Horror Mall - Blogs Exclusively for Horror Folks

[Calenture]

A number of members of this site already have a Horror Mall blog. I learned of it from Coral King, who tells me Charles Black has posted on it to Vault of Evil.

In an effort to combat spam, joining Horror Mall will require some sort of vetting in the near future

Here's a quote from The Haunt, which is the founder, Shane Ryan Staley's, blog.


"Before I decide to build a porn site or to start supporting self-help authors, let's get your invites out there and make this place a force to be reckoned with. Let's flex some horror muscle. Get some swagger back into this genre.

"If there's NOT more than 637 horror folks out there that want to be part of an all-horror community this cool, then I guess I'm off to make some money in porn. Possibly porn and horror. I'll call it Whorror. Not to be confused with Horrorgy.

"This community was built for you guys. Each and every one of you can help to shape it. Invite good people here. Those that love horror as much as you and I do. Share and support other members of this site, and also support its sponsor, Horror Mall . If you can do all of the above, then this community will thrive and grow and be more than just a social network...it will be a support network as well.

"I've heard some people say that horror is dead. The truth of the matter is that it's in the hands of the people who have gathered on this site...today...right now.

"Let's do something about it. And do it together for a change.

"Invite your horror friends, family and others by clicking here .

"Let's show everyone that the genre is far from dead."

The only thing I find a bit uncertain is the navigation, but I expect I'll get that soon. Here's another link to HORROR MALL

[carolinec]

Sounds interesting does this! I'm wondering now if I should have set up a blog on Horror Mall instead of the Blogspot one I've just set up. Still, I'm a novice at all this. I'll experiment with the Blogspot one and see how it goes ...

[carolinec]

Hmmm, just joined the Horror Mall thingy, but I see what you mean about navigation, Rog. It's very cluttered and confusing - not sure how to find my way around there! It also uses that awful light writing on a black background which I find so difficult on the old eyes. I wonder why so many horror-related sites do that? It's not very good for ease of access. That's one of the reasons why I've never joined the Shocklines forum!

Anyway, Charles, thanks for asking to be my "friend" straight away! I could do with some friends, I reckon. ;D

I've added you, but I can't figure out how to do the same for you ...

[Craig Herbertson]

I'm here:

www.horror-mall.com/haunt/Craig_Herbertson

Usual story. Virtually no idea what to do on the site technically.

It struck me though that when someone asks you to be a 'friend' on a horror site you are faced with an enviable choice.

'Let me see, two vampires, one psychotic zombie, a corpse, a black demon and three werewolves... now, where is that approve button?'

[carolinec]

Feb 16, 2009 15:49:20 GMT Craig Herbertson said:

Usual story. Virtually no idea what to do on the site technically.

Yep, same with me Craig. I've no idea how to find my way round the place or what to do on it. I guess I'll set up a profile some time, but it's going to be a while before I get back there as I've got a really busy week of work this week. Sorry to anyone here who's asked me to be their "friend". I'll get around to accepting you, and figuring out how to do the same for you, once I get back to the site later. After all, I reckon I need all the friends I can get!

[Calenture]

I like Horror Mall, but I have to admit to some reservations. The idea of making the place 'exclusive' to keep out the spammers seems fine at first. But I just tried typing Horror Mall and my own name into Google.

This brought up a page showing recent posts there, including one that I'd just added - you've seen it before - for the first Black Book of Horror.

The problem arose when I tried clicking the link to that post and was brought up short by a page telling me this part of the site was 'members only' and I'd have to register or log in to access it.

How many casual net browsers would bother doing that?

That leaves you with the site's logged-in members to browse your posts - and there's definitely a feeling of information overload there once you start exploring.

It would probably be a good place to scout for horror talent; but as far as touting your own wares goes, it's possibly a case of selling coal to Newcastle.

Despite this, I like the place and will keep the blog there. But for ease of use, so far no blogs come close to touching Google's Blogger, with almost zero advertising except your own, and an uncluttered 'dashboard' to manage the blog.

[corpsecandle]

Actuley Rog this place may be worth giving a shout in the B.H.F Forum if this place is on a recuritment drive I know a few people who will at least look into joing it.