Kate Spofford, author

Tag: 31 days of halloween

31 days of Halloween, day 31: writing horror

Since it is the last day of Halloween, and Nanowrimo Eve, the list today is horror books and movies about WRITERS!

October 31, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 30: disability rep

I’ve tried to collect horror here with positive (or at least, not damaging) portrayals of disability.

October 30, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 29: based on Ed Gein

I had originally meant to include multiple serial killers in this blog post, but then I found that all the books and movies were based on just one: Ed Gein!

October 29, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 28: prairie horror

Not to be confused with Western horror, this list of horror stories set in the prairie is more about wide open spaces and harsh, isolating winters.

October 28, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 27: high school horror

High school was not the greatest time of my life, which must be why horror stories set in high schools are so common.

October 27, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 26: book/tv pairings

Sometimes there’s a vibe between a TV series and a book that is not its source material, and that is the list for today.

October 26, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 25: Christmas horror

The 25th of October means… that Christmas will be here in two short months!

October 25, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 24: Horror on Ice

If there’s one thing I fear, it’s the coming of winter each year. I hate being cold, and I know I’m not alone – which is probably why this list was so easy to make!

October 24, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 23: found footage

Horror novels don’t have “footage,” but they can include documents, testimony, and photographs to try to fool you into thinking the novel is something real.

October 23, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 22: boogeymen

It’s one of our earliest fears, the boogeyman in the closet. This creature goes by many names, but a few things remain the same: he is a shadowy entity who preys on children.

October 22, 2019