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May 2016

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The Sasquatch

Good Morning, Kittens,   I grew up in northern Alberta (Canada). My house backed onto the forest. I mean the real forest...not a small, sparse area of trees. No, I'm talking hundreds of miles of thick, dense woods. We found grizzly prints under our deck and even had recess cancelled a few times because there were black bears on our playground. I was the oldest out of my siblings and all of the neighborhood kids we hung out with. Our parents took us far into the boonies on many occasions (remind me to tell you the story about my dad and the moose). I was[...]

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Pound of Flesh: A Fifth Grade Ghost and her Demon

Based on the true story behind how I started writing ghost stories [with headings brought to you by Florence + the Machine as performed by the Capital Children's Choir].   Regrets Collect Like Old Friends Picture it: Williamsville, NY, 1991. I was in fifth grade at a small Catholic school with the same dozen-and-a-half classmates I'd been with since kindergarten. We were more like indifferent siblings than anything but we were a decent group. Quiet. Silly at times. Competitive to a fault. And then, there was our teacher. Let's call her: S[...]

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Ghost Month: The Tale of Resurrection Mary

The tale of Resurrection Mary began a long time ago, in the 1930's. But first...a little bit about the setting. Resurrection Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in North America. It was consecrated in 1904. Resurrection Cemetery is located at 7201 Archer Ave., Justice, IL 60458 and is said to encompass over 540 acres with over 152,000 graves (which don't include the crypts, which number over 5,000). Here's a screenshot from Google maps for reference. I've heard the residents in the area have a nickname for it... They call it "The Resurrection Triang[...]

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Audio Terror: Dead Space 2 Soundtrack

I am a lifelong gamer (since the days of Red Box D&D and the Atari 2600), and one of the ways I like to recharge my creative batteries is by immersing myself in a good video game. It probably comes as no surprise to you that horror games are among my favorites to play. I find that inhabiting a scary story is a great way to inspire my own creative process, and few experiences are as immersive and interactive as games. One of my absolute favorite series of all time is the Dead Space series, and in particular the first two games of that series. It's Ghost Month[...]

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Ghostly Wishes

I wish I had a ghostly tale to tell, one where I had a scary encounter, one to knock your socks off! Sadly, I do not. Not even close. Ghosts fascinate me. What lingers on the other side of the veil makes me quiver with delight. A movie about ghosts? I'm there, the first in line. A show that follows ghost hunters? I watch them all. Any TV series that tells real life experiences? Ghost hunting? I've been...twice. And will go again, just ask me. Dude. Ghosts. Are. Intriguing. Why? Because we don't know everything. Maybe we can't know everything, which mak[...]

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Let’s Talk About Books, Ghostie

I love a good ghost story. I mean, who doesn't? Right? (At least in this crowd?) I got to write one ghost scene in my book Liberty Bound, and I'm writing a lot more of them in my upcoming series Brody Undead. There are so many different kinds of ghosts, and so much folklore, leaving so much room to explore! Since it's ghost month here on The Midnight Society, it's the perfect time to explore some of those different ghosts. Here are some haunted reads for your shelves...   My Daylight Monsters was originally supposed to be a stand alone novella, but be[...]

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Restoration: An interview with Christian Ackerman

Hello Kittens!   I have quite the treat for you. As you know, my Midnight Society pals and I ingest horror in a multitude of different ways. We read it, we write it, we play it, listen to it, draw it, design it, and we watch it. We watch a lot of it. Which is why I'm so, SO excited that Christian Ackerman is joining us on the blog today. You may know him from his newest release, RESTORATION, which he acted as both associate producer AND a medic.   I could spend the next few paragraphs telling you all about Christian, or I could let the interview b[...]

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The Neighbors Across or Why I Do Not Love Basements

I grew up on Reist Street in Williamsville, NY.  The neighbors across from us were dead. Probably why I do not love basements. Think about it: In my house, when I went Down To The Basement, I'd be on the same level as Them. The Across The Street Neighbors. It was not a very wide road.      It wasn't until first grade that I discovered the power of a ghost story.  My class was climbing the library shelves when the Librarian corralled us in to read us a godawful chapbook called 'Happy Little Pumpkin Goes Trick-or-Treating or S[...]

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Join The Midnight Book Club on Goodreads! #MidnightBooks

Here on The Midnight Society we love our monthly #MidnightBooks twitter chat. But that's just not enough book talk, is it? (Is there such a thing?) Let's hang out on Goodreads and chat about books! Join the group, introduce yourself, tell us about your favorite book, what you're reading right now, and start a thread of your very own! Don't make me use more exclamation points! JOIN US ON GOODREADS.[...]

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Keepin’ it #SpookyAllYear

  Welcome to #SpookyAllYear, a Midnight Society Blog Hop! You can find the introduction post here. It essentially tells you the blog hop takes place on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. You post something Spooky on your blog, and submit the post to the linkup at the bottom of this post. You’re encouraged to visit around to the blogs listed there and enjoy the spooky fun. The ideas for posts are endless (review of a spooky movie you’ve seen, a picture of the mist in your backyard, a spooky book cover, a spooky story you wrote, a recipe for th[...]