Tonight’s the night, for all you lovers of ghosts and frights. Pumpkins are carved and the costumes are ready to be donned. We all love a little vampire lore, so if you need a little help getting in the macabre mood, how about a little poem?
Sourdough Vampire
By Danny Klecko
The bakery’s old
Hallway’s cold
Condensation’s
Causing mold
On the baseboard
On the wall
Clock strikes midnight
Ovens call
I’m going to rise tonight
Close your eyes tonight
Knead the world while you sleep
Pray to God your soul to keep
Bones are cold
Eyes are old
Seeing stories
Never told
Turn the deadbolt
Darkness crawls
Clock strikes midnight
Ovens call
From 30 Foot Pole, a chapbook by Danny Klecko
Here’s hoping all your ghouls and goblins have a frightful night. If you are looking for some good spine-chilling reading, check out my Halloween Reading list here.
And writers, don’t forget, tomorrow begins the annual National Novel Writing Month. “Thirty days and nights of literary abandon!” Or, they should say, abandoning your normal life to literary pursuits. So get all that craziness out of your system tonight, so you can buckle down and do it. Need a little help? The Loft is having their Novel Writing Conference this coming weekend. You could still sign up, you know!
And lest I forget, and because I didn’t have time to write an article on it, I wanted to tell you about the comics event taking place this weekend at The Soap Factory. Okay, you may know this venue as the Haunted Basement, and you could still get in on that tonight. But this coming weekend, they are also hosting the Minneapolis Indie Xpo, Nov 5 and 6. This is an independent comic book festival featuring over 200 exhibitors from all over the US and Canada.
Included will be exhibitors and programs, such as local artists in the 2D Cloud group, which includes Will Dinski and other great talents. The exhibit runs from 10am to 5pm each day and is free and open to the public.
So that’s your round-up of things spooky and fun, helpful and useful, and just plain fun. Get on out there! No excuses!
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