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“The Black Cat” From The Father Of Horror

Poe’s short story,”The Black Cat,” is in the public domain. This post of it may have been better for October, but I think you’ll like it. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Redeem Your Halloween

Answers in Genesis took a look at Halloween–this article looks over their idea that Halloween may originate in the Flood of Noah’s time. While I disagree, they did make statements about Halloween worthy of “holding fast to.” · Travis Perry

What is Truly Scary?

At the root of all fear is the desperate unwillingness to lose something precious, the ultimate fear being the fear of losing one’s life or the lives of loved ones. · Mark Carver

The Least Dangerous Men

Today’s subject is ghost stories, because ’tis the season. · Shannon McDermott

Halloween, Evil, And Speculative Fiction

The point is this: evil in the real world is not so easy to pin down—not without God’s clear standards. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

One Conception From Another

We all have an idea of what a witch is, but the idea is almost unavoidably an amalgam. · Shannon McDermott

Halloween and the Aesthetic of Evil

“Halloween is all about darkness and ugliness.” But Christians who say this confuse aesthetics with morality. · G. Shane Morris

Through Uncanny Valley

“But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that is going to be Human and isn’t yet, or used to be Human once and isn’t now, or ought to be Human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on […] · Shannon McDermott

Jack Chick, This Was Your Life

Tract cartoonist Jack Chick left behind a legacy of wild and harmful Christian speculative fantasy. · E. Stephen Burnett

A Notable Lack

Holidays, and all the expressions of a whole and genuine religion, offer a wide and rich opportunity to speculative fiction authors. · Shannon McDermott