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Horror/Scary: October 26, 2022 Issue [#11630]




 This week: Is It Almost Halloween?
  Edited by: W.D.Wilcox Author IconMail Icon
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“Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see.” —Edgar Allen Poe

"I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul." —Bram Stoker

“There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.” —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” —Stephen King

“I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.” —The Criminologist, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

“It’s as much fun to scare as to be scared.” —Vincent Price



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Letter from the editor

Is It Almost Halloween? Twenty Easy Questions to help you decide….



*Jackolantern* Did you see bats and/or black cats in your neighbor’s windows?

*Jackolantern2* Is there a gallon of apple cider in your fridge?

*Jackolantern* Have you noticed a nice selection of black capes at the grocery store, drug store, or discount mart?

*Jackolantern2* Do all the cakes and cookies in the bakery have orange icing?

*Jackolantern* Does the menu have pumpkin pie on the desert list?

*Jackolantern2* Have you seen anyone wearing an expensive designer sweater with “boo!” written on it?

*Jackolantern* Have cobwebs and plastic spiders appeared in any corners?

*Jackolantern2* Did a pumpkin patch sprout in some unlikely place, like in a parking lot?

*Jackolantern* Do you have trouble maneuvering a basket down the supermarket aisle because of the piles of candy?

*Jackolantern2* Are there are strange looking goblins working at the check-out registers?

*Jackolantern* Are the trees on your lawn decorated with toilet paper?

*Jackolantern2* Have you noticed new and improved trick or treat bags?

*Jackolantern* Are haunted houses a hot real estate item?

*Jackolantern2* Do the TV listings have only reruns of old horror movies?

*Jackolantern* Did someone compliment your mask when you weren’t wearing one?

*Jackolantern2* Do ghouls, vampires and werewolves seem almost normal?

*Jackolantern* Did the scarecrow in your neighbor’s yard turn out to be the neighbor?

*Jackolantern2* Are the spirits coming from the graveyard now instead of the liquor store?

*Jackolantern* Does being an old witch seem like a valid alternative occupational choice?



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Editor's Picks

Halloween Stories



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Snokum Joe Open in new Window. (18+)
Late at night in a graveyard
#2233861 by W.D.Wilcox Author IconMail Icon

Jingle Jangle Open in new Window. (18+)
Why stare at a bare white wall?
#1793765 by Stuckintime Author IconMail Icon

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Hollow Open in new Window. (18+)
How far would he go to prove his love for her?
#1488466 by iKïyå§ama Author IconMail Icon

The Haunting Month Open in new Window. (18+)
Gabriella is haunted by her former lover.
#957675 by SantaBee Author IconMail Icon

Story Maker Open in new Window. (18+)
Gemma loves to read horror stories, and one Halloween she finds out where they come from.
#1818908 by Early Author IconMail Icon

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Dream House Open in new Window. (13+)
You'd better hope it's never yours...
#894158 by CHRISTMAS cub-BELLS R RINGING! Author IconMail Icon

Poe's Daughter Open in new Window. (18+)
A young woman has a horrifying idea of how to become pretty.
#1720894 by PatrickB Author IconMail Icon

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Something Horror This Way Comes Open in new Window. (13+)
A burnt-out witch is up to no good
#2060464 by W.D.Wilcox Author IconMail Icon



 
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There's always something freaky.

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Thanks. Great horror stories. Loved it. I have nightmares that are very vivid. Fodder for lots of stories and dark poems.




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