For me, spooky season always kicks off with Colorado Festival of Horror. Nothing gets me more in the spirit than a full weekend of horror films, panels, celebrities, costumes, and events.
The horror genre has always reflected current fears in society. Horror is how we explore and face them. It is our playground where we exercise the worst what ifs. Post-pandemic, mid global political turmoil, fully in climate collapse, what are we scared of?
Last month, I taught my very first writing workshop. I’ve publicly spoken as an author before, talked at high schools about craft and publication, been featured on panels at conventions. Yet Novis Mortem Collective offered me my first opportunity to actually teach writing.
I gave up New Year’s Resolutions a while ago. I was never good at keeping them anyway. At some point, I switched to selecting an intentional word. A goal theme for the year. I have used “healing” and “simplify” in past years. This year, I’m going with reset.
This year, at the request of the Midnight Monster Club, I adapted the game for the holiday season, replacing any horror movie with holiday or winter horror movies and coming up with festive categories.