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Chris Kullstroem

Making a Monstrous Halloween is a collection of ways to celebrate Halloween at home, work, in the community and around the globe. It includes ideas and examples of constructing party themes, Halloween business events to throw at work, home haunted attraction outlines, Halloween vacations and much more. It also goes into keeping the spirit of Halloween alive all year with activities such as stone hunting, Full Moon parties, murder mysteries and Halloween travel destinations.

"Midnight Syndicate was a huge inspiration for Making a Monstrous Halloween. Their music goes hand in hand with its parties, games, prop building, crafting and haunting, and often accommodated its research, writing and testing. I can't recommend them enough for keeping in the Halloween spirit!"

-- Chris Kullstroem

Gail Z. Martin

Gail Z. Martin is the author of The Summoner, The Blood King, Dark Haven and Dark Lady’s Chosen in the Chronicles of the Necromancer series. Find her online at www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com, on Twitter at GailZMartin and on MySpace and Facebook. She is also the host of the Ghost in the Machine Author Podcast (www.GhostInTheMachinePodcast.com), focusing on fantasy, sci fi, horror and the paranormal.

“Music sets the scene for a writer, and for me, it’s an important part of writing. My Chronicles of the Necromancer series deals with dark themes and with necromancers, vampires and magic. Midnight Syndicate is on my iPod and their songs are great scene-setting music. I also hear from readers that Midnight Syndicate makes a good soundtrack while they’re reading.”

-- Gail Z. Martin

Beth Dolgner

Over 300 years of violence, disease and death have made Georgia one of the most haunted states in the U.S. Ghosts can be found in Georgia's homes, businesses, battlefields, and even galloping right across the street on phantom horses. More than 50 tales are collected here from paranormal investigators, tour guides, homeowners and people who have spectral co-workers.

"I've been a Midnight Syndicate fan for years, and their music set the perfect tone while I was writing "Georgia Spirits and Specters." ALTERNATIVE THERAPY (one of my absolute favorites) played in the background while I wrote about the haunted mental institution featured on the cover of the book, and BORN OF THE NIGHT got me through the story about the only haunted house that has ever given me chills in broad daylight. Midnight Syndicate is the perfect soundtrack for the dark subjects of my writing."

--Beth Dolgner

Morgan Hawke

"As an author of gothic romances, I personally recommend the music of Midnight Syndicate for creating the perfect atmosphere for any writer of gothic and/or horror. Their albums have never failed to inspire me!"

--Mogan Hawke

Chris Cantrell's Asylumantics

Reminiscent of the old Kiss comic books, Chris Cantrell's Asylumantics comic book series Phantom Music Box features Midnight Syndicate as characters in the story. In this story, an ancient music box has been discovered that is rumored to have the power to control the dead. Supernatural artifact collectors Midnight Syndicate are in a race against time to retrieve the box before it falls into the wrong hands.

Patrick Thomas

Have your ever wondered what would happen if a zombie was bitten by a vampire? Can jinn and demons make zombies? Why is Midnight Syndicate playing a vampyre club and why does a zombie attack during their first set? The answers to these questions and more can be found in Empty Graves a very original and entertaining collection of zombie-themed short stories for fans of the undead. The book is written by Murphy's Lore's Patrick Thomas.

"Gothic music just doesn't get any better than Midnight Syndicate. Picking a favorite from all of their work is a daunting task, but my choice would have to be GATES OF DELIRIUM. It captures the darkness of an insane asylum with all the detail of any movie, made all the more frightening because what happens there is played inside the listener's head. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Midnight Syndicate truly make the soundtracks for all things horror."

--Patrick Thomas

Alan Draven

Now available on Amazon.com!

Alan Draven is an author whose debut novel, Bitternest, was released in May 2007.  The novel is about a detective who forms an uneasy alliance with a group of vampires to prevent a powerful entity from enslaving the fog-shrouded city of Bitternest.
 
When he's writing his horror tales, Alan finds inspiration in the dark mood and sinister atmosphere of Midnight Syndicate's The 13th Hour.  Alan has been kind enough to share one of his short stories with us.  Please click here to read this spine-tingling tale, titled Silently It Creeps. 

Eric Enck

In the heart of Orviston, Pennsylvania, six friends become enemies as each of them learn a deadly secret that one of them is a mobster, and that one of them is his next kill. However, something is about to get in the way, breathing blood and madness, eyes full of moonlight .An unstoppable werewolf creature like none has ever witnessed will prove that sometimes...The Work...that must be done, is brutal, savage and undying.

"Midnight Syndicate is the teeth of what bites you in this novel. I couldn't have finished it without the immortal music of the dark ambience Midnight Syndicate portrays. I will only stop writing when the music stops playing and then I hope to be dead rather than be without it..."

--Eric Enck

Sidney Fox

When Sidney Fox and her husband moved into a small house in N. Hollywood, California… they noticed that things began to happen. They quickly found out the house was still inhabited by its long-dead owner; but that was just one of the many spooky events in a life of author, Sidney Fox.

“His name was Sam and he had no intention of leaving the house; we treated him with respect,” explains Sidney. “It was at this time I decided to heed the old adage, write what you know, and always loving a good ghost story, I came up with the idea for the supernatural tale, Haunted Lily, my debut novel.”  

Haunted Lily delves into the world of British documentary film-maker, Darby McGregor, whose world is shattered when his beautiful fiancée is tragically killed on their wedding day. After a dark time of mourning, Darby is tormented by a horrifying “phantom bride” in the eighteenth-century church he recently renovated. Is this the spirit of his beloved fiancée or something more sinister? Questioning his sanity, Darby and his unsuspecting crew join an enchanted young woman, Lily, who has the ability to penetrate the shadowy veil separating the living and the dead, on a chilling journey through the “spirit world”.

Available at Barnes & Noble.com – Amazon.com - www.spookpalace.com

You can read an excerpt of Sidney Fox's book here on Midnight Syndicate's Legions of the Night.

W.R. Frady

William Randolpf Frady has dreamed of being a writer since his 7th/8th grade year of school.  He writes mostly Gothic Horror and Fantasy, with some Sci-fi.  Some of his inspirations are the “Castlevania” games, “Ravenloft”, both the campaign settings and the novels, Edgar Allen Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, R. A. Salvatore, and Robert E. Howard.  He is currently working on a number of projects right at this moment a vampire novel, building a fantasy world for another series of books and stories, and a short story to be submitted to “Dragon” magazine.   Frady is currently married, has two children, and lives in the foothills of North Carolina. 

           " In writing “Dark Embrace”, the dark, haunting melody of Midnight Syndicate’s music worked to help set the mood of the story, especially at the beginning.  Songs like, “Twilight”, “Solemn Reflections”, and “Blackest Rose” sweep my imagination to another place where fouler things, too ghastly to mention, stalk the shadowy corridors, preying on the unwary who dare to linger.  With this imagery, I am able to create vivid settings that come alive in the readers mind, allowing them to believe in that surreal world if only long enough to follow the character to whatever end may wait.  Finally Midnight Syndicate’s Nightmare Soundtracks contain the rich overtones of the old horror movies, that when I am listening to them, frees my mind from the constant distraction of the everyday world that we live in. "

--W.R. Frady

Kathleen Rowan Fraser

Since childhood, Kathleen Rowan Fraser has had a fascination of Angels, Demons, and other supernatural beings. She spent much of her adult life doing research and studying the legends of the old world, comparing the lore of vampires and other such creatures, trying to find their original origins. She has written poetry, short stories and finally a series bringing these amazing creatures to life. A student of history and religion, she has married these with the many myths of the night to create a new epic of the war between Heaven and Hell on earth, and the creatures that fight this great jihad.

"The music from the band, “Midnight Syndicate” inspired many of the stories and adventures portrayed in my works. From “Noctem Aeternus” (Realm of Shadows) to “Forbidden Crypts” (Born of the Night), the early tales unfolded by lamplight. My personal favorites, “Rm. 47” (Gates of Delirium) and “Return of the Ancient Ones” (13th Hour) inspired my short: “The Cycle”.

--Kathleen Rowan Fraser