The boss, a remarkably wise and intuitive man had a startling and rather radical idea for his staff one day. He sent out a memo, completely written and delivered by himself and no one else, to each person asking, no demanding, that they come in their favorite costume the following Friday. There would be no [...]

Many of the Queen of Halloween’s favorite stories, both from childhood and now, are centered on Halloween. If I had to choose just one to be the best Halloween costume ever, it might be difficult to do. Everyone knows that I love my tavern wench costume, but I love vampires as well. It is not [...]

Being that it has a history of nearly 58 years, most people are aware of the Sydney Film Festival. This year, it will be impossible not to notice, with the multi-media advertising blitz that is happening. One of the things you will notice about those ads, no matter where you see them, will be what [...]

The Queen of Halloween loves costumes, that is a plain fact, but she would never push that love onto anyone else. Costumes used in role playing can be a ton of fun but only in the right situations and only with the right kind of attitude. There are some simple rules to make sure that [...]

You know, the Queen of Halloween is always shocked when people think that the word “weird” is a bad word. They think it is negative or at the very least, less than desirable. Pish posh babies! It is, in fact, a very interesting word, a word that means so many things to different people that [...]