A million creepy-crawly thank-yous to everyone who helped make our first-ever Halloween reading such a graveyard smash: Cooper, Michael, Shawn, Joanna, Darley, and Stephen for performing your spookily flappy lits; the late Rod Serling for guest-hosting; Alibi for your sinister singing & stellar photography; Pacific Standard for their always-gracious hospitality; and all you beautiful freaks who came out to enjoy the show. We hope y’all have a Happy Halloween, and we’ll be back for reading #12 early next year…

(photos by Alibi Jones, except where noted)

Alibi Jones prepares for a herky-jerky performance of “People Are Strange”
(photo by Rebecca Robison)

Cooper Wilhelm terrifies us with a transcript of true-life horror

Michael Seymour Blake reads “Mediocre Company,” his haunted-house tale from FLAPPERHOUSE #11

Shawn Frazier gives us the shivers with “The Shadow’s Insomnia”

Joanna Valente sends chills down our spines with her sensual poetry

The late Rod Serling guides us through this strange dimension known as the FLAPPERHOUSE…

Darley Stewart wraps us in the dark velvet wings of “Jacob’s Surprise”

Stephen Langlois drags us to the end of the world with “Our Boyfriends”