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Blogtoberfest – Recipe: Fudge Skeletons

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I love an easy recipe and this one you can make in the microwave! Ingredients 8 oz (about 3 cups) semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup white candy coating or white chocolate chips, to decorate Gingerbread man cookie cutter Yield: 12-15 Fudge Skeletons   Preparation   1. Prepare a 9 x 13 by lining it with parchment paper or aluminum foil.  Spray the lining with non-stick cooking spray. Make the paper/foil overhang the pan to use as handles later. 2. In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the chocolate chips, condensed milk, and salt. 3. Microwave the bowl on high for 1 minute, then stir with a spatula. If the chocolate chips are not completely melted, return the bowl to the microwave and heat for another 15-30 seconds, then stir until the chocolate is melted and smooth.… Continued

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Blogtoberfest – Colors in Darkness Halloween Party

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  The 1st  Multicultural Celebration of Horror, Paranormal and Dark Fantasy! Come and Celebrate With The Fear! There will be contests, excerpts and more!   Have you marked your calendars?  On October 29th, you must attend the first Colors in Darkness Halloween Party.  Come hang out with writers of color who love spinning dark fiction, horror, paranormal and dark fantasy.  If you like all things scary, , you’ll love the party that we have planned.  Author excerpts, prizes, trivia and all around scary fun.  Come and discover a new Gothic author, a super-scary horror author, or on the lighter side, a dark paranormal with a little romance. Spread the word about this event…..click to tweet below….and see you at the end of October!   [bctt tweet=”Multicultural Celebration of Horror, Paranormal and Dark Fantasy…Join us! http://on.fb.me/1OQ2R8h” via=”no”] [bctt tweet=”Come celebrate your fear! Multicultural celebration of horror, paranormal and dark fiction. http://on.fb.me/1OQ2R8h”

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Blogtoberfest – Scary Stories – Pet Sematary

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Horror is different for everyone.  I don’t think the “experts” can agree on what horror is and thus there are tons of movies and books that represent the horror genre, as it should be. I also believe that horror is different depending on where you are in your life.  What’s represents horror for a twenty-year-old might be old-hat to a forty year old. Books that resounded for me in my twenties are just “eh” now that I’m a lovely seasoned woman of a certain age. But Stephen King’s Pet Semetary broke that mold.  It’s just as frightening now as when I first read it many years ago. Here’s the blurb “Sometimes dead is better….”When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son — and now an idyllic home. As

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Blogtoberfest – Urban Legends to Keep You Up at Night – Part 2

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The Thousand Steps Behind a rusty, broken gate at the top of the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi in Eagle Point Park (Clinton, Iowa) is an ancient set of steps plagued with tragedy and wrought with mysteries and fables. Locals call them the “Thousand Steps”, and they were built in the 1930’s along with the rest of the neighboring park to allow access from the top of the bluffs to the beach below. Although originally used frequently by families and other people looking for a scenic hike, the stairs soon fell into disuse and began to decay- becoming filled with holes, structural cracks, and covered in slippery moss, making them very dangerous to use. But of course, nothing compels children to do something more than being told not to do it. In the 1960’s, it soon became a right of passage to descend the stairs and live- which many children and

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Blogtoberfest – Urban Legends to Keep You Up at Night – Part 1

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We all know ’em, don’t we?  The friend of a friend of my cousin who….they all start out that way and always end badly for that sort-of person we kinda know. They even made a movie (or three) about it, then there was that television series that acted them out (badly) for you. Let’s talk about a few of these, shall we?  And remember to leave the light on…. The Clown Statue Murderer: An Urban Legend The story of the clown statue murderer is an urban legend. It is not a true story but can spark fear in anyone who reads it. It has been passed around as a chain letter online since 2004. Here is the story: “A girl in her teens is babysitting for a family in Newport Beach, Ca. The family is wealthy and has a very large house – you know the sort, with a ridiculous

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Blogtoberfest – American Gothic Roots Music – Rachel Brooke

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Welcome to today’s Blogtoberfest post!  It’s another dark country/roots song by artist Rachel Brooke.   “Take everything you think you know about country music and throw it out the window. That pop rock crap y’all call country is nothing compared to what Rachel Brooke is laying down. She’s an old soul in the way Hank Williams and Memphis Minnie were, culling together both country and country blues into an album that is easily digestible for anyone who gets scared off by real country music. Etta James once said that the blues and country music were kissing cousins. Rachel Brooke is their love child.” -Chip McCabe   and   “Producing and playing most of the instruments herself, Rachel demonstrates her immense talent and diversity on this album. (Down in the Barnyard 2011) The song writing is top notch, her voice is eerily old-time-authentic, and the whole album has the ability to

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