I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween! I’ll be taking my little ghoul to his third costume party of the season (at 10 months, Jack has quite the busy social calendar), then it will be off to a quick round of trick-or-treating. Hopefully, I’ll be home in time to get a few trick-or-treaters at my place–I do love seeing the kids in their costumes!

Happy Halloween!

Okay…I haven’t been lucky enough to get my hot little hands on the December issue of the Romantic Times (cuz it’s not in stock yet at my local B&N, dang it!), but Secrets, Volume 18: Dark Passions is on the cover! Yay!! I’m completely thrilled! I think when I find some in stock, I’m going to have to buy at least 5 copies…

There is a story inside about Red Sage and the Secrets anthologies. I was interviewed for the story (since my tale The Wolf’s Mate is in Volume 18), but I don’t know if any of my quotes are actually used in the story–I’ll just have to wait and see.

Have a mentioned how excited I am? 🙂

So AMC is running its annual MonsterFest (love, love it!), and while surfing their site, I came across their listing of the “top 10 monsters“–um, yes, I’m assuming we’re just referring to movie monsters. Here’s the listing:

The Mummy
Michael Myers
Chucky
Dracula
Pinhead
Jason
Godzilla
Frankenstein
Freddy
The Wolf Man

So…who is missing from the list? What movie madman/monster do you think should have been included in this horror count as the best of the best? Me…well, I’m wondering about The Predator…

Okay, I saw the Dove Evolution video this morning on the Today show–very interesting. Here’s a link to the Dove site if you’d like to check it out. (Wait for it when you go to the Dove site, it will play automatically.)

Hope everyone out there has a great Friday the 13th! (Anyone planning on watching a few Jason flicks? Hmmm?) Me–well, I’m planning to take a trip to the pumpkin patch, to drink a couple of nice glasses of Vampire wine, and yes, to watch some really, really scary movies.

In honor of this oh-so-special day, I thought I’d post a few Friday the 13th facts:

1. “Lizzy Borden uttered a total of 13 words at her trial.” (Woo–um, not woo, just seems odd.)

2. According to Smithsonian Magazine “fear of the #13 costs American a billion dollars per year in absenteeism, train and plane cancellations, and reduced commerce on the 13th of the month.” (I can completely believe that!)

3. “Tarot Card number 13 is the Death Card, depicting the Grim Reaper (although it is read as transition or change and not literal death).” (Never noticed that–and I have several Tarot decks–I’m just not observant enough!)

4. “Trisadekaphobia is the technical name for fear of Friday the 13th.” (Ha! I knew that one!)

5. “13 knots in a hangman’s noose.”

6. “13 feet which the guillotine blade falls.”

7. “There are 13 steps leading to the gallows.” (Okay, I’m starting to see a trend here…)

Anyone else know any interesting Friday the 13th Facts? (Like the fact that, so far, I think there have been 11 Jason -hockey-mask horror films, and my favorite is number–oh, heck, who am I kidding? I’m a glutton for punishment and I LOVE THEM ALL!)