Darkness falls across the land. The midnight hour is close at hand. Creatures crawl in search of blood. To terrorize y’all’s neighborhood. But that’s enough Thriller. Instead, enjoy this roundup of Halloween themed stories where the general consensus is that if you celebrate the spooky holiday, you’ll have the Devil to pay…

Driving Down Route 66(6) – even the devil needs a place to buy gas and beer.

The Costumer Is Always Right – because if you practise Voodoo you obviously hate Jesus.

We Wish You A Merry Saturnalia – see what happens when you forget that Halloween and Christmas come from the same place.

The Pope Might Have Something To Say About That – or maybe it’s a Christian holiday after all?

All Judgments Are Final – once a store sells Halloween goods then it’s tainted forever.

Hey readers! We have some exciting changes to share with you:

Not Always Right – In addition to our new logo, you may have noticed all sites now bear the “Not Always Right” logo. This was done on purpose: having multiple sites was problematic and inefficient for both readers and staff. From now on, there will only be one site and one brand: Not Always Right. For our loyal, long-time readers, don’t worry — the former sister sites will remain in separate categories, but under a single unified brand.

All Tab – This new tab is exactly as it sounds: all stories from all categories under a single tab.

Popular Tab – Read our most popular recent stories from all categories.

Unified Unfiltered Tab – Unfiltered also gets unified, with all unfiltered stories from all categories under this tab.

New Commenting System – This was a tough call for us, but we’ve decided to switch commenting systems to Disqus. The main benefit will be that anyone (not just Facebook users) will finally be able to comment. The big downside is the loss of the old Facebook comments. Please note we are actively investigating a way to provide access to the legacy Facebook comments.

Unified Facebook Page – For our Facebook users, all stories from all categories will be posted to the Not Always Right page. The former sister site pages will no longer be maintained.

Random (under construction) – Thanks for everyone who noticed issues with the Random button! We’ve temporarily removed it so we can get it working properly. We’re also looking into making it pull only stories from the category you are in.

Got comments, suggestions, or criticisms? Please let us know in the comments below! And thank you as always for being a loyal reader and visitor!

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Attention, Not Always Right readers! The results for the 2011 Story of the Year are in!

Was it Making A Huge Difference, Friends In Unusual Places, or How To Make Them Silent As A Mouse?

Click the “more…” link to find out which story won: (more…)

After months of preparation, we’re proud to unveil our brand new site:
Not Always Romantic!

We’ve all heard of “hopeless romantics”, but is love always romantic? Not Always Romantic is a website that tells the other side of the story with funny, unusual, and occasionally touching stories about love, dating, romance, and relationships.

Created by the team here at Not Always Right, we’ve long realized there was a place for romantic relationship stories — in fact, many of our best stories fit that niche (with a customer angle, of course). Just like Not Always Right, the new site will feature daily posts submitted by readers.

Note: For our first few weeks, we’ll be re-publishing some of Not Always Right’s best customer-related love/relationship stories on Not Always Romantic until we can get a steady supply of submissions.

So, please visit Not Always Romantic today and share your stories!