Season of Shadows Blog

The title for today’s entry reminds me of a spooky spot I’d love to visit somewhere in the deepest, darkest of woods. However, Autumnforest isn’t a location you can go to physically, but instead, she’s a person who’s created the virtual equivalent of that spooky spot amidst the woodlands. Comprised of all the things I hold dear: Halloween, the paranormal, and the creepy; Autumnforest’s Ghost Hunting Theories is a fantastic blog for Halloween buffs, horror fans and supernatural aficionados alike. While I could write a lengthy entry describing her knack for crafting amazing tales of horror, or talk about her mind-opening theories that shatter antiquated concepts regarding the paranormal; in this post, I’m focusing on her ’09 Halloween haunt/party.

Being a fellow inhabitant of the Southwest, Autumnforest knows just how challenging it is to transform desert landscape into autumnal scenery. Capturing the more commonly associated feelings of fall and Halloween, amidst cactus and rocks, isn’t always easily accomplished, yet she manages to pull it off without a hitch and is a great hostess to boot! I’m busy enough tending to my yard haunt on Halloween night, but she manages to find time for decorating the yard, taking care of trick-or-treaters and entertaining party guests. I wonder if she’d like to bring her talents to New Mexico on October 31st? I could always use an extra hand.

In all seriousness, her haunt has a lot of great elements — the graveyard scene and haunted doll room being two of my favorites. I know she has plans to expand even more for Halloween 2010 on the scary doll stuff and I can’t wait to see exactly what she has up her sleeve.

Whatever you do, whether you’re in the mood for Halloween, horror or theories on the supernatural, you gotta swing by Ghost Hunting Theories. It’s indeed the virtual equivalent of that sweet, spooky spot way back there in the forest.

Sorry I missed posting an entry yesterday, but I’ve been really busy the last few days working on the new Season of Shadows Halloween Radio. The section features Halloween music as well as dark ambient/atmospheric tunes. Currently, there’s over forty minutes of audio that can be played via the embedded player. The Halloween Radio has music from amazingly talented artists like Nox Arcana and raison d’etre!

Nox Arcana and raison d’etre were both extremely generous in granting me the permission to feature their work; and I cannot THANK them enough! While enjoying the new section, please swing by the artists’ sites; show them some love, and let them know Season of Shadows sent you, as this project wouldn’t have been possible without their kindness. I’d also like to thank Goldie for her awesome input and collaboration on ideas for the Halloween Radio page.

Over the coming months, I’ll be doing my best to continue adding to the current volume of great Halloween audio, so if you have a dark ambient or Halloween musical project to contribute, or if you can put me in touch with someone who does, please contact me. I’m already working on getting permission from a few other dark artists, so here’s hoping the musical catalog continues to grow over time. I hope you enjoy it.