I used to get as many Halloween-themed columns into October as possible, and though I no longer have the energy for that I’m still dedicated to the idea of this as the time of year for spooky fun. So every year I collect all the spooky, creepy or scary links and other content from the previous year into one place just before Halloween. If you’ve come to my blog in the past year, or don’t remember previous editions, they are “Trick or Treat”, “More Trick or Treat“, “Tricks and Treats“, “This Trick’s a Treat”, and “Tricky Treats“. Horror or death-themed columns of the past year include “Thanatopsis“, “Whistling Past the Graveyard“, “Eternity“, and “Approaching Infinity“; there are creepy or spooky-fun videos in Links #383, #385, #387, #388, #394, #398, #402, and #404; and here’s a small collection of spooky or Halloweeny links:
- Nyarlathotep?
- Lovecraft in porcelain.
- Lovecraft’s secret archive.
- Like tribbles, except not cuddly.
- A horror movie for every day of the year.
- Talk about operating with a skeleton crew…
- Pleasant dreams, kiddies. Love, Snake Mama.
- Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.
- Nightmare of the week. And another. And another. And another.
In Pennsylvania where I grew up, you had to sing for your treats. That meant the people at the door were treated to whatever was in the elementary school repertoire. I still remember my favorite:
My old black cat sits in the dark
I wonder what she’s thinking
The moonlight’s shining in her eyes
And they are softly blinking
For she knows it’s Halloween
And she can see the witches
Streaming down the Milky Way
On their brooms of switches.
Nattie