Halloween Horror Nights 2023

Welcome, Fantasy Nerds! This week we want to share with you our most recent adventure…Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. This is a family tradition that we look forward to every year. Read on to find out what it’s like to go and hear about all the fun we had! We of course had to get souvenir […]

The Spookiest Stories for Halloween

Welcome, Fantasy Nerds! Since it’s Halloween weekend, we decided to do a round-up of our favorite scary stories for you to read. Some of these will be stories we have written, others are from guest writers we’ve featured on the blog, and some will be from outside writers whose work we enjoy. We hope you find a few stories to […]

Best of Halloween Horror Nights

Welcome, Fantasy Nerds! It has become a family tradition for our siblings to go to Halloween Horror Nights together. It’s a night we look forward to every year. We thought we would share some of our favorites from this year in case you wanted to make a trip yourself, or were curious about what it’s like. Haunted Houses The Weeknd: […]

The Scraping

There it was again. The scraping noise I heard every night for the last six months, it was like clockwork. It woke me when the moon was high in the sky, her rays of moonlight kissing my cheek in comfort. I already knew what was waiting for me if I peeked under my bed, eyes. Nocturnal eyes, glowing in the […]

Clever&WTF Update – Halloween Trip

Seeing as Halloween is right around the corner, and Spooky Season is in full swing, we wanted to share our recent trip with you all! Usually Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Orlando is our yearly trip, unfortunately due to COVID we haven’t been able to go, nor see each other for over two years. It was wonderful to have […]

The Enchantress’ Challenge: Maze of Misery

This is the fourth and final chapter in The Enchantress’ Challenge. To start from the beginning, click here. Kavarus finishes reading the next clue, and turns to Lyendah and Waylon. “My journey continues, but what will you do now?” Lyendah’s gaze flicks toward Waylon, but she doesn’t look him in the eye. They are both silent. “You fools!” Kavarus shouts. “You have […]

The Enchantress’ Challenge: The Gorgon

With a roar, Kavarus pierces the beast’s heart with his longsword. Now, I am ready, he thinks smugly. If he can slay the great Cyclops, then he can face any challenge the enchantress might throw his way. Kavarus marches home, stopping outside of his stone dwelling to clean his sword. Once it is glistening, he places it on the rack […]

The Magic of Onyx

I was walking home from work, kicking rocks with my worn out boots, dreading the rest of the night. I enjoy Halloween enough, but I was at the weird age when I couldn’t get away with Trick-Or-Treating anymore, and I was too young to go downtown for extravagant Halloween parties. Deep in my self-loathing I stumbled across a few young […]

This Is Why I Don’t Like Halloween

Ellie stumbled out of her bed, flinging her covers off “Fuck” she mumbled “I slept in late AGAIN” She did this every morning, staying up too late at night, snoozing her alarm about ten times before she actually got out of bed. She quickly pulled on her favorite, but very worn, pair of jeans, and a pulled a hoodie over […]