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October 16, 2025

[31 Days of Halloween] October 16

Spooky bird comics, a Halloween movie countdown, and a map of Pacific Northwest haunts

Good evening, my creatures of the night,

An animation of a skeleton sleeping in a coffin with cartoon "Zzz"s. The coffin lid is labeled "tired"
Live footage of me currently

A beautiful evocative illustration of Nosferatu the vampire, a pale figure with long ears and fingers, draped in flowing robes.
Orlok by Matías Bergara


If you’re on the west coast of the US, and especially in the Pacific Northwest, then this list is for you: a Google Map of haunted houses, yard haunts and corn mazes. (Thanks Jey for sharing the link!)

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".
Spooky Bird Stories by Rosemary Mosco

I’m also enjoying this countdown list of recommended easy-to-access films and shorts for Halloween. There are lots that I haven’t watched yet so I’m stoked to add them to my watchlist and check them out this month!

Here’s a question for you all: if all horror movies were real, which would be the most frightening to try and survive? Hit reply and let me know!

I’ll sleep when I’m dead,
Laura

October 16, 2026

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