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A guest post by Red Rocker!A Touch of Dead is Charlaine Harris’ latest book, a collection of short stories featuring the telepathic Louisiana waitress, Sookie Stackhouse. Harris  dedicates it to all those readers who want every last sip of Sookie. It’s a double entendre, of course:  a lot of p...

My apologies for the delay, but I had no time today to record the video of the drawing for the giveaway. I will try to find time tomorrow. Related PostsNo Related Post

A new book releases today which I recommend so highly, I’m on the back of the book cover: The Intersection of Fantasy and Native America, edited by Amy H. Sturgis and David D. Oberhelman. Here’s my endorsement:With excellent and accessible scholarship, this book opens wide the door of...

Just a reminder that tonight at midnight EST is the deadline for entering the giveaway contest for a chance to win Where the Wild Things Are or H.P. Lovecraft: The Fiction. I’ll record a video of the drawing and post it tomorrow! Related PostsNo Related Post

We can’t go back to the time when we wondered what was going to happen next. But one blogger – Jess – is at the point, and she’s blogging through, chapter by chapter, as she discovers the series for the first time.This is a fantastic idea, and I’ve often thought of r...

I’m doing some regular site maintenance, so the blog might look a little weird for a bit. We’ll be back to normal soon. Related PostsNo Related Post

Our beloved Fawkes was named after Guy Fawkes, the man who intended to carry out the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the British Parliament in 1605. Depending on your particular political persuasion, you’re either celebrating the failure of that attempt, because government was not overthrown (&#...

PotterCast #208 is up, and it contains a new segment from the Potter Pundits – the second half of the Gothic discussion. Amy H. Sturgis joins us once again.Also, Zossima Press is offering a special Potter Pundits Package! Don’t miss this great deal on the Pundits’ books.Related PostsNo Rela...

Lots of great discussion this month, everyone. Definitely the best Hog’s Head Halloween yet! Looking forward to doing it again next year with more scary stories and movies.We’ll be getting back into our Deathly Hallows Read-Through soon. If you’re behind, this would be a good ti...

My progeny of evil have gained another year and are year closer to world domination. Happy Halloween. Related PostsNo Related Post

Good luck and well wishes to any pub patron who might be participating in National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo.For those who don’t know, NaNoWriMo started way back in 1999 as a project designed to simply get people writing creatively.  The goal is to write 50000 words ...

News and commentary, Gothic themes in Harry PotterOn TapFarpoint MediaNew Hog’s Head artwork by Aaron J. SmithHarry Potter Exhibition Your with Matthew LewisHarry Potter’s World ScheduleThe Fiddler’s Gun1980’s Harry PotterHalloween GiveawayDracula’s Guest and discuss...

You can enter today to win one of two great books: A hardcover edition of Where the Wild Things Are, or a now out of print copy of H.P. Lovecraft: The Fiction. As you can see from how expensive the one used copy is, those of us who bought it at the time for $12 are quite happy.Entering your name ...

Yahoo Movies has a photo gallery selection of the scariest movies in several different classes, best vampire, best haunted house, best killer animal, etc.  Some interesting choices but I think on the whole good ones.  I particularly like the choice for best giant monster. Check out the photos&#8...

A guest post by Red Rocker!Do you like ghost stories?The very first ghost story I ever read was The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgson. It’s about a room where a very bad thing happened, a long time ago. Perhaps because it was the first ghost story I’d ever read, haunted house stories have be...

Thinking about going to Infinitus 2010, the massive Harry Potter conference in Orlando, Florida? Want to join me in being part of the academic programming?Infinitus has issued its call for proposals. They’re looking for presentations, panel discussions, round-table discussions and workshops...

According to this story, Stephen King is going to try his hand at comic books.  He’s contributed five issues to a new comic called American Vampire, which reimagines the vampire in an American setting.  Here’s a brief blurb from the article on what they’re planning to do with th...

What would you get if you crossed Harry Potter with Saved by the Bell? Lucy Knisley has written an amusing comic that depicts the Hogwarts crew in setting of a 1980s high school. John Cusack as Harry and Christopher Lloyd as Dumbledore is funny stuff. Somehow, I can’t see Mark Paul Gosselaa...

Discovery Channel News had a nice, short commentary from Katherine Ramsland, the author of The Science of Vampires.  It’s only about 2 and a half minutes long.  Lots of still images, some from Nosferatu.  So, if you don’t want to watch the Nosferatu movie, you can at least see how the...

For our final week of A Hog’s Head Halloween 2009, we return to the godfather of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft. If you’re not yet familiar with the master of fear, read Amy H. Sturgis’s helpful post from last year, “Getting into the Lovecraft Zone.”Since we haven&#82...

Pan’s Labyrinth is simply a stunning film, both visually and thematically. I liked it the second time around more than the first. Opening with the story of the princess of the “Underground Realm” where there are “no lies or pain,” who dreamt of outer world and escape...

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One of my favorite movies when I was younger was The Ghost Breakers starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Released in 1940, The Ghost Breakers perfectly blends comedy and fright with some gothic elements on the side.Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) is about to travel to Cuba because she inherite...