By Hal O. Weeniscoming
Staff Halloween Spirit Writer
The cauldrons were bubbling over with excitement last night as the creeps and crawlers of the underworld came screeching into the human realm — just in time to kick off the 2025 Halloween season with a shriek and a shiver.
The annual Witching Hour Boo-nanza in Witches Meadow lit up the midnight sky at exactly 12:00 a.m. on August 1, as the Spookportals of Transylveinya were torn open by a coven of cackling spellcasters at the haunted grove known as Spell Willows.
“The monsterverse crowd practically exploded out of the fog — claws, wings, tentacles and all,” said Hagatha, 2025’s high sorceress of the Moonshroud Circle and chairwitch of the Boo-nanza’s Welcome Committee. “They were howling with glee, ready to haunt, hex and horrify every nook and cranny of the human world.”
- The rush was more chaotic than a cursed costume sale:
- Poltergeists didn’t wait for a haunting appointment — they floated straight into attics and basements like they owned the place.
- Scarecrows left their fields without even a whisper of a rustle.
- Vampires skipped their evening snack in favor of front porch decorating.
- Lagoon creatures skipped the swim and headed straight to party planning committees.
- Clowns — the sinister kind — piled into clown cars three weeks ahead of schedule.
- Frankensteins left bolts behind in the mad dash.
- Mummies unraveled just to travel faster.
- Witch cats teleported.
- Ghouls forgot to groan.
- Demons left their tridents in checked luggage.
- Bats flew in broad daylight, because time no longer mattered.
- Haunted dolls sat politely in airplane seats, waiting to terrify toddlers later.
- Skeleton barbers snapped their scissors shut and bolted toward salons.
- Bog monsters got a group rate on broomstick rides.
Even the ancient ones stirred — a sure sign the Halloween season is in full swing.
“The veil has thinned, the pumpkins are plotting, and the candy corn pumpkins are listening,” Hagatha hissed. “So, if your lights flicker, your shadows twitch, or you hear whispers from your closet … don’t worry. Just scream. It’s tradition.”
With the season officially cursed into motion, the countdown to All Hallows’ Eve begins. So, lock your doors (they won’t help), carve your pumpkins (they might fight back), and beware of anything that says “Trick and Treat.”
Because the monsters are here.
And they’re just dying to see you.
For more about the Witching Hour, the beginning of Halloween season and the monster universe in general, check out "Transylveinya Traveler," the official guide to Halloween. Dig it up on the Halloweeniacs website.
