halloween (1978) No Halloween horrorfest would be complete without Michael Myers. Enough said. 2. Trick ‘r Treat (2009) Four interwoven tales that take place on Halloween [...]
October 23, 2012
Origins of the Jack-o’-lantern: The Legend of “Stingy” Jack
Jack-o’-lanterns. We have all carved them before and set them outside our homes on Halloween night. In my previous post, I talked about the original purpose of jack-o’-lanterns – how the scary faces were originally carved out of turnips or potatoes and placed in windows or on doorsteps to frighten away any wandering spirit that [...]
October 22, 2012
Decking the Halls for Halloween and a Little History of My Favorite Holiday
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been decorating our house in preparation for my favorite time of the year – Halloween! We’ve got the graveyard in front of the house, the giant spider nest in the corner, and various ghouls hanging around (check out the pics above – although we are not yet quite [...]
September 10, 2012
The Basement by Chad P. Brown
Reblogged from Superphoenix: The Basement by Chad P. Brown My rating: 4 of 5 stars A friend and fellow author recommended this book and it sure was a good choice. ‘The Basement’ is a short horror story – very simple storyline, well-written and gripping. The moment the story begins with Heather stepping into the supposed [...]
September 2, 2012
Review: The Basement by Chad P. Brown
Reblogged from M.S. Fowle: I featured this short story on Free Book Friday and was able to read it on my lunch hour yesterday. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, you can get it HERE. The Basement is a quick, creepy read with a true essence of The King (aka Stephen King.) [...]
August 20, 2012
Review of Bryan Hall’s The Girl
Once I finished The Vagrant, I immediately bought The Girl because I couldn’t wait to read the next installment in Bryan Hall’s Southern Hauntings Saga. Again, I wasn’t disappointed. Hall’s subtle use of horror, real and emotional characters, and vivid descriptions all combine for a haunting tale. Although I wasn’t surprised when the who-done-it was [...]
August 19, 2012
Happy Birthday H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips “H.P.” Lovecraft was born on this day, August 20, in 1890. Lovecraft was one of the first horror writers I read growing up, some of my favorite stories including “The Tomb,” “The Hound,” “The Call of Cthulhu,” “At the Mountains of Madness,” and “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” to name just a [...]
