Phil Rossi lived a few doors down the street from me growing up. He was the first person to unleash horror films on me, such as Aliens, Predator, The Gate, etc... Though I didn't realize it at the time, but Phil was a connoisseur of the macabre. Even at the age of 10. Halloween was a particularly good time to have Phil as a friend, as his ghost stories blew all of ours away. So I wasn't surprised to learn that Phil poured his talent into an online (and soon to be hardcover and film) novel called Crescent. If you're looking for a good scare this Halloween, I suggest heading to the site and taking a listen.

Some places are far darker than deep space. Places where the shadows smile. Where men go mad and lovers go missing. These stygian corners of existence are where reality is stretched thin and something hungry is waiting just outside the corner of your eye.