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Flame Tree Press | Halloween | The History of Halloween

Posted by Matteo Middlemiss

Continuing our look at some of horror's most beloved elements and mainstays, we are turning our head to Halloween itself. Halloween is built around horror and scaring away evil spirits but its history in horror fiction is relatively short. Many scary stories are told on Halloween, but until the mid 20th century they did not often reference the holiday itself. In this blog we will be looking at the history of the holiday; where did it come from, what's it about, and when did it become a feature of horror stories?   

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Topics: Halloween, History of Horror

Flame Tree Press | Halloween | History of the Haunted House Story

Posted by Matteo Middlemiss

Haunted Houses are a staple of horror films, novels, TV shows, short stories and campfire tales but they also happen to be one of our favorite themes for horror. They might seem like a product of the past few hundred years but the history of haunted houses and their use in storytelling actually goes back thousands of years!

 

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Topics: Halloween, History of Horror

Flame Tree Press | Halloween | Our Authors on Writing Horror

Posted by Matteo Middlemiss

To celebrate Halloween week we are going to be posting a few blog posts on different aspects of horror fiction. Since we understand that readers are also often writers, we thought we could kick it off with a quick conversation with our horror authors on why they started writing horror and what their main influences were. 

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Topics: Author Interview, Flame Tree Press Authors, Halloween

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