Get creeped out this Halloween by learning words used by master writers to freak out generations of adults and children alike.
- A list for each act in witch-heavy Macbeth by William Shakespeare: Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4, and Act 5
- Creepy favorites from horror-inventor Edgar Allen Poe: "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado."
- Words from Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- This is no time to be walking alone in the woods! On Halloween even Henry David Thoreau's Walden might get a little scary.
Looking for specific Halloween vocabulary? We're featuring Halloween Words here. And user Jeffrey G. from St. Paul, MN gives us his take on this spookiest of holidays here.