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Ladies and gentlemen, I have… Igor, stop teasing him! Oh, look what you’ve done. Look, just pack it in ice; I’ll sew it back on later.

Sorry about that, folks. As I was saying, ladies and gentlemen, I have several announcements to make. First, MicroHorror has quietly passed yet another milestone. At this time last year, I hoped that maybe, just maybe, the archive might reach 100 stories by the end of October. It didn’t. But now, we have passed 500. Five hundred beautiful horror stories! Count von Count would be so proud. And it’s all thanks to you. Give yourself a pat on the back, and if you can’t reach with your own arm, I’ve got a few spares I’d be glad to lend you.

Have you been keeping up with the latest stories? I hope you have; I can barely keep up with them myself. Big thanks to everyone who’s contributed since the last update: Jon Catron, Andrew JM Stone, Chris O’Neal, Brayden Krell, Patricia J. Hale, Nathan Tyree, Yuichi Mendez, Heather Kuehl, R. K. Gemienhardt, J. White, Steve Talbert, S. Tucker, Brick Marlin (to whom I award special recognition for having the name that sounds the most like a hard-boiled ’30s private eye), Kimberly D. Robinson, Damien Cowger, Jeff Alan, Andrew Shaffer, Kevin Sweeney, Ashleigh Rhodes, Brett W, Natasha Bennett, Kris Osk, Rod Drake, R. S. Pyne, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, G.S. Riley, Dennis S. Thornton, Bill West, Michael A. Kechula, Adrian W. Ludens, Larry Siemens, John Ritchie and Douglas Ford. As you can see, a fine assortment of veterans and newcomers. Thank you all.

There’s still plenty of time to enter the 2007 Story Contest! Capture the spirit of Halloween in 100 words or less. As an extra bonus feature, I’ve created a page where you can see all of the entries to date. Read them here!

And by the way, I’ve decided what the prizes will be for the three winners. It is a truly marvelous object, custom designed for MicroHorror and the winners of the story contest. You’ll be proud to own it and display it. But what is it? I’ll say no more for now.

Happy hauntings!