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Apologies to Flora/Florence

October 2, 2022January 22, 2023 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

Note: I originally published this as a Twitter thread and have edited it slightly here. A few weeks back I was reading some old emails when I realized that I'd made a mistake in a review I wrote in Issue #59 (p. 33) of Weird NJ, of Takers Mad, the Audible Original Drama written by … Continue reading Apologies to Flora/Florence

Spooky Tales for the Halloween Soul

October 31, 2021 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

Paranormal Prowlers podcast host Tessa Mauro was kind enough to ask me to contribute a story to a special spooky story episode and the result is about a minute and a half in - though I highly recommend listening to the entire episode (as well as the podcast)! I picked the Doll House of Salem … Continue reading Spooky Tales for the Halloween Soul

March 26: Penning the Paranormal

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

Tonight I'll be doing an author reading at the Oregon Ghost Conference's Penning the Paranormal event. It's from 7-8:30pm Pacific Time (10-11:30 Eastern). It's a Zoom event hosted by Jeff Davis (one of the Weird Washington and Weird Oregon authors) and you can sign up here. It's free, and looks like it will be fun.

Talking to Paranormal Prowlers

March 30, 2020 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

Yesterday I was on the Paranormal Prowlers Podcast, which is the first podcast I've done in ages. I talked a little about how I came across Weird NJ, the Weird Ghosts book, Clinton Road, and my experiences with sleep paralysis. And I did this while managing what is either the worst allergy season I've ever … Continue reading Talking to Paranormal Prowlers

The vans of Newark

June 9, 2019August 26, 2021 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

I worked in Newark, NJ full time from 1997ish through 2000. I took the train from Dover--the NJ Transit line that started in Netcong and ran through Morris and Essex Counties to the Newark Broad Street Station and then beyond to Penn Station in NYC (though now I’m sure it stops in Secaucus). People always … Continue reading The vans of Newark

Jersey Derby story

April 11, 2018November 1, 2020 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

If there is a sport I was healthy and badass enough to participate in, it would be roller derby. I spent a year or so traveling to games all over New Jersey and Pennsylvania (the pictures taken above come from a tournament held in PA). And what I saw were players working together to come … Continue reading Jersey Derby story

Following Annie

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

Yesterday I took a trip to two New Jersey towns--Blairstown and Hope--that were featured in scenes from the 1980 horror movie, Friday the 13th. Both appear early in the film, when we're following the perky and independent Annie, who signed on to be the cook at Camp Crystal Lake and is getting there on a … Continue reading Following Annie

Home State Hauntings now in print

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

Today I was surprised to find out that an eBook that features a lot of my writing and editing has become a printed "special issue" of Weird NJ. Home State Hauntings: True Stories of Ghostly Places in New Jersey is available through the magazine's online store, as well as their Amazon store. As you can … Continue reading Home State Hauntings now in print

Rabbit Tree Redux

June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 / joanne m. austin / Leave a comment

It's been 18 years since some photos I took of the Rabbit Tree in Vernon Township were published in the May 1998 issue of Weird N.J. These photos taken last weekend show that it hasn't changed that much, except that somebody unhelpfully decided to spray paint over the "eyes" and "nose" of the rabbit, in … Continue reading Rabbit Tree Redux

Leo the MGM Lion

December 30, 2015December 30, 2015 / joanne m. austin / 2 Comments

The Asbury Park Press recently published another story I wrote for the "Last Exit" special issue of Weird NJ: This one is about the original Leo the Lion, one of a number of roaring lions that MGM featured at the start of its films. This Leo in particular lived on a farm/animal sanctuary in Gillette, … Continue reading Leo the MGM Lion

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