Spooky Season

Wishing You All A Very Scary Equinox

Sep 23, 2024

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Halloween is approaching, and spooky season is in full swing. That means candy, apples, pumpkins, candles, tea, haunted houses, and scary stories. For this Macabre Monday, I wanted to spice things up with a fun, Notes focused community question.

What stories (movies, books, shows are all fair game) make you feel ready for Halloween?

Feel free to post all your recommendations and rituals in the comments if you’re shy, or in Notes if you please. Tag

Shaina Read

Jon T

, and

John Coon

, and we’ll re-stack it for all the ghouls who participate.

And without further ado….the digest.

The Weekly Digest

A selection of last week’s Macabre Monday posts from our team.

Gather around our campfire as we highlight memorable stories, poems, articles, and notes from last week’s Macabre Monday offerings:

L.L. Ford
celebrated their first ever Macabre Monday anniversary post with this throwback:

The Trials of Astra (and other short stories)

The House on Cecil Avenue

Upon my arrival at the house on Cecil Avenue, I was flushed with overwhelming grief. I parked my car on the curb and stared out the window. I had visited Cecil Ave. many times prior, though those times had long passed. The old woman who prided herself as being the neighborhood gardener gave me a cordial wave as I stepped out onto the lovely suburb stree…

a year ago · 8 likes · 2 comments · L.L. Ford

A great story from Jennifer James of
Adventure To A Quiet Place

Adventure To A Quiet Place

The frontier land towards Night

2 months ago · 11 likes · 28 comments · Jennifer James

Newton Webb
shared a free short story, “The Butcher of Bath”

Newton’s Tales of the Macabre

The Butcher of Bath by Newton Webb

HMP Shepton Mallet, England, 2024…

2 months ago · 6 likes · 3 comments · Newton Webb

S.L. Stallings
posted a terrifying tale about finding inspiration

Feed Your Head - Fiction, Non-Fiction, Memoir

MuseConnect

2 months ago · 4 likes · S.L. Stallings

Hanna Delaney
wrapped up part 1 of her current serial, The Spider, a gothic horror novel set in 19th century Liverpool.

A work of fiction

The Spider: Chapter 13

Chapter 1-4| Chapters 5-6| Chapters 7-8|Chapters 9-11| Chapter 12…

2 months ago · 15 likes · 6 comments · Hanna Delaney

Jessica Maison
shared the completed story of Dog Days of Summer, her summer serial inspired by the Michigan Dogman.
Monster of the Week
Dog Days of Summer - Complete Story
Happy Monday…
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2 months ago · 13 likes · 1 comment · Jessica Maison
Leigh Parrish
shared an unsettling story, one written under an alternate pen name.
Outside Art Short Story Collection
THE BURDEN OF LOVE by James Price
The magazine had been a mistake. An impulse purchase that was better suited for a silly young girl than a woman in Marian’s situation. Maybe it was something about the cover that appealed to her. A beautiful bride looking coyly at the reader, one hand outstretched like she had conjured the stars that floated around her. As if everything could be change…
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a year ago · 9 likes · Outside Art
Matthew Christian
shared a short, but startling comic, “Then the Children”
Targeted Nightmares
Then The Children
I’ve been keeping a secret and it’s time to come clean: I wrote and published a comic titled Then The Children. It’s horror, it’s 4-pages, it’s free, and you can read it below - or on GlobalComix (recommended), Amazon (with Kindle Unlimited), and Apple Books…
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2 months ago · 11 likes · Matthew Christian

Enjoy all you maniacs, and as always, Happy Reading!!!

Spooky Season

Wishing You All A Very Scary Equinox

The Weekly Digest

A selection of last week’s Macabre Monday posts from our team.

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