Scary Stories!

Click on the pic for a scary story told by Lucas the Spider!

Spooky Rhymes and Riddles

Pinterest is such a wonderful resource for all things spooky, I must say! I get notices of "Pins we think you might like" and from time to time, I get that, "Hey! I remember that!" sensation.  I can't believe I had forgotten all about this little treasure from Scholastic Books.

And that's exactly what happened with this book: Spooky Rhymes and Riddles, by Lillian Moore.

 The rhymes are delightful, but the illustrations (done by Ib Ohlsson) are such old-school Hallowe'en goodness! I was entranced by them as a kid. 

And after I saw it on Pinterest, I had to order a copy of my own. It's not in pristine condition, but I don't really care, honestly!

With illustrations of this quality? No. I don't care that it's not absolutely perfect. This is sheer Hallowe'en spookiness with that all-important touch of sweetness and innocence from childhood!

Happy Hallowe'en!

Today is the day! I hope all of you have a spooky, safe and wonder-filled Samhain!

Hear the Monsters

Click on the pic for a lovely bit of Hallowe'en/Winchell's nostalgia from 1976!

Batty Pumpkin!

From the Facebook page of Pumpkin Sculpt U.S.A., I give you the Flying Fox Pumpkin!

Their description:

Here's our pumpkin version of a Flying Fox, a type of fruit bat. It's 7 feet tall and weighs over 500 lbs. It hangs from the rafters using a carefully engineered support of metal rods and wood.

Absolutely off-the-hook work! Wowza!

Creepy Hallowe'en

 Art by Sam Heimer. Visit his shop here.

Haunted

Abandoned. You can imagine the opulence, even as you take in the decay time has wrought on these places, once vibrant with lives being lived.

 

Someone slept in this bed. Someone who has long since passed away. There's his jacket, left behind as a reminder of its former owner.

More pictures of beautiful abandonment at Niki Feijen's website.

Listen! Did You Hear That?

Face it, you need some wonderful aural candy, from music to stories, for your Hallowe'en.

Click here for some great tunes and stories by the masters, and click on any pic to see if you can purchase for yourself!

Hallowe'en Reading

This time of year, when the night grows longer and the days cooler, when the wind starts to moan down our chimneys, it's time to curl up in our warm abodes and read a good book.

Or a hundred and nine of them!

I've pulled together a Pinterest board containing a number of books on Hallowe'en and horror. Some are prop-related. Some are party ideas or pumpkin-carving ideas.

Many are straight-up horror and ghost stories for those chilly Fall nights.

If you explore the board and find something you'd like to read, click on it and it'll take you over to Amazon so you can purchase it.

Click here to go to My Scary Bookshelf.

And happy exploring!

Hallowe'en Costumes, Anyone?

More costume shenanigans here, at Bored Panda.