Here's your big Halloween jam for this weekend. Enjoy!
Friday, October 30, 2026
Ending Darkly
We end the Friday Horrorthon with fiction from Cole Purdy with the return of Robert Fleming's artwork. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Friday. We'll be back tomorrow.
We're Not Done
The Horrorthon continues with flash fiction by Sasha Harding and photography by Nick Matsas at Oddball Magazine.
Tonight: First Fridays Youth Open Mic with Harissa Feltington and Zara Barryte
Held at the First Baptist Church on 633 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. Doors open at 7:00. Click here for more info.
Scott Withiam, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 10/29/26
Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager.
Yep!
Janet Cormier takes on another kind of horror for this week.
Read Bamboozled No More! now over at Oddball Magazine.
Lit Me Up for the Holiday Weekend
My poem "Comeback" is Halloweeny enough for Friday's edition of Lit Up. Thanks to Pecular Julia and the team for accepting my work.
My Friday Morning Music
More Halogen Girls for your Halloween listening pleasure. You want to add this to your playlist for tomorrow, right?
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Forever
Robert Fleming's artwork is back for John Stickney's contribution to the Horrorthon at Oddball Magazine.
One Foot in the Ditch Mitch
Patricia Carragon has some haiku for us to go with artwork by Hoss for this Thursday portion of the Horrorthon at Oddball Magazine.
The Stages of Instruction for Writing
"Write what you know."
(Hundreds of pages later...)
"No, no, no. Write what we know."
(A few hundred more pages later...)
"Oh, so you think you know everything, huh?"
Terrifying Tower
James Van Looy's latest poem column is appropriate for this week of horror.
Read It's All One Thing, up now at Oddball Magazine.
David Fulcher Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 10-28-26
From this week's online gathering. A Halloween themed feature is just what we needed. Be sure to pick up his latest book from Old Scratch Press, The Pumpkin King and Other Tales of Terror.
Goodbye, October
Thanks to David Fulcher for being Stone Soup's closing feature for October. Be sure to pick up his latest book from Old Scratch Press, The Pumpkin King and Other Tales of Terror. Join us next week as we open up November with special feature Tznya Pinchback.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Day of the Dead Came Early Too
I'm hopefully halfway home by the time you read this.
Stone Soup is tonight.
David Fulcher is giving us a special Halloween themed reading.
I hope to see you there.
Twin Terrors
Two horrors depicted thanks to the poetry of Mark States and the artwork of Bob McNeil. Thanks for visiting Oddball Magazine this Wednesday. Come back tomorrow as the Horrorthon continues!
Bonus Graphic
Robert Fleming offered a larger, taller graphic for the Horrorthon. A little too big, but I'm so appreciative of everything Robert has done for the magazine.
Keeping The Horror Real
Wednesday's portion of the Horrorthon starts with words and images by Marjorie Pezzoli. Oddball Magazine welcomes you to the fright fest that looks like the real world because it is.
The Things You Learn
Lyrical Somerville concludes the month with a poem by Bridget Brown. Read it now over at The Somerville Times.
I Know, I Know
Someone out there is trying to give me advice. I want them to know I'm really trying to follow it, but it's hard, okay?
Some More Legal Graffiti
I love that this chalkboard sign has a ghost pun but is showing what looks to be a tentacled eldritch horror. I guess you don't want to exclude any type of horror fan from your establishment.
A Moment of Comics
Damn this first issue of Midnight Spider-Man slaps hard. Big Absolute Batman vibes about this new series and line from Marvel. Perfect for Halloween week. Enjoy this non-spolier page from Midnight Spider-Man #1, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson with artwork by Scietronc.
American Haiku: Midterm Message
When I started my Sarcastic Haiku series, I wrote my first American Haiku.
An American Haiku doesn't care about tradition, formality or history. it takes as long as it wants to make its point because America. You can read
others I've written since by clicking here and scrolling down.
Lately
I've seen a lot of police around the Forest Hills T stop lately over the last couple of weeks. Both morning and evening. I wonder what's been happening there?
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
I wanted to do something different for Halloween week. Here is Ishmael Reed with a poem more than fit to be alongside this week's Oddball Horrorthon. Read his poem "Black Cock" via the Poetry Foundation site.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Play It One More Time
A ghost story by Shannon O'Connor (who also provides photography) keeps the Horrorthon going at Oddball Magazine.
Play Ball
Jason Wright's Jagged Thought is back for Halloween Horrorthon week.
Read it now at Oddball Magazine.
We Can Do It!
The Horrorthon continues with flash fiction by Susan Isla Tepper. She and banner artist Robert Fleming start our Tuesday at Oddball Magazine.
This Week's Most Distinguished Network Name
It's amazing what people will name their online networks. I'm always trying to hijack Wi-Fi when I'm commuting, so I often come across a number of interesting names. Every Tuesday, I post the most impressive and/or cringe-inducing names.
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| I know what this guy's dressing up as on Saturday. |
F**k October 2026
I'm going to enjoy Halloween on Saturday, but the sooner I finish with this week and get to November 2nd, the better.
Monday, October 26, 2026
Cup of News
Instant Noodles has an author's/artist's choice themed call for submissions.
You have until November 7 to send in your work.
No Mirrors Please
Poet Joanne Macias is next for the Horrorthon with Robert Fleming's banner art.
More to come this week at Oddball Magazine.
My Littlest Latest
My latest one line for the micro lit journal Smols is now up. Thanks once again to Roberta Beach Jacobson!
Certainly Horror Themed
Anne Skove's latest comic certainly keep the spirit of the type of scares we want to evoke this week. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
And So It Begins: The Horrorthon!
Jim Bellamy is our first poet for our week of real horror-tinged work.
Thanks to Robert Fleming for providing the banner art for another year.
Welcome to the week of horrors at Oddball Magazine.
Everyone stay safe out there.
Now It's Officially Fall
It took a while for Autumn to get going, but we finally got a bunch of new stickers from Marianne Radnitzky all around Jamaica Plain.
My Momday Morning Music
I highly recommend you add Halogen Girls 3000 music to your Halloween playlist this year. Here's one of their songs with the more zombie-themed music coming later.
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Fighting Figurine
My partner's father passed away over a year ago. He was a retired electrician and a constant tinkerer. Of the many items in our home (including a steampunk lamp), two in my personal collection include his pumped version of a "desk top jock" they used to sell in the eighties. This is more of a desktop gladiator or desktop Spartan, and he dominates the top of my bookshelf.
Your Weekly Dose of God
I saw this book cover. Thought it was a DVD cover of a mockbuster of The Croods.
Saturday, October 24, 2026
November 11: Welcome Back, Julie!
The more friends that come back to Stone Soup Poetry this year, the better. I always wanted to feature Julie Marie Hoey in person. She has since moved away and Stone Soup is still online only for now, but we can still make that feature happen this month in the virtual world. Please join us for her feature on November 11.
Join us on Wednesday, November 11, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 889 3455 6668
Password: stonesoup
November 4: Tzynya Pinchback Starts Our Final Spiral
On November 4, the midterms will be over and we will plunge into either the growing horror that is the year's end the somewhat stilted horror of this year's end. Either way, let's trudge on with the help of Tzynya Pinchback on November 4.
I asked her to give us the same energy I see in her social media, and I know she won't disappoint.
Join us on Wednesday, November 4, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 862 1993 8734
Password: stonesoup
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 10-24-26
Write haiku before
the October morning frost
bites your fingers off.
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