Apr 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone, I have some disappointing news. Even though it is really difficult for me to drop out of something once I’ve committed, I’m afraid I’m going to have to withdraw from this year’s A to Z Challenge. This was my third year of the A to...
Apr 11, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural
You may be asking yourselves, “Are Irish werewolves really a thing?” As it turns out, yes! Back in the 1200s, accounts of werewolves were extremely common in Ireland, to the point the country was known as wolf-land. (This might have something to do with...
Apr 7, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural
“Oh my God! Did you hear that?” Nope. “Listen to this! I got something on my super high-tech digital recorder!” * disembodied snarfling with static* “The spirit told us to get out! Oh my God!” It did? “Hey, it’s a half...
Apr 6, 2016 | Weird Science
A ghost story is only as believable as the teller, and few witnesses ring as true as crusty ol’ hardbitten sea captains. This could be one of the reasons tales of ghost ships have been passed on for hundreds of years. Who could forget the Flying Dutchman? As it...
Apr 6, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural, The Writing Life
Edgehill While the existence of ghosts has long been debated, in Britain the matter has been considered resolved for some time…all because of the battle of Edgehill. It was October 23, 1662. Royalist troops were on their way to London to support the King when...
Apr 5, 2016 | Weird Science
Deathbed experiences have been recorded for centuries. One of the most famous modern cases is that of Maria, a migrant worker who had a severe heart attack. During the cardiac arrest, she floated out of her body and watched the medical team fight to save her life....
Apr 2, 2016 | Unsolved Mysteries
Some cold cases will forever haunt us. There’s the Black Dahlia, Jack the Ripper, and America’s Unknown Child, also known as The Boy in the Box. We don’t know his name. We don’t know how he died. But the people of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Apr 1, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural
The Amityville Horror convinced many that the supernatural was real. The dwelling where it all took place had a frightening history before it became the world’s most famous haunted house. On November 13, 1974, 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. stumbled...
Mar 29, 2016 | The Writing Life
This weekend I posted an article on my Facebook page that caused a bit of an uproar. For some reason, people are just now discovering an article Dwight Allen wrote for Salon in 2012. Calling himself a “literary snob,” Allen wages a full-on attack...
Mar 22, 2016 | The Writing Life
Imagine this, if you will… You turn on the evening news (or check Facebook or head to your favourite online news site or *gasp!* read a paper), only to discover there’s been another school shooting. Many children were wounded, and a few died, including the...
