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It’s Halloween, and my house exists again.

If you visit Salem and pick up this season’s free issue of Haunted Happenings Magazine, you’ll see coloring pages by my two youngest. Which means that their work will get more exposure in one month than my entire body of work across my whole career. I’m eating all their Fruit by the Foot right now.

A smidgen of Salem from today.

Fright Night. Who’s it gonna be tonight? Getting our spook on at Fright Kingdom in Nashua—always a highlight of the season.

Your high school mascot was definitely not as cool.

Last night.

We…headed…to the Sleepy Hollow Street Fair. Saw a herd of Headless Horsemen.

Sleepy Hollow Street Fair crowd. Lots of heads to choose from.

“Some mention was made also of the woman in white, that haunted the dark glen at Raven Rock, and was often heard to shriek on winter nights before a storm, having perished there in the snow.” —The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving

Excited to read @jwocker.bsky.social latest!

Time to deathorate for Halloween.

A 17th century kidnapping that yielded the country’s first bestseller.

Queen to Rook 5.

Classic authors sharing some dirt.

It’s a scream, baby.

Silver Scream! Haven’t seen Jeff in person since the Poe-Land days.

Good times at the Spooktastic Book Fair. Love weirdo nonfiction writers and podcasters. Always the best conversations.

Two graves. One lightning bolt.

Salem tonight, Spooktastic tomorrow, Silver Scream on Sunday. I love Christmas season.

Why not walk into a dark tunnel.

This is where I’ll be on Saturday!

A hospital with grim reaper scythes for signage.

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Hey! This Saturday, I’ll be at the Spooktastic Book Fair in Framingham, MA, signing books (including WELCOME TO THE GHOST SHOW), doing a panel, and hanging with a bunch of vulnerable authors away from their writing machines. Drop by. Say hi.

Glad you dug! I’ve made many a trip into those Pine Barrens. Love it.

Get your mom’s silverware and melt it down into billets. We’re hunting werewolves.

Six-year-old is making plans for how to decorate the fireplace for Halloween this year.

Family fun in abandoned tunnels.

Boston has a giant octopus now. It’s holding an elephant.

Oh hey, new spooky kid’s book from a guy who does it right! (By which I mean they have been known to creep me out.)

I’m on the Binnall of America podcast talking about it all: Welcome to the Ghost Show and my philosophy for writing for kids, all the wildness in the world of cursed objects these days, etc. Take a listen: Spotify - open.spotify.com/episode/0tlt... Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

So we were sitting there watching Wednesday, when….

The time of year I have to charge the glow-in-the-dark packaging on my food before I can consume it.

The best thing about getting visited by extraterrestrials are the parties you get to throw later. We hit up the Exeter UFO Festival this weekend.

Salem is Salem-ing. Not that it ever stops these days.

Taking my heathen daughters to church.

A message from the stars for you.

I was craving clove drops and fudge, so I made a video to excuse the calories: Where to get your candy in Halloween Town.

Howling V and Mike Myers Fantas for family movie night. We’re not technically celebrating the season yet, but sometimes it just happens. Well, in my family.

Invading the Exeter UFO Festival.

New book to add to my library! This one from The New England Legend himself, Jeff Belanger. Even has a few spots I’ve never been to. Who’s up for an Autumn roadtrip?

You can get anything you want at Alice’s Little Haunted Bookshop.

Thanks, all, for supporting yesterday’s debut of WELCOME TO THE GHOST SHOW! Here’s a pic of a 3D clay version of the cover sculpted by my then ten-year-old when she first saw the concept a year ago. Best thing about writing for kids is watching my own get excited about the books.

It’s out!

Out tomorrow, August 26!

I wanna give you a hand. The one belonging to St. Edmund. It’s in Connecticut. Let’s go.

Messin’ around Mystic, CT, yesterday. Vids soon!

I’ve never been surrounded by so many Julia Robertses before.

The most dangerous book in my library.