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...
May 25, 2015 | Bloody Book Club, The Writing Life
Today I’m participating in The Faux Fountain Pen’s Muse Party Blogfest. You’re all invited to bring your muse or one of your characters to the party. Since I don’t have a muse (unless you count Stephen King), I decided to bring Edgar, the...
May 18, 2015 | Murder at the Movies, Scary True Stories
It’s been over thirty years since Wes Craven’s A Nightmare On Elm Street terrorized a generation. Thanks to a bunch of schlocky sequels, it’s easy to forget how frightening the original was. People were afraid to go to sleep. One of my friends...
May 13, 2015 | Scary True Stories
What’s a girl to do when she’s hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, but still needs some new shoes? How about murder little old ladies and steal their credit cards? That’s what Dana Sue Gray did in 1994. The pretty suburban woman was a former...
May 6, 2015 | The Writing Life
I love a challenge. Run a 5K race? Sure! Fight in the ring? Yeah, let’s do it! Blog 26 times in a month? Bring it on! Write 50,000 words in a month? Why not? Blog 26 times and write 70,000 words for Camp NaNoWriMo in the same month? Of course!...
May 5, 2015 | The Life Less Ordinary, The Writing Life
The title of this post is a bit of a misnomer, I’ll admit. I can’t tell you how all writers feel. I can just tell you how I do. Today is the day my very first published book will be released. I now have things that I’ve dreamed of having since I was...
Apr 28, 2015 | Unsolved Mysteries
It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 20 years since we first met Mulder and Scully. Where on earth did the time go? Thankfully, show creator Chris Carter and the Fox network have both confirmed that the X-Files will return next year in a six-episode...
Apr 27, 2015 | Tales of the Supernatural
The winters in northern Canada are cruel and impossibly long. Before European contact and the arrival of grocery stores and other modern conveniences, the country’s native peoples had to depend on the land and their wits in order to survive. Not everyone made...
Apr 24, 2015 | Tales of the Supernatural
As long as there has been recorded human history, there have been tales of undead creatures who stalk the living. Vampire-like demons and spirits have existed in many different cultures for thousands of years. The Ancient Egyptians and Greeks, Mesopotamians, Hebrews,...
