Halloween Approaches

When Halloween season comes, to me it's like Christmas. After all, Halloween is the only holiday aside from Santa's workday that the houses are decorated with thematic lights and characters to get people into the holiday spirit. You drive around the neighborhood and see Styrofoam gravestones, zombies, pumpkins, inflatable monsters - all of it is wonderful. It's perfect. It makes me want to watch my favorite scary movies every night, or in the case of my having kids now, watching more family-friendly Halloween movies like Casper, Harry Potter, Hocus Pocus, etc. I always read a scary book or two in October, one of which is always 'Salem's Lot, and I always try to write at least one good scary short story. I don't typically post any of my fictional works online (I save those to send out for publication), but this year, in the spirit of ghosts, ghouls, goblins, monsters, and things that go bump on Halloween night, I am going to post 31 very short stories. On September 30^th, I will post an introduction, and then every night after will be a new entry until the final one on Halloween night. This is going to be a challenge for me since these stories aren't written yet, but I think it will be a good way to get my creative juices flowing. Hope you enjoy, and Happy Halloween.