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October 2017

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Unforgettable

  Oh, hello there,   It's been a while since we had a good chat. Too long, if you ask me. I took some time off. My brain got a little twisted but I'm back. I spent this week thinking about what I wanted to chat about. The obvious would be Halloween. It is, after all, nearly here. So I started checking out cool Halloween movies that flew under the radar and googling weird Halloween traditions from around the globe but I just kept thinking about death. Not mine, mind you. No, not yours either. I'm thinking about theirs. **TRIGGER** Actual death descrip[...]

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All That You Touch, You Change

You wake up alone, locked in an empty room. You lift up the phone from its cradle, and a scratchy voice intones, “All that you touch, you change.” The message repeats, no matter how many times you try to use the phone. It’s flat. Insistent. Its cadence is off, like something trying to sound human. So begins Cube Escape: Seasons, the first in a series of surreal horror games set around, and beneath, Rusty Lake. On the surface, the Cube Escape games are lovely, pastel escape rooms. Haunting music plays as you explore. You find objects while exploring each[...]

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Join Us on 10/30 For Part One of Our SLEEPING BEAUTIES Chat!

If you've been following the blog or our #FrighteningFall hashtag on Twitter, you know the Midnight Society is reading Stephen and Owen King's Sleeping Beauties for our fall book club. Since the book is broken into two main parts, we've decided to have two book chats about it! So, we'll be discussing Part 1 of Sleeping Beauties on October 30th at 9pm EST, using the hashtags #MidnightBookClub and #FrighteningFall. Come discuss the book with us--we want to know what you think! You have over a week left to get halfway through. We'll be coming back in November and[...]

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Horror Movies…My Obsession to Watch Them All

I have a slight obsession with horror movies. Whenever I end up at a store, it is impossible for me to pass the movie section. Those big bins filled with cheap movies? Yeah...I lose hours of my life. Always on the look out for horror movies I haven't seen, for scary tales I haven't heard of, it has become a problem. The horror movie drawer is full...and yet, I buy. October is the perfect time for this. Horror movies get their own Halloween-y section! And so many of them are $5. SyFy channel is on its 31 Days of Halloween...playing creepy movies all the time, s[...]

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Broken Chords, Bayliss, and Ballads

Hello, darlings!   It's been far too longed since I've graced this graveyard. I had an unfortunate turn of events that knocked me off kilter for a while, but I'm back. And what better way to return to the crypt than to bring a touch of fresh meat with me? Though she's no stranger to the dark side, I'm still absolutely thrilled to have her grace our little corner of the woods. Welcome, Jessica! ^^That's Jessica Bayliss ^^ Let's get things going, shall we?   What inspired you to write Broken Chords? BROKEN CHORDS was born because I had to pee in the m[...]

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SLEEPING BEAUTIES – Writing Inspiration from Stephen and Owen King

Stephen King was a gateway to horror for me. I grew up loving monster movies and doing school reports on Edgar Allen Poe and the Salem witch trials. Then, at ten years old, my uncle took me to see The Shining. I pestered my mom until she let me read her movie tie-in paperback, and I was captivated. I’d never read anything like Stephen King before. I fell completely into the worlds he built. The scenery surrounded me; his characters felt like people I knew. In the whirl of supernatural beings and evil forces, Stephen King’s stories felt more rea[...]

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CHASING THE KING IN YELLOW Arrives Friday the 13th!

What better day of the year to release a new book than on Friday, October 13th? I can't think of one, which is why my new novella Chasing the King in Yellow will be dropping this Friday on Amazon and Drive Thru Fiction! Chasing the King in Yellow is in many ways a sequel to the first book in the Parted Veil series, Courting the King in Yellow. After that first book, that story of Frank and Sam continued in the background, as Lovecraft's Curse and Lovecraft's Pupil featured new characters. This book gives readers a window into what's been happening with Frank an[...]

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Let the Fun Begin…Sleeping Beauties

I have dipped my toe into the new book Sleeping Beauties by Stephen and Owen King.   If you didn't know, some of our Midnighters are reading the newest Stephen King release for our celebration of #FrighteningFall. Go read the initial post here. Stephen King...It's easier to list the books I haven't read than have. I have shelves in my bookcase dedicated to his work. I belong to the Stephen King library and get all his new books shipped to my house. I mean...why wouldn't you? He is one of the people I would love to meet, though I'm sure I would freak out[...]

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An Interview Without a Vampire

As our newest member of The Midnight Society could not be located for an interview on this, the day of her birth, I took the liberty of conducting it without her. The Davis Girl (TDG): Are you ready to be interviewed, Victoria Nations? Victoria Nations (VN): Yes! This is very exciting! Such an honor to be interviewed by THE The Davis Girl! Rumors of your interviewing prowess are not exaggerated! TDG: Very true. Hello Midnight Society Readers. I am joined today via imagicaffeine by Victoria Nations. Victoria, welcome.  VN: Thank you The Davis Girl! TDG:[...]