13 Days of Halloween:
Literary and Semi-Literary Horror-Fest
Each October 19, we begin a survey of (quasi-)literary horror.
For 2022, I called for films which were “creatively original,” whether or not they were well known or well funded. I have also selected 13 frightening short stories to review. All are here and on our social media: @WaywordsStudio. Enjoy the season!
A Bit of Poetry
“The Empty House” by Walter de La Mare
Monstrum
Mary Shelley Weekend Creation
This Halloween. . . .
Horror Films
October 19
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
October 20
Mr. Sardonicus
1961
October 21
Castle of the Living Dead
1964
October 22
Phantasm
1979
October 23
Altered States
1980
October 24
The Audition
1999
October 25
Let the Right One In
2008
October 26
The VVitch
2015
October 27
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016
October 28
The Endless
2017
October 29
The Mortuary Collection
2019
October 30
Come to Daddy
2019
October 31
His House
2020
Short Stories
October 19
“The Phantom Coach”
Amelia Edwards
1864
October 20
“Carmilla”
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
1872
October 21
“The Willows”
Algernon Blackwood
1907
October 22
“The Landlady”
Roald Dahl
1959
October 23
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?“
Joyce Carol Oates
1966
October 24
“I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream”
Harlan Ellison
1967
October 25
“The Hospice”
Robert Aickman
1975
October 26
“The Lady of the House of Love”
Angela Carter
1977
October 27
“The Frolic”
Thomas Ligotti
1989
October 28
“Lacrimosa”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2015
October 29
“A Perfectly Normal Interview with Carmen Maria Machado
Where Everything Is Fine”
Theodore McCombs
2019
October 30
“√I”
Marty Cahill
2022
October 31
“Wehr Wolf“
Alma Katsu
2022