Happy New Year, 2024!

Welcome 2024!

I’ve been taking my time and thinking about my goals for this year. No big resolutions to reveal, only a promise to myself to write more spooky stories and find ways to hold myself accountable. I suppose I could walk a little more, eat more salads, and be kinder to all people, including myself, but’s the closest to resolutions that you’ll hear me say.

It was fun to post themed haiku last year, even when I strayed from my original idea of posting connecting haiku into bonafide story. Great idea in the beginning, but I struggled a lot due to work constraints. Nevertheless, I’m quite proud of the fact that I wrote new, original haiku every week for a year.

This year, I’m determined to blog a little less and only post a Monthly Haiku Corner with a spooky haiku each month. I’ll continue to post themed haiku for holidays, special events, or whenever inspiration strikes, and of course, I will still post horror movie lists, for all those looking for recommendations, because these are my first loves and I enjoy blogging about them.

As always, I wish everyone good health, love, joy, happiness, and prosperity throughout 2024.

Winners of the Holiday Haiku Challenge 2023

1st Place: Amy Lyford

2nd Place: Ad-Libby

I will directly contact winners to get mailing details or get prizes out. Please do not post personal information here or on social media.

Thank you for participating in the Holiday Haiku Challenge 2023.

Happy New Year!

Holiday Haiku Challenge 2023

Share your most festive or spookiest Holiday Haiku sometime during the next 5 days for a chance to win some prizes!

SUBMISSIONS:

Only 3 haiku permitted per contestant. You may post here in the comments section or on Instagram or Threads. Don’t forget to use #holidayhaikuchallenge in your social media posts AND tag me! @halloweenhorrorhaiku

Contest starts December 26th and ends at midnight, the witching hour, on December 31st.

PRIZES:

Grand Prize: The first two books in the Omnist Series written by Rob Weldon and a pick in the 2023 holiday grab bag.

Second Place: Spooky Christmas Socks and a pick in the 2023 holiday grab bag

Third Place: A pick in the 2023 holiday grab bag filled with lots of Halloween stickers, pins, and other goodies.

DEADLINE: Contest duration: December 26 through 31, 2023. Winners will be announced on January 1st, here and on social media.

Please see Contest Rules and Eligibility Page for more details.

Reminder: Use #holidayhaikuchallenge in your social media posts AND tag me, @halloweenhorrorhaiku. If you don’t tag me, there’s a chance I won’t see your post. Instagram changed their algorithms and I don’t always see new posts.

Don’t forget to follow Halloweenhorrorhaiku at Instagram, Threads, and Pinterest.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Haiku of the Week

Part IV of the Merry and Fright series. It’s a traditional Christmas vibe with a little dash of spooky sprinkled in.

blood, bones, sweat, and tears
the chaos of the season,
finally over

Haiku of the Week

Part III of the Merry and Fright series. It’s a traditional Christmas vibe with a little dash of spooky sprinkled in.

cleaning blood off knives
A christmas to dismember
Santa’s naughty elves

Haiku of the Week

Part II of the Merry and Fright series.

sinister smile
a hidden killer inside
the snowman

Happy December!

Happy December! The theme this month is Merry and Fright. One of the many things I love about December is the chance for a second Halloween! Work was a little crazy last month and November got away from me. I knew it was going to be an off month and so I used the time to reset because I love posting about haunted holidays. Who doesn’t love a good dark and scary Creepmas?!

Merry and Fright is for the people who love both Halloween and Christmas. These two holidays are close cousins, completely opposite, yet so similar in nature, they can be celebrated in the same way. Merry and Fright is traditional Christmas, but a little dark, little creepy, little kitschy, and little scary.

Yes, Christmas, like Halloween, tends to be overcommercialized but if we continue to spread love, kindness, understanding, and goodwill, along with education of the traditions and history of the holiday, we’re gonna be okay.

Which reminds me…here, Christmas is not Jesus’ birthday, but it IS the chosen date to represent ALL religious and pagan holidays and traditions. It’s a hodge podge and that means it’s okay to say Merry Christmas, it’s okay to say Happy Holidays, and celebrate all traditions, including putting up the pagan Christmas tree, lighting the Hanukkah menorah, lighting the Kwanzaa Kinara, waiting around for Sinterklaus, ringing a bell for Krampus, and throwing a birthday party for little Jesús. I don’t have time for hate, end of story….nor racism, prejudice, bigotry, nationalism, extremism, or sexism, so please don’t bring it.

The world is full of bad guys, war and strife enough as it is, so I’m trying to create a safe space for everyone who loves Christmas and Halloween. My holiday gift to you will be fun, frivolity, holiday haiku, holiday horror, holiday spirits, games, contests, free prizes, and gift-giving guides for those looking for the dark and spooky items for those special loved ones. So keep tuning in all month long.