31 Days of Halloween: October 31+1

November 1, 2024

Good evening, friends, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Thanks for joining me during the entire month of October for the 10th (!) year of this...

31 Days of Halloween: October 31

October 31, 2024

Happy Halloween, my little ghouls and gremlins! We made it!! Woohoo! I hope you’ve all had a wonderful month and a fun day full of as many or as few tricks...

31 Days of Halloween: October 30

October 30, 2024

Good evening, friends, Just one sleep til Halloween! Are you ready? My cauldron’s a-brewin’! 🎃 The website Centuries of Sound is “an attempt to produce an...

31 Days of Halloween: October 29

October 29, 2024

Good evening, friends, Just a few days to go! I am well and truly possessed by the Halloween spirit and am putting the finishing touches on our costumes....

31 Days of Halloween: October 28

October 28, 2024

Good evening, friends, It’s the greatest day of the greatest season: the return of jimi Halloween, the celebration of mundane Halloween costumes organized by...

31 Days of Halloween: October 27

October 27, 2024

Good evening, friends, Well, I’m delighted by how many of you enjoyed the newsletter about the wonderful, not-at-all-terrifying Furby. Art by @floatharr A...

31 Days of Halloween: October 26

October 26, 2024

Good evening, ghosties, Despite the typical Oregon weather, the pet parade this morning was a lot of fun! It was really more of a “dog parade plus one cat...

31 Days of Halloween: October 25

October 25, 2024

Good evening, friends, The day approaches! There are a lot of Halloween events this weekend — we saw some very fancy vampires in the street earlier — and...

31 Days of Halloween: October 24

October 24, 2024

Good evening, friends, We’ve been catching up on Halloween episodes of TV shows and I wanted to take a moment to appreciate something that’s all too rare...

31 Days of Halloween: October 23

October 23, 2024

Good afternoon, friends, If you’re just joining us, you may not know this fun fact about me…but…I love Furbys. (Furbies? Furby singular?) If you’re not...

31 Days of Halloween: October 22

October 22, 2024

Good evening, friends, Three totally cute illustrations to share tonight…awwwww. Art by @heatherhattrick Art by @jennykoland “ITS FRICKIN BATS” by...

31 Days of Halloween: October 21

October 21, 2024

Good evening, little ghosties, I’ve been down a rabbit hole of Halloween-themed 3D printing. I no longer have a printer at home, but I think it’s very cool...

31 Days of Halloween: October 20

October 20, 2024

Good evening, friends, A whole bunch of spooky art for you on a shadowy, rainy night. Art by Greta Hand The Keeper of the Castle Grounds by HolBolDoArt Love...

31 Days of Halloween: October 19

October 19, 2024

Good evening, friends, A late dispatch coming at you from Halloween HQ, where everyone has a cold (the first one in four years…!) At least there’s time to...

31 Days of Halloween: October 18

October 18, 2024

Good evening, Halloweenies, A small fun thing: I was looking at a pair of ‘chaos dice’ on Etsy and started browsing to see what else the seller makes. Chaos...

31 Days of Halloween: October 17

October 18, 2024

Good evening, friends, Phew, the gremlins are busy at the Halloween HQ haunted castle! Art by Līga Kļaviņa-Raiska One of the many joys of the season is the...

31 Days of Halloween: October 16

October 17, 2024

Good evening, ghouls and goblins, Some tricks and treats for this late night. Art by @alejandrayuriar (Thanks Tess!) Cemetery Scavenger Hunt by Steffi Lai...

31 Days of Halloween: October 15

October 15, 2024

Good evening, friends, Some Halloween tidbits for you tonight. Every year in October, game creator and artist Derek Yu draws a series of spooky pictures...

31 Days of Halloween: October 14

October 14, 2024

Good evening, little ghosties, A spooky taster for you tonight — we’re watching “It’s What’s Inside” (a Netflix horror movie filmed here in Portland!) The...

31 Days of Halloween: October 13

October 13, 2024

Good evening, Halloweenies, A short one this evening. Anyone feeling the Sunday scaries? 😱 Linocut by Molly White Here’s a fun, spooky short film (just under...

31 Days of Halloween: October 12

October 12, 2024

Good evening, Halloweenies, A lovely sunny day in Portland today! We went to look at “Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail”, a collaboration with local stop-motion...

31 Days of Halloween: October 11

October 11, 2024

Good evening, cuties, A long day over here at Halloween HQ, so a short (but interesting) note this evening! I’m digging these Halloween postcards from...

31 Days of Halloween: October 10

October 10, 2024

Good evening ghouls and ghosts, I already know what I’m going to dress as for Halloween but I’m still fascinated by trend reports like this one from...

31 Days of Halloween: October 9

October 9, 2024

Good evening, Halloweenies, It’s definitely spooky season…the novelty Halloween stories are starting to trickle in! What are the costume trends this year?...

31 Days of Halloween: October 8

October 8, 2024

Creeping in for an evening edition, a cabinet of curiosities to enjoy… Binoculars by JMFenner The Cartoonist Cooperative is fundraising with a bundle of...

31 Days of Halloween: October 7

October 7, 2024

Good evening, ghosties, A late one today! I got totally wrapped up playing around in AdamGryu’s Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, the free pop-up multiplayer...

31 Days of Halloween: October 6

October 6, 2024

A quick one for a lovely evening, friends. Art by Aubry Joi 📻 This podcast from Relic Radio preserves old-time vintage horror radio shows, sometimes...

31 Days of Halloween: October 5

October 5, 2024

Good evening, ghouls and goblins, It’s a wonderful October weekend here in Portland! We went to the “Not So Scary” Fair at Wonderwood Springs today and had a...

31 Days of Halloween: October 4

October 4, 2024

Good afternoon creeps and crawlies, The first visit to the pumpkin patch was a resounding success! I didn’t manage to get a cute pic (this may be a running...

31 Days of Halloween: October 3

October 3, 2024

Good morning, ghosts and gremlins, With the approach of October comes “Code Orange”, the social media term for the appearance of Halloween decorations in...

31 Days of Halloween: October 2

October 2, 2024

Hello ghosties! Thank you so much for all of your support and kind words welcoming the return of the newsletter. Writing this every year has become a beloved...

31 Days of Halloween: October 1

October 1, 2024

It’s that time again, my little creepies and crawlies…pumpkins are on porches, leaves are turning red and brown, and the 31 Days of Halloween newsletter...