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Poem: Night Music by Anne Mikusinski

Anne Mikusinski has been writing poetry and short stories since she was seven years old and most probably making them up long before she could hold a pen or pencil in her hand.

Story: What are We? by Wendy Montoya

I wasn’t comfortable here, I should have just said “no!” The house was abandoned, and from what Kelly confessed to me while driving here, made me angry.

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2018 Horror Halloween Haiku Contest!

Welcome to our 2018 Horror Halloween Haiku Contest! I love writing contests, big and small, so we are doing a couple more. You guys are killing it on the other posts right now

25 Word Halloween Horror Story Contest 2018

Welcome to our 25 Word Halloween Horror Contest 2018.  You know how much we love Halloween and horror, so this is one of our big contests. This contest is for bragging rights only. We will announce the top 3 winners on Halloween night 2018. Honestly, it just wouldn’t be Halloween without a 25 word story contest.

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Writing Prompts

Horror Prompt: Hammer it home to this end

You come home from a night with friends. You are alone, and you go into your apartment. You are do not have a family. You hear something in the other room, and you go to investigate. When you walk into your bedroom someone

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Halloween Movie Night 2018

We will be announcing the winners of our contest, Oct 31, 2018, in our movie chat. Our chat starts at 9pm eastern. Be there, watch House on Haunted Hill and chat!

10 Scariest Short Film on Youtube

We wanted to do a 10 Scariest Short Film on Youtube list for you. I’m a big fan of little horror,  but short Horror films on Youtube are numerous. Many are simply terrible. From bad acting to not scary

10 Tiny Tales that will Terrorize You

Here are 10 Tiny Tales that will Terrorize You. These scary stories are written by new, up and coming authors. As a writer if you can inspire emotions in your readers

Story: Tales of Marlow, Pennsylvania

Mary Lewis, twelve-years-old, is awoken in the night to the sound of pecking at her window. When she investigates she finds a crow perched upon the sill. To her amazement, it speaks to her,

How long is a short story? A question for the ages.

The short story usually falls between 1,000 and 15,000 words. At around 15,000 words the novella is born. We are addressing the modern short story and not the ancient tale, fable, or sketch. There is no exact word length, and to

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

Edgar Allan Poe quotes are simply something we cannot resist. Here is our large and GROWING page for all Poe quotes. A few years ago we republished one of Poe’s classic works on writing,

10 Days to Write Better: A Writing Challenge

10 Days to Write Better: A Writing Challenge Writers are always looking for the ways to hone creative skills and work on certain trouble areas. The writing challenge is a great way to exercise your writing,

Stories

Story: Helping Me Up by Bruce Ransom

“Are you going to be my new daddy?” she asked directly.

“I don’t know,” he said, looking down at the flowery dress squirming beside him on the edge of the living room couch. “I like your mom, but to get married you have to really, really like each other.”

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The Sources of Hallowe’en

If we could ask one of the old-world pagans whom he revered as his greatest gods, he would be sure to name among them the sun-god; calling him Apollo if he were a Greek; if an Egyptian, Horus or Osiris; if of Norway, Sol; if of Peru, Bochica.