Halloween Story
Seeing the Peanuts television special “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” on TV was something I looked forward to every Halloween when I was a kid. It was on TV tonight, and is still amusing, and now nostalgic as well.
A year ago, the excellent online speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons published a short story that fans of the Peanuts special will appreciate. I’m linking to it now because even if you’ve read it before, it’s still wonderful: The Great Old Pumpkin, by John Aegard. Happy Halloween, and enjoy.
Strange Horizons, which is entirely volunteer-run despite paying its contributors well and being considered a professional fiction market, is conducting a fundraising drive. They hoped to raise $3000 this month, but their meter only shows about $600 so far. If you enjoy the story, and want to help keep a great zine in business, please donate a few bucks. I just did.
