This month on Hist-Fic Chick and Linus’s Blanket we will be hosting Harrowing Historicals: A Month Long Celebration of All Hallows.
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Each day of the month at witching hour (12 midnight, EST), Nicole and I will feature a different historical fiction (and a few fun non-fiction!) read that has a Halloween tie-in. Because let’s face it – history is fraught with some scary stuff! Join us for chats on the history of vampires, Queens who died in gruesome ways, what it’s like to consult psychic mediums for historical fiction research, and scary personages like Elizabeth Bathory and Jack the Ripper. It’s going to be an exciting month filled with all things spooky history!
And of course for Halloween, there has to be some treats! Leaving a comment throughout the event on any Harrowing Historical post (here or on Linus’s Blanket) will enter you for a chance to win one of several awesome Harrowing Historical prize packs.
A sneak peek at part of a prize pack (more merchandise is on the way): Four Harrowing Historicals and an evil eye talisman necklace, which in Ancient Greece and Turkey was used to ward off evil spirits.
If you are a book blogger and you have a Harrowing Historical you’d like to review in October, come back here and leave your link. A Harrowing Historical can be any scary or haunted historical fiction/historical non-fiction read that takes place pre-1960:
This sounds great! Definitely looking forward to it.
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OOh! Will this be International? I love historical fiction!
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Sounds like fun!
I love the idea of this
I am not sure if I will get anything read myself, but I do look forward to both of your posts!
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Very awesome event! I can’t wait to get some recommendations!
Trisha recently posted..Reading Report- Coming in the Homestretch
Fun! A good way to get excited about the season. I look forward to reading the posts!!
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It looks to be an interesting month.
This sounds like such fun Allie – can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!
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I love love the idea of a Harrowing Historical — I enjoy a good creepy Gothic in October!
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I definitely look forward to this something-different event. I love anything historical – and don’t we all or we wouldn’t be following you, tongues hanging out – but this is a different twist. I already have a to-be-read list, thanks to you, so will likely be adding a few of these. The dark stormy nights are ahead for the Oregon coast and I look forward to being snuggled in my favorite fireside chair , a reading light at my shoulder, candles casting shadows around the room and a harrowing book in my hands.
This is such a fantastic idea! I cannot wait to get some awesome recommendations. Thank you!
GREAT idea !!! I can’t wait to add these suggestions to my reading list ! Let the reviews begin!!
Too scary!
I must add that I have just been musing on the face of that pretty woman at the top of the screen, and judging by her pink dress and the expression on her face, I have to question whether she has ever read a book in her life….well, maybe vampire ones.
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What fun. You have a very good start on your prize packs. How to Mellify a Corps is on my Wish List. It sounds so interesting. I’ll be very interested to see what books you present this month.
Wow-what a wonderful idea. I love historical fiction and this spooky series is chock full of great new recommendations. I can’t wait to read the rest of the month.
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