Meet Kendall Kingsley. She's a normal everyday girl who likes hanging out with her friends, Halloween and talking about boys. There;s just one little thing: VERY WEIRD happenings occur whenever she's around. Join Kendall, her annoying older brother Walt and her funny best friend Bailey as they try to uncover the mysteries of the old scarecrow in the cornfield and the wolf that prowls the woods outside the house. The first two books of the Kendall Kingsley collection, together for the first time in one beautiful hardcover set!

FOUR NEW STORIES OF THE STRANGELY COMPELLING Paul Counelis (Rue Morgue, Lords of October, Halloween Machine) brings us four short stories of the supernatural... A seance gets out of control on Halloween night. One unfortunate Christmas Eve recounted by an unlikely being. Travelers on a cursed vessel in an infernal game of cat and mouse. Parlor game in the cemetery of a town that holds an ancient lore.

Halloween Machine FALL 2017 ISSUE Interview With Mick Garris, Hocus Pocus writer! Tributes to Tobe Hooper and Basil Gogos Halloween Store Sightings with Miley David Rupp of 9th Circle Designs Halloween Fiction by Charles Primm and Kurtis Primm Kreatures of the Night Halloween Inspired Art and More! Variant Cover!

HALLOWEEN MACHINE PRESENTS: JOHN CARPENTER!! Paul Counelis (Rue Morgue, Lords of October) takes a look at of one of HM's favorite Halloween and horror folks, director and musician JOHN CARPENTER! This is in a series of profiles about influential people in the Halloween and horror industries, and JOHN CARPENTER is BOTH, with his horror pedigree well earned in music, movies AND with the contributions of one of the most well known Halloween masks: Michael Myers. This book contains reviews of Carpenter films, Kurtis Primm's creepy prose, Carpenter's most underrated movies, the case for HALLOWEEN as the greatest horror film ever made, review of Carpenter live in concert and more. With a jaw-dropping creepy-cool cover illustration by David Hanson!!

Halloween Machine Fall 2018 issue! Featuring an interview with DAVID HOWARD THORNTON of TERRIFIER! ""I Killed a Monster"" by Kiddferd P! Halloween prose by Kurtis Primm! Halloween Store Sightings! 20 Newer Movies to Watch On Halloween! The Mummy! 25th Anniversary of The Halloween Tree! Halloween art and more! TRICK OR TREAT!

Halloween Machine is back in a new quarterly format! This issue features: Toys 'R Us Halloweens Halloween fiction by Valarie Savage Kinney David Ivey of The Ghoul Show Halloween poems by Kurtis Primm Halloween Store Sightings The Case for the Movie Trick 'R Treat Kiddferd P's Halloween recipe and poem and more! With brilliant front and back cover illustrations by B.C. Smith! TRICK OR TREAT!!

A group of friends, a spooky house down the road and a really strange mystery adds up to the birth of the SPOOK SLEUTHS! join the newest group of mystery solvers on their FIRST super spooky case, with scares and laughs and a whole lotta fun! Cover by Scott Deyett Illustrations by Randy Dunckley

Brenden goes into adulthood hoping not to disappoint everyone who believes in him. His best friend Devon is brash, funny, and in over her head. The girl he is pining after, Carrie, appears to have it all together, and her twin brother Justin seems to float above everything. Their idyllic existence is rocked by an unwanted outsider, a group of secrets, and the most important revelation of all. SOMETHING WE COULD NEVER BE weaves a haunting tale of surprising resonance; a touching, often funny story of truth among a group of friends just trying to navigate the changes of the future.

HALLOWEEN MACHINE - AUGUST 2017 ISSUE! FEATURING: Tribute to George A. Romero Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Night of the Living Dead Transworld with Kurtis Primm The Creepiest Dr. Seuss Story Mr. Halloween The Best Halloween Documentaries Ranked Halloween Store Sightings ...and more! With a Romero cover by Paul Counelis! TRICK OR TREAT!

HALLOWEEN MACHINE PRESENTS: ROB ZOMBIE!! Paul Counelis (Rue Morgue, Lords of October) takes a look at of one of HM's favorite Halloween and horror folks, director and musician Rob Zombie! This is the first in a series of profiles about influential people in the Halloween and horror industries, and Rob Zombie is BOTH, with his horror pedigree well earned in music, movies AND Halloween haunts. This book contains reviews of Zombie films, Kurtis Primm's creepy prose, an interview with Walter Phelan (""Dr. Satan"" himself), catching up with Sid Haig, a look at what might be next for Rob Zombie, EFX artist Donnie Drumm's custom Halloween 2"" masks and costumes, and more. With a jaw-dropping creepy-cool cover illustration by David Hanson and a full color back cover illustration by Halloween Machine's Audriana Counelis!

What is it, and why is it following me? It sits, maddeningly, without comment, and leers at me, its eyes unflinching. Unblinking. What does it want? Rue Morgue's Paul Counelis (Before Bedtime, Don't Dare the Dead) explores the dark side of the paranormal with another startling collection of striking stories, this time centering around a particularly distressing entity that refuses to go away. Cover by Jason Counelis

Acclaimed self-help guru DR. SVEN Z. JENSENBERGER (AKA author Paul Counelis) can help you to stop being a FB DB and assist you in getting the obscene amount of likes and comments that you crave to feed the daily beast, your internet soul! READ THE BOOK that's SWEEPING THE NATION!! Now pocket sized for handy reference!!

Whether you LOVE Halloween or are just interested in the way It affects pop culture, this book is FOR YOU! Interviews with Halloween experts Lisa Morton, Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, Leonard Pickel and more! Halloween in film and television The myths and legends of Halloween Music and cultural influence The story of Boris Pickett's Monster Mash Hocus Pocus, Halloween 1978, A Nightmare on Elm Street and many more Haunted attractions Best TV specials ...and TONS more, from the pages of Halloween Machine magazine! It's a big book of TRICKS AND TREATS!

THE BRADBURY EXPERIMENT A revealing observation of Ray Bradbury's seminal book THE HALLOWEEN TREE on the present day climate, with a twist...Paul Counelis (Marshall's Gully, Rue Morgue) (and his dog Emmy) unleashes the words of Bradbury out into the sp

In 11:59 AND COUNTING, Paul Counelis (Rue Morgue, Halloween Machine) talks to a host of horror hosts, delving into what makes them tick, insights into what its like to do what they do and how they stay relevant in today's media overloaded world. A fun and engrossing look at a rich, intriguing and spooky tradition and a must read for fans of horror movies and the men and women who introduce them.

Our cinematic hopes and dreams are a direct reflection of the society around us. We sometimes need escapism in the form of our established myths and heroes in a way that nurtures our own wellbeing, especially kids. Over a series of essays, author and Rue Morgue scribe Paul Counelis examines several different instances where pop culture met comics, writing about his own personal experiences and the effects of comic book heroes on today's culture. With looks at Spider-Man, Superman: The Movie, Batman v Superman and more!

A series of stirring poems and vignettes by author Paul Counelis, from delicate and introspective to powerful and undeniable.

Strange things reside within the pages of this collection of bizarre stories from the realm of the supernatural by author and Rue Morgue columnist PAUL COUNELIS. DON'T DARE THE DEAD, two men on the run from the law find themselves in a very unusual situation outside a haunted house. BOB ZOMBIE: A LOVE STORY, about a reanimated rapper and his friends, and the seasoned zombie hunter who tries to do the right thing. SHADOWS FOR REALITIES, a little girl remembers being born, and the eyes watching her from multiple dimensions. Cover photo: MATT WOODBURY Cover model" SCOTT GRAUBNER

WHAT IS THE GREATEST HORROR MOVIE EVER MADE? Paul Counelis tries to answer that impossible question by making the case for ten of the most popular horror flicks ever to terrorize the screen. Witty, informative and thoughtful commentary highlight this collection. With "Greatest Horror Movie" lists by industry pros from writers, musicians, directors, horror hosts and actors. With a foreword by author Glen Birdsall and an amazing cover illustration by artist Roger Scholz!