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October has left us and there were some very nice horror films that I visited for this time of the year when summer dies away and darkness creeps in. Though my favorite horror films that were new to me this year I watched outside of spooky season, Longlegs That Satanic serial killer film from Oz Perkins and Immaculate the feminist/religious/body-horror starring Sydney Sweeney. (Reviews for both are on this blog.) Though there is time for Heretic with what looks like a deliciously evil Hugh Grant to win a spot at the top.

My own foray in horror proceeds but a bit slower than I had wanted. My folk/Cosmic horror novel should have been at 60,000 words by the end of October but landed at 55,000. 5K short is not terrible and it remains very likely that the first draft will be completed before year’s end.