Aug 2, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural, The Writing Life
Since tomorrow is Insecure Writers’ Support Group day, I’ll make this post short and sweet. I was recently challenged to write a 100-word horror story. Feel free to write your own and share it in the comments, if you like. The questions began every...
Jul 26, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural
It’s fitting that the RMS Queen Mary was once known as the Grey Ghost, for tales of the supernatural have been plaguing her ever since World War II. Perhaps plaguing is not the best word, as the ship’s so-called haunted history is one of the only things...
Jul 4, 2016 | Scary True Stories, Tales of the Supernatural
An ancient tomb is creepy enough. Add a fatal curse to the mix and you have the makings of a great horror story. Only in this case, the story might turn out to be true. British Lord George Carnarvon was obsessed with Egypt, so when archaeologist Howard Carter...
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 | 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...
