Author: Sarah L. Crowder

  • Choose a New Skin: How to Create Simple, Lower-Waste Costumes

    I had an annual Halloween tea party for my local writer friends for many years. Due to the pandemic and a general diaspora of folks to other locations, we now hold the same get-together online and call it Zoomoween. Hosting a party online is much easier than doing it in person. I don’t have to… Continue reading

  • Creepy Cozy (and Some Just Plain Creepy) Recs

    It’s time for a special Spooky Season edition of OOPS! All Recommendations. I wanted to turn Cap’n Crunch into a zombie or something, but my Photoshop skills weren’t up to the task. Instead, we have… whatever that guy up there is. Is he from the same universe as the Pale Man in “Pan’s Labyrinth”? I… Continue reading

  • DEADx Talk: A Guide to Self-Care from the Dark Side

    As we all know, the DEADx acronym stands for Diabolic, Eldritch, Arcane, and Darkness. We’re all here because we’re interested in one or more of these areas. My specialty is darkness. It shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone here, but I was a dark kid. I read too much Edgar Allen Poe, watched endless… Continue reading