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A Tour of Proctor Valley
Thursday before last I joined the “Local Legends” series with an essay on haunted San Diego, a high-point of which was the stop in Proctor Valley, epicenter of San Diego’s Bigfoot equivalent, the Proctor Valley Monster. Over the weekend I found this video on the subject by a fellow I’ve enjoyed for a while. I…
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A Witch’s Grave
Folks have been sharing some local spooky legends from their parts of the country in recent posts. For today’s post, I thought I’d share a legend I first heard directly from one of my neighbors in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Like many cities in the southwest, Las Cruces is part of a clumping of towns…
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Plight of the Indie
Good morning, all. I just thought I’d use “free-for-all Monday” to point out some sobering facts concerning those of us who write without contract or publishing house behind us. A few points for readers to consider about those who toil in our spare time to create something of value as entertainment…
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Ghosts and “The Monster” of San Diego
Good morning, friends and followers, and I hope it finds you in the mood for spooks! Negatrite opened this can of worms and C.W. scooped out a handful, so I’m diving in to get my share before they’re all gone! For those who don’t know, San Diego, the city on the southwestern corner of the…
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Beasts, Monsters, and Urban Legends of Texas
Three weeks ago, negatrite! posted a nifty article on creepy things that just might visit your backyard if you live in New Jersey or Delaware. Then he threw out the challenge to show him some creepies from the readers neck of the woods. So I decided to take up the challenge and find out what…
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The Thrill of Horror
Horror — an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust. The definition itself terrifies most people, while in others it invokes a deep fascination and pure ecstasy. Why are some people drawn to the horror genre? Are there peculiarities in the personalities of these people? Is it just the adrenaline released in our bodies by…
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Nani mo shiranai
If you’ve been alive on Earth for the past thousand years or so, you are undoubtedly aware of the Three Wise Monkeys. There are millions of interpretations, all of them variations on this: They originate in Asia and are so ancient as to have their origins lost to the mists of time. The source that…
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WHAT LURKS
When it comes to horror and monsters, do you know what lurks in your neck of the woods? I have a foot in South Jersey and one in Delaware. The latter is where I was born, where much of my family and tribe reside, and where I lay my head now. The former is where…
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Scooby Apocalypse
About a week and a half ago, I had the opportunity to meet Scott Innes, who voiced the characters of Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Rogers in several of my favorite entries in the long-running Scooby-Doo franchise. During our conversation, I learned that Innes works as a morning show host on the radio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,…
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WORKING IN RETELL
No, that’s not a typo; I learned long ago that retail work was not my cup of chamomile. I’m talking about retelling a familiar story from a fresh perspective, which seems to be an increasingly popular trend. I recently read a new novel titled Julia, which is a retelling of George Orwell’s 1984 from a…
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