Tunes of Terror, Oct. 15
By Zach Hagadone and Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Alongside its jollier cousin in December, Halloween is as much a feeling as a specific date on the calendar. Critical to that feeling, of course, is the...
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Knock on wood
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Do you knock on wood or cross your fingers when you want something good to happen — or something bad to not happen? Do you wear a rally cap when...
Sandpoint’s silent residents
An exploration of local cemeteries By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Wandering the grassy paths of any of Sandpoint’s historic cemeteries, it’s hard not to wonder what cruel twist of fate might have sent each grave...
Summerween
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Never underestimate the power of a store display. As a kid, nothing ruined my summer like seeing “Back to School” in big yellow letters above shelves of pencils, notebooks and...
Why are there no Thanksgiving bangers?
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There are a lot of hills I’d die on: hot dogs aren’t a sandwich, litterbugs should spend the weekend in jail, those who don’t use turn signals are the...
Scary stories from the Reader staff
The Hound of the Hagavilles By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Growing up in the hinterlands of Bonner County, there was no reason to lean into decorating the front of our house for Halloween. We...
The Dog Outside the Light
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff There is a truism attributed to early-20th century weird fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of...
Mad About Science: Halloween
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I’ve never been a Halloween humbug, so I wasn’t about to miss out on the fun of writing an article on one of my favorite holidays — but where...
Emily Articulated: Lessons of a Halloween tale
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Moonlight shone on the nighttime fog, its beams clinging to the moisture in the air. The cobblestone streets were quiet except for the scuttling of sewer rats and the...
Mad About Science: Vampires
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Halloween is right around the corner. Ghastly ghouls and ravenous, sugar-filled child zombies are going to be trudging into the streets of Sandpoint. Seeing as it’s one of my...
