Every October, the
Horror Writers Association posts a series of Halloween-themed blogs written by members. My entry — “The Spooky Place” — is now live. This one chronicles the early days of Martinsville Jaycees’ Haunted Castle in the little community of Koehler, VA, back in the
1970s and ’80s, and how it help boost my fledgling career as a Very Spooky
Person.
“As we shuffled forth, I could hear screams, popping, crackling, and other menacing sounds issuing from below. After negotiating a dark, mazelike passage, we began to file through one creepy, expertly rendered chamber after another. There were strobe lights, smoke machines, spiderwebs, tombstones, and roving monsters that crept out of the shadows to grab you. I was enthralled, my little brother terrified...”
