Braxton’s Fall Festival – What’s Happening Today?
Welcome to Braxton’s Fall Festival. Today we’re celebrating the launch of Haunted House Ghost with a thirty-one (31) day virtual festival, where we share the scoop on all the exciting book promotions coming up this month. Who’s ready for…
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. In an early segment, Noriko and I chatted about what Halloween is like in Braxton and in New York City. It was a little too early to capture Halloween photos from around my neighborhood, but today I can finally share some some spookiness from a recent trip to Maine.
I went to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, one of the top 10 places to see in Maine according to most travel sites. I highly recommend it because you will see beautiful flowers, plants, and trees… but there are tons of special programs and children’s series… and in this trip, they decorated for Halloween and autumn with pumpkins, scarecrows and witches. It was in my top 3 of my week-long visit to Maine.
When I think about Halloween, I conjure images from movies and books that make me feel the energy of the holiday. I thought I’d share a list of my favorite entertainment options and see who’s experienced them too. I chose movies that either focus on Halloween or include characters closely related to the topic (ghosts, witches, etc.). I chose books in the cozy mystery sub-genre to align with mine; these might be full series with ghosts, witches, and skeletons, or a specific book in the series that highlights the theme. For them both, I only included those of I’ve seen or read. There are undoubtedly plenty more. Please share them all here! Afterward you’ll see some photos courtesy of Roda @ Indigo Acres. What a photographer she is!
Movies
- Scream (1996)
- Hocus Pocus (1993) — MY FAVORITE
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- The Craft (1996)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Halloween (1978)
- The Addams Family (1991)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
- Practical Magic (1998)
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) — MY FAVORITE
Books
- A Family Skeleton Mystery Series — Leigh Perry
- The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts — Lilian Jackson Braun
- The Haunted Library Mystery Series — Allison Brook
- Muffin But Murder — Victoria Hamilton
- Halloween Hijinks — Kathi Daley
- Blackmoore Sisters Mysteries — Leighann Dobbs
- Ghastly Glass — Jim and Joyce Levine
- Kylie Logan — The Legend of Sleepy Harlow
- Spells & Caramels Cozy Witch Series — Erin Johnson
- Abby & Ophelia Witch Series — Shirley Damsgaard
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The section below here will repeat at the end of every successive post, so we don’t have to explain the Fall Festival in the beginning each day. We’ll dive right into the content but also allow newcomers to catch up. Previous posts include…
October 1st – Overview & Kickoff
October 2nd – Great Escapes Book Blog Tour Kickoff
October 3rd – GIVEAWAY for FREE Kindle Copy of Haunted House Ghost
October 4th – Name Kellan’s House Poll
October 5th – Excerpt from Academic Curveball
October 6th – Guest Post: Interview with Noriko on Halloween & Autumn
October 7th – Get to Know the Core Characters
October 8th – Bookmarks, Book Formats, Book Signing
October 9th – Guest Post: Interview with Tyler & Characters
October 10th – GIVEAWAY for FREE Signed Copy of Haunted House Ghost
October 11th – Excerpt from Broken Heart Attack
October 12th – Guest Post: Shalini Releases the Characters Who Torture Us
October 13th – Get to Know the Supporting Characters
October 14th – Guest Post: Melanie Ask Jay About His Writing Process
October 15th – Braxton’s One Year Anniversary
October 17th – GIVEAWAY for FREE Kindle Version of Entire Braxton Campus Series
October 18th – Excerpt from Flower Power Trip
October 19th – Great Escapes Book Blog Tour Conclusion
October 20th – GIVEAWAY for FREE Audiobooks (Academic Curveball & Broken Heart Attack)
What is the Braxton Fall Festival?
For the entire month of October 2019, we are celebrating three events: (1) Autumn, (2) Halloween, (3) Haunted House Ghost, the fifth book released in the Braxton Campus Mysteries by author James J. Cudney. Each day, we will share a post to promote the new book with readers and fans. Throughout the 31 days, we will have guest posts, excerpts, giveaways, contests, videos, blog tours, and other surprises. You can currently purchase the book from Amazon as a Kindle or a physical copy. In the near future, it will be available in large print and as an audiobook. To learn more, sign up for the author’s quarterly newsletter or follow him on this site and any of his social media profiles from the About the Author page.
Loving all the Halloween posts! Your trip to Maine looks like a fun time. Roda certainly is a wonderful photographer too. The book pics are perfect!
We definitely share some of the same movie favorites. I still remember when Scream came out my senior year in High School. Loved! 🎃😁🍂
Hi. Thank you so much. I’m trying to be as creative as I can with them. I loved the books growing in the gourds. 🙂
We seem to often have a lot in common here. That’s always a good thing. I just watched Scream 2 last week, I was feeling nostalgic for those types of movies.
Great pictures, Jay. Maine looks amazing.
A beautiful place to visit if you ever come to the US.
Hocus Pocus, my favourite, too. (But it’s not coming on here this year! ) Watching Charlie Brown tomorrow though.
How rude of them! I think I might have to buy it this year. I don’t see it anywhere and I got rid of cable!
Maine is gorgeous! If it didn’t get so cold in the winter, I’d move there.
I am thinking about chancing that in the future. I’ll get tons of heaters. 🙂
If you do, I expect tons of photos!
That’s a promise I can keep.
😊😊😊