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August 21, 2009

Bony Bunch Coffin and Skeleton
Tea Light Holder

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Bony Bunch Coffin and Skeleton Tea Light Holder Can you smell it?

Even through this hot, sticky air of August I can smell Halloween approaching. It’s even appearing here and there, in teasing bags of candy suddenly appearing on store shelves in preparation for the October rush of hungry, sweet-toothed, ghouls, and in store displays like Yankee Candle’s exclusive Boney Bunch collection of candle holders.

I picked up the Coffin Tea Light Holder. It was the last one in stock. The cute Goth-looking girl in back of the counter told me it was popular. She wrapped it up for me, along with a box of black patchouli tea lights to go with it. Yes, I’m a softy when it comes to Halloween.

If you’re in to Halloween and candles, check out the Boney Bunch at Yankee Candle (online or in the store).

Meet the Horror Bloggers: And Now the Screaming Starts

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And Now the Screaming Starts Many fans of horror, amateur and professional alike, have devoted themselves to blogging about the thrills, chills, and no-frills side of the genre as seen in cinema and print. In this ongoing series that highlights the writers behind the blogs, we meet the unique personalities and talents that make the online horror scene so
engaging. Up close and personal.

In this installment, CRwM from And Now the Screaming Starts proves that horror fans do not need a lifetime of experience to share in the fun that comes from terror onscreen.

I’m a pretty lame horror fan. I say this because I lack the long involvement that is a hallmark of most fan bios.

I came late to the whole horror thing. Or, rather, I started out as a sort of “monster kid,” fell out of love with the genre in the important teen years, and then returned after more than a decade of resistance.

It all started out classically enough. When I was a little kid, I had this pact with my pops. If I waited until my mom went to sleep, then I was
unofficially approved to “sneak” out of my room and hang with him. We’d catch old monster movies on the local channel. I remember Tarantula specifically.

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