Happy Halloween from the Desk of Ivan S. Graves

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It is that time of the year again. The spooky month. Horror. Halloween. I have shared with you my alter ego, or at least one of them. R. P. Kane. And I have shared three of "his" stories here. Short shorts. A Twist in the Night. Brandon's Piano, and Wrong Turn. No one really read Brandon's Piano, but no matter. That's the chance we take sometimes when we post things on here. Some things take and some things dud out. It is what it is. But there's another alter ego, Ivan S. Graves, I don't talk about or share as often. He was the founder of Graves Yard Press and FrightNet Online Magazine which was very successful in the late 90s. It featured works from T.M. Wright and Peter Straub, who wrote The Talismman with Stephen King. It got accolades from renowned horror writers like Ramsey Campbell, Richard Laymon and Mort Castle. It published the first story from a struggling author named Michael Laimo who went on to publish several novels and have two movies made from them. FrightNet was ahead of its time. It was the first magazine formatted publication of its time. It was copied but never surpassed. I am very proud of that. I am very proud of the anthology that came from it, Dark Whsipers, from greats like Douglas Clegg, J.F. Gonzalez and Yvonne Navarro. I was honored to work with greats like Weston Ochse and Don D'Auria of Leisure Books and Dorchester Publishing. I miss it, actually. Ivan Graves. FrightNet. The genre. Working with these great people. But I have an archive of something I left behind that gives me great satisfaction. Great pride. It's all that is left of what once was. FrightNet Online Magazine. On the Wayback machine. Click on the cover photo and it takes you inside. I am very proud of what was accomplished back then, and hope if you do click, you enjoy the trip. And Happy Halloween fellow myLotters, and thanks for letting me let you on a little glimpse of my past.