Halloween Mop-up!

 

Well last night got a bit away from.  I was travelling back to the parents again,  and yet again the buses were running late.  Seems like they had a good excuse this time though as apparently there was some 'unrest' by teenage kids throwing rocks and setting off fireworks towards buses and police in Edinburgh. 

I didn't see any of ir first hand, but did see the fireworks going off in the distance when I was walking the two miles back from the bus to my parent's house.  I just thought it was people celebrating Halloween!  All a bit weird....

Anyway, there was a few things I meant to talk about yesterday that I didn't get round to, so let's get those out of the way now.....

HALLOWSCREAM

First up,  my brother and a few other artists and writers have been working on the latest issue of Hallowscream, the tribute to an old 80s British comic called Scream! 

Click here for more info on it and the download links!

GRUESOME GAMES

Sorry to anyone who was expecting to see more Gruesome Games this year...I had massive plans to do a huge list again,  but when I started I knew that that would have been too much.  So of course, now I have a much bigger plan!

Starting on January 1st 2025, I plan...that's plan, not promise....to try and post about one horror-themed game a day, over on my other under-used blog, Deadpan Flook's Gruesome Games!  We'll see how that goes....but I thought it made sense to post them over there, as I know some people are just interested in those, and some people in the other stuff I post here.

Maybe I'll still do a couple of 'Best of' posts on here during the Countdown.  Who knows, we'll see if the first part of the plan comes to fruition first!

THE COUNTDOWN AND HEALTH

Well, after worrying about how much I would be able to do, it all worked out pretty well didn't it. I managed to post something every day, and still had time to get around to quite a few of the other bloggers and check out there posts! And there was a lot of great stuff! So give yourselves a round of applause, Cryptkeepers you've done yourself proud!  Special mention should of course go to Dex for taking the reins of the Countdown up this year, and organising the hub, blog lists, etc.  

Thanks Dex!

But yeah, my health managed to not be too bad.....until yesterday of course, when I got hit with a massive wave of stomach-acid badness.  I'd been to the docs a few days earlier as we suspected H-pylori was still kicking around in my sytem from pains I had before the Countdown,  and also yesterday, a test confirmed that it was indeed the case, and i got a text saying I have to make another appointment for next week to arrange treatment.... Blargh!  Oh, and I finally got word from a rheumatologist, but the app they wanted me to use to book an appointment seems to be completely broken, so I'll need to mention that to the Doc too!  Fun times....

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And that about wraps it up for Halloween again for me, this year!  I've persuaded my mother to keep the decorations up for an extra night in case we get any straggler Trick or Treaters that couldn't make it last night,  but tomorrow will probably be the start of taking down the decorations for another year.  If it's anything like the last year, though, it won't seem too long at all until we're getting the box o' spooks back out again!

Thanks again to everyone who stopped by, and to anyone who is just starting to look now after a busy month!  Only other people who've blogged before truly understand the work that some posts take, and so it means a lot when you leave me comments.  I'll try and pop by anybody I missed over the next couple of weeks and catch up too!

As long as my health doesn't get too out of hand, I'm also planning to stick around for a bit and post sporadically.  I know I usually disappear for a year,  but the blogging is actually helping with everything else going on with me, so.....yeah, until next time....

Laters everyone!

P.S. Remember to dispose of your Pumpkins sensibly,  and don't just dump them in the woods!