May 8, 2018 | Scary True Stories
Please join me in welcoming back horror author Catherine Cavendish with two true spooky tales. I have set a large part of Waking the Ancients in Vienna, Austria, where many ghosts and restless spirits walk among the verdant parks and lavish palaces. But Austrian...
May 1, 2018 | The Writing Life
It’s an old saw that if you want to be a writer, you must do two things: write a lot and read a lot. I’ll add one more to the list if you want to be a successful writer: build relationships. As a writer, some of the most beneficial relationships you can...
Apr 25, 2018 | Scary True Stories, Unsolved Mysteries
The Redpaths had it all. They were one of the richest families in Canada, heirs to an impressive sugar fortune. John James Redpath and his wife Ada had five children. By all reports, the Redpaths were a close family, although they seemed to keep to themselves. On the...
Apr 18, 2018 | The Writing Life
Life has been very busy lately. I was extremely honoured to host a chat with bestselling thriller author Karin Slaughter at her double book launch in Winnipeg, Canada, last night. Karin was down to earth, witty, and fun. It was awesome to meet her in person and ask...
Apr 10, 2018 | Scary True Stories
I recently received some great news from Severed Press, the publisher of Return to Dyatlov Pass and Monsters in Our Wake. Return to Dyatlov Pass was selected for German translation! I’m so excited. After the U.S. and Canada, German readers have been the biggest...
Apr 4, 2018 | The Writing Life
I thought social media was really fun in the beginning. People posted cute pics of their pets, or maybe what they’d cooked for dinner that night. You were able to connect with old friends you hadn’t seen since high school (if you wanted to) and keep in...
Mar 28, 2018 | Scary True Stories
This week I’m welcoming back author Hunter Shea, who has another tale of true-life horror to share. Take it away, Hunter! They say that art imitates life. In 2016, the unique world of graphic comics learned that sometimes, art inspires life. The police were...
Mar 21, 2018 | Scary True Stories, Tales of the Supernatural
I never believed close encounters of the third kind were possible…until one terrifying story changed my mind. November 5, 1975 Twenty-two-year-old Travis Walton was working for a logging company in Arizona’s Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest when he and...
Mar 14, 2018 | Mysterious Places, Tales of the Supernatural
So, I have some BIG news. Yeti-sized news, you might say. Severed Press released my newest novel, Return to Dyatlov Pass, this week. I’m excited to hear what you think of it. This novel was extremely difficult for me to write, as I tend to experience everything...
Feb 28, 2018 | Mysterious Places
It’s one of the most beautiful places in the world, and certainly one of its deadliest. Aokigahara, otherwise known as Sea of Trees or Suicide Forest, was formed on top of a lava flow after Mount Fuji erupted in the year 864. While lovely, Aokigahara is an eerie...
