IWSG: The A-to-Z Challenge ate my NaNo

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!...

X is for X-Files

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...

W is for Wendigo

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...

U is for Undead

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,...

S is for Serial Killers

Serial killers are monsters in human form. Most are masters of disguise, appearing charming, affable, and glib. Ted Bundy was a law student with a bright future in politics. In his spare time, he worked the phones at a crisis hotline. John Wayne Gacy was an upstanding...