My go-to Halloween book is always Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. Is it a ghost story? Is it a tale of psychological decay? I’m never quite sure, but either way it’s creepy. This year, I’ve been going untraditional (for me) and reading through E.F. Benson’s ghost stories instead. Then, of course, there are [...]

To everyone who was pummeled by this weekend’s blizzard, I hope you’re staying warm and dry. A white Christmas is one thing; a white Halloween quite another! In honor of Halloween, I’ve reproduced a blog post from the vault, from October of 2007: The Costume Less Traveled. Because, let’s face it, my costumes were always [...]