
A very interesting Flash Film by Pasarmiedo.com. The site is in Spanish, but the content and story are universal. (Japanese titles included!)
Quite worth the looksee!

A very interesting Flash Film by Pasarmiedo.com. The site is in Spanish, but the content and story are universal. (Japanese titles included!)
Quite worth the looksee!

I spied this sign hanging on the wall at the 1 West Street mill building in Fall River, a mill that is full of artist work spaces. It is fuzzy, I know, because my hand moved when I took the shot with my cell phone.
But here is what it says:
A Call To Artists Who Love Lizzie Borden
We invite you to join us in celebrating the macabre legacy of the Queen of Fall River in
Lizzie Borden: A Tale of Two Cities
at Gallery X
Curated by Susan Hauck & Sonic Nova
October 14-November 15, 2009
Reception October 17, 7-10pm
This show is open to all artists, all mediums and interpretations encouraged
$10 per piece submission fee
The deadline for all entries is Oct. 11
Gallery X, 169 William Street, New Bedford, MA
www.galleryx.org
myspace.com/SonicNova
On Facebook: Gallery X, Susan Hauck Tim Gastall

The third edition of the popular and provocative Literary Hatchet is now available for sale in hard copy at only $8.00.
Support new fiction and poetry! Buy your copy today!
Please visit the sale site to purchase a copy or two or four or twelve.
Of course, the journal is also available for free as a digital download here.
From the editor’s remarks:
Welcome to 2009 and the third issue of The Literary Hatchet. Reviews have been more than positive and our authors are grateful for your patronage. This is a free magazine, so please share it with your friends and family around the globe.
In this issue, we are honored to publish three poems by the great Ada Jill Schneider, award-winning author of Behind the Pictures I Hang, Fine Lines and Other Wrinkles, and The Museum of My Mother. I have met Ada, shared poetry at her poetry club, and basked in the gentle goodness she brings to the world. I know you will enjoy her work as much as I do.
In addition to Ada’s work, we offer you some lovely pieces by two of my favorite poets—Michael Brimbau and Kat Koorey. Both of these substantial artists astound me in the breadth and scope of their talents. I am pleased to present them again to you here.
For short stories, nothing beats a work by David Marshall James. In this issue, he gifts us with two of his works—both related to the subject matter of Lizzie Borden, but in very different ways.
Readers of The Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery & Victorian History will recognize regular contributor Eugene Hosey on these pages as well. Eugene’s short stories, while dark and brooding, always surprise me. They are a perfect companion to a thundering rainy day.
We are planning to have another issue out before the year is over, and submissions are being accepted now. Please send your short stories, poetry, humor, and artwork to peartreepress@mac.com.
Stefani Koorey
publisher/executive editor
stefani koorey
production/design
stefani koorey
design consultant
michael brimbau
contributing writers
ada jill schneider
kat koorey
david marshall james
eugene hosey
michael brimbau
aurora lewis
larry allen
stefani koorey
grim k. de evil
julia fisher
mark sashine
kathleen a. carbone

The 3rd issue of The Literary Hatchet, a free online magazine that contains provocative short stories, brief fiction, uncommon poetry and prose, and drollery that frightens and surprises, is online TODAY!
Please visit The Literary Hatchet to download your free copy. A print copy will be available soon!
From the editor’s remarks:
Welcome to 2009 and the third issue of The Literary Hatchet. Reviews have been more than positive and our authors are grateful for your patronage. This is a free magazine, so please share it with your friends and family around the globe.
In this issue, we are honored to publish three poems by the great Ada Jill Schneider, award-winning author of Behind the Pictures I Hang, Fine Lines and Other Wrinkles, and The Museum of My Mother. I have met Ada, shared poetry at her poetry club, and basked in the gentle goodness she brings to the world. I know you will enjoy her work as much as I do.
In addition to Ada’s work, we offer you some lovely pieces by two of my favorite poets—Michael Brimbau and Kat Koorey. Both of these substantial artists astound me in the breadth and scope of their talents. I am pleased to present them again to you here.
For short stories, nothing beats a work by David Marshall James. In this issue, he gifts us with two of his works—both related to the subject matter of Lizzie Borden, but in very different ways.
Readers of The Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery & Victorian History will recognize regular contributor Eugene Hosey on these pages as well. Eugene’s short stories, while dark and brooding, always surprise me. They are a perfect companion to a thundering rainy day.
We are planning to have another issue out before the year is over, and submissions are being accepted now. Please send your short stories, poetry, humor, and artwork to peartreepress@mac.com.
Stefani Koorey
publisher/executive editor
stefani koorey
production/design
stefani koorey
design consultant
michael brimbau
contributing writers
ada jill schneider
kat koorey
david marshall james
eugene hosey
michael brimbau
aurora lewis
larry allen
stefani koorey
grim k. de evil
julia fisher
mark sashine
kathleen a. carbone
Creative little film by TheUnadoyle. 40 seconds in length.

On May 31, at 3:00 pm at the Polaris Theatre in New York City, paranormal expert Al Rauber will be presenting “The Lizzie Tapes.”
On Sunday, May 31st at 3pm, Sturges Paranormal is pleased to announce a lecture presented by Al Rauber. The price for this lecture is $20 at the door or you can save yourself a couple of bucks by paying $15 in advance (via paypal) when you RSVP.
On the morning of August 4th, 1892, the populace of Fall River, Massachusetts was shocked and horrified by a vicious and gruesome double homicide. The bodies of Andrew and Abby Borden were found in their home at 92 Second St. They had been bludgeoned to death with what appeared to be a hatchet. World renown Paranormal Investigator Al Rauber was commissioned by two different production companies for two different TV shows to come up with evidence of reported haunting phenomena at 92 Second St.
Known for his use of Electronic Voice Phenomena in gathering evidence of hauntings, Rauber offers many of the voices collected over 2 separate weekends of filming from this location. Voices of the spirits of The Lizzie Borden House which may shed new light on the infamous case of murder.Hear the detailed story about the two investigations presented in a new lecture entitled: The Lizzie Tapes-A Paranormal Case Study.
Al Rauber
Al Rauber has been in the field of paranormal research for over 40 years and has investigated haunting and poltergeist cases throughout the US and Europe. He has been featured on and consulted for a number of television shows including Sightings, The Other Side, The Paranormal Borderline, Encounters, Unsolved Mysteries and specials for The History Channel and The Travel Channel. He can currently be seen on The History Channel’s program, MonsterQuest. Al is co-founder of Haunted New Jersey and a current member of The American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena and the prestigious Paranormal Research Organization. He is a past member of Vestigia as well as the Georgia based Parapsychological Services Institute and The Psychical Research Foundation. Known for his use of Electronic Voice Phenomena in gathering evidence of haunting, Al will offer many different voices caught on-site including one particular voice that he believes could be that of the still unidentified murderer.
Tickets are going fast. Check it out here!

Our good friend and Hatchet contributor Al Rauber is giving a lecture on May 31, 2009 in NYC at the Polaris North Theatre.
You can read all about it here!
Al is very well respected in the paranormal community and has had a long and distinguished career in studying and recording electronic voice phenomenon.
From his published bio in The Hatchet: .J. Rauber is a world renown paranormal researcher with 40 years of investigative experience under his belt. He is a member of the prestigious Paranormal Research Organization and a past member of The Parapsychological Services Institute, The American Society For Psychical Research, and The Psychical Research Foundation.
Tickets are $15 in advanced, and $20 at the door. If you think you might attend, we suggest you book your tickets soon. Al’s talks are usually sold out well in advanced.
For further info on Al’s work, please visit our Paranormal page at LizzieAndrewBorden.com. Here you can listen to Al’s latest work at the Lizzie Borden B&B.
Paranormal research expert Al Rauber, who recently took part in the Monsterquest investigation of the Lizzie Borden B&B/Museum, will be presenting a live talk on his discoveries there.
The talk, titled The Lizzie Tapes: A Paranormal Case Study.
Presented at 7 pm, Thursday, November 20, at the Mt. Lebanon Public Library in Pittsburgh, PA.
The Lizzie Tapes: A Paranormal Case Study
7:00 PM ,Thursday, November 20
Lizzie Borden took an ax…or did she? On the morning of August 4, 1892, the populace of Fall River, Massachusetts was shocked and horrified by a vicious and gruesome double homicide. The bodies of Andrew and Abby Borden were found in their home at 92 Second Street. They had been bludgeoned to death with what appeared to be a hatchet.World renown Paranormal Investigator Al Rauber was commissioned by two different production companies for two different TV shows to come up with evidence of reported haunting phenomena at 92 Second Street. Hear the detailed story about the two investigations presented in his lecture: The Lizzie Tapes: A Paranormal Case Study.
Known for his use of Electronic Voice Phenomena in gathering evidence of hauntings, Rauber offers many of the voices collected over two separate weekends of filming from this location…voices of the spirits of the Lizzie Borden House which may shed new light on the infamous case of murder.
Al Rauber’s stellar reputation in the field of Paranormal Studies is well deserved. He has spent the past 40 years investigating claims of haunting phenomena all over the U. S. and Europe. He has appeared on a number of worldwide TV productions and has consulted for practically every major TV show on the paranormal.
For those of you interested in a little preview, please visit my site at LizzieAndrewBorden.com where I have added a paranormal tab, taking you to the very EVPs Al will be talking about.
And if you would like to read more of Al’s investigating, please read the August issue of The Hatchet, where Al tells us first hand all about his work and experiences at Lizzie’s house.
On November 4, Colleen Johnson, a tour guide at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast/Museum, took part in a lengthy talk about the Lizzie Borden case and its paranormal connections on Spiritfinders Radio.
You can listen to the whole thing here.
October 29, Wednesday, 8PM, at The True Story of Lizzie Borden Museum, 203 Essex Street, Salem, MA.
Talk entitled: “Lizzie Borden: Heroine to Halloween Horror”
Presented by me, Stefani Koorey, Ph.D.
Cost is $20, which includes entrance into the museum. Snacks and libation will be provided. For information, please telephone 978-666-4416.
TEXT OF THE VIDEO: “High society members Andrew and Abby Borden were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts in August of 1892. Both of their skulls had been crushed in, and police thought the hatchet they discovered in the basement was the murder weopon. Their 32 year old daughter, Lizzy Borden, who lived in the house with her parents, was the prime suspect, but she was aqquited and the murders were never solved. Over 100 years after the murders, the scene of the grisly crime has been converted into a quaint, yet macabre, bed and breakfast. When guests arrive, they are greeted by a hatchet with Welcome pained on it in blood red. And a darkly funny sign inside cautions please be careful; we’ve already had two fatal head injuries in the house. Photos of the horrifying murder scene are hung in the rooms where they were taken, showing how carefully restored the house has been, and guests love to pose and recreate the gruesome scene. Creepy close encounters like phantom footfall sounds and strangely unnatural wind guts are commonly reported, especially when guests use the Ouija Board in the sitting room. Abby Borden’s death room, where her body was discovered, in the most popular room in the B and B. It was auctioned off for over 400 dollars on the night of the murder’s anniversary this year. And the adjacent Borden Carriage house has been converted into a gift shop which sells hatchet shaped soaps, key chains, and earrings, while grusome Lizzie Borden bobbleheads sell like hot cakes. Check in to this gloriously tasteless and creepy B and B if you dare, but good luck getting a good night’s sleep there. Though, if you do survive, I heard the eggs they serve in the morning are to die for. Im Liesel Hlista for TravelWishTV.com. Keep watching for more quirky, odd, and outrageous American travel destinations.”
THE VIDEO: