Monday, October 18, 2004

Ghosts, Spooky Tales, and Fun Stuff, Too!

With just under two weeks until the big day, I've got to return to the Halloween theme. If you're going to do any exploring about goblins and pumpkins and costumes and scary stories....now's the time to do it. No fun waiting all the way until October 31.

Yahoo has a clearinghouse of information about Halloween (and other holidays) here. From this impressive list of links, you can find gobs of information and "stuff" about this most haunted of holidays. Naturally, a lot of it is supposed to be in the ominous and scary spirit of the season, but there's some just plain fun here, too.

One of the most enjoyable things about this season is the excuse it gives any of us literary types to revisit the genre of spooky stories.

Just like the days of when radio dramas were the big hit, there are sites that have stories available online in both printed and aural form.

One such site that spccializes in "ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most celebrated storytellers (sometimes the author!)," is The Moonlit Road. Makes me wish I had Internet access in my car for long drives and commutes.

Except maybe for Trick or Treat-ing, nothing more fun than listening to some scary stories!