Makenzie is a passionate & lifelong cinema lover, musician, and aspiring filmmaker with years of experience as a professional writer and editor. With sharp writing and in-depth analytical skills, ...

Clown masks are displayed at the Fantasy Costumes HDQ. store Oct. 17, 2003, in Chicago. The creepy clown could be considered the mascot of the Halloween season, nearly as pervasive as the ...

Diana Wagman is a Los Angeles writer whose most recent novel is "Bump." When I was in college, I answered an ad for a birthday party clown. I needed money and it was a last resort. I had no skills. I ...

In the summer of 1855, Canada was far from the polite neighbor up north with a penchant for weird bacon and a Tim’s double-double. In reality, Toronto was more like Bill the Butcher’s Five Points in ...