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Welcome to The Genre Traveler! Please sign up using the form to the right so that you'll get all the latest updates to the site. You also might want to sign up for the RSS feed, which you can do via email or your favorite RSS Reader. Then you might be interested in the annual Hugo Award Base Design Competition. Although the silver rocket stays the same every year -- identifying the award as a Hugo -- the base upon which the rocket is mounted changes with each Worldcon. If you're interested, you better hurry with your design. It is due by midnight (MST) Dec. 31, 2007. For more info, visit www.denvention3.org/hugodesigncompetition.php.

Even in Winnipeg

The Halloween season can be so much fun -- if you like to get scared and play dress up, which I do ... at times. So, when I find coverage of the smaller, local haunts, I like to share them with you. Here's one written about in the Winnipeg Sun: Nightmare on the farm Halloween Haunt Returns for the 7th Year

If you're going to be in Orlando, Fla., on Nov. 3, you might want to give this event a try. I mean, how often do you get to enjoy fine "caveman cuisine"? You can buy tickets here.

Yesterday, Mary Thurwachter of The Palm Beach Post, posted a rundown of all the Halloween special events taking place at Florida theme parks. She did such a good job of it that, rather than re-invent the wheel, I'm just going to send you along to her story: Ghoulish getaways
Fright tolerance the key to your choice

If you're going to be in the area of Worcester, Pa., then you might want to check out the annual music and horror convention Rock & Shock. "We are not like other boring horror conventions," claims their website. "We were the first to blend horror conventions with music. So while fans can meet their favorite horror film stars, directors, writers and bands during the day -- at night we have well-known national bands performing each night next door at The Palladium…That’s why this event is called Rock & Shock." Guests this year include Shawnee Smith (Saw I, II & III), Tony Todd (Candyman), and several members of Rob Zombie's Halloween cast, among others. For more information, visit www.rockandshock.com.