Jul 7, 2015 | The Writing Life
Last month, two amazing women nominated me for two different blogging awards. I’m sorry to say I’m just getting around to my part of the deal now. Kellie from Princess & The Yard Ape kindly chose me for the Liebster Award, which celebrates blogs...
Jul 1, 2015 | The Writing Life
Today is the five-year anniversary of my little writing group. This is quite the milestone, because before the Sparkling Werewolves (our group is nothing if not sarcastic) I was quite adamant that writing groups didn’t work. After everything I had been through,...
Jun 29, 2015 | Bloody Book Club, Scary True Stories
Today’s scary true story comes courtesy of Brian Kirk, who writes psychological horror. One of the best things about being with Samhain Horror is all the amazing people I’ve gotten to meet. Brian is one of them–I’ve only met him online, but...
Jun 24, 2015 | Murder at the Movies, Tales of the Supernatural
Since the first movie was released in the 1980s, the Child’s Play franchise and its cursed doll Chucky have become horror-movie classics. But did you know Chucky is based on an actual voodoo doll? The real thing is so much creepier than the Hollywood version. It...
Jun 22, 2015 | Scary True Stories
I’ve been friends with Ev for a long, long time–we go back to the iVillage writing forums, if anyone remembers those. It’s funny how you can know someone quite well and still not know critical things about them–it seems Ev lives in a haunted...
Jun 15, 2015 | Unsolved Mysteries
They had their whole lives ahead of them. Suzie Streeter was 19 on June 7th, 1992. She had just celebrated her high school graduation with close friend Stacy McCall (then 18) in their hometown of Springfield, Missouri. After attending another friend’s grad...
Jun 9, 2015 | Mysterious Places, Tales of the Supernatural
In honour of my upcoming trip to Romania, let’s explore one of the world’s most haunted forests. The Hoia Baciu Forest is located in Cluj-Napoca, the city where my plane will land. So many strange events have occurred there that some people believe...
Jun 2, 2015 | The Writing Life
This industry isn’t for the faint of heart. At least, not if you want to get published. You have to withstand many things in order to succeed: lackadaisical muses, evil reviewers, notoriously difficult gatekeepers, faulty hard drives, killer competition,...
Jun 1, 2015 | Scary True Stories
It always surprises me when Aileen Wuornos is referred to as the “first female serial killer.” There were plenty of female serial killers long before Wuornos came along. One of the main differences between serial female murderers and their male...
May 25, 2015 | Scary True Stories, Unsolved Mysteries
The Flannan Isles of Scotland have always been one of the most desolate places on earth. No one lives on the rocky island now that the lighthouse has been automated, but back in the 1900s, it was a temporary home to three lighthouse keepers. Imagine living in such a...
