Nov 18, 2015 | Unsolved Mysteries
The statistics are horrifying. One million people go missing in the United States each year. Over eight million children go missing worldwide. A single person vanishing is disturbing enough. Three people who vanish at once is even harder to understand. But what about...
Nov 10, 2015 | The Writing Life
Usually I limit myself to one writing-related post per month. But something has been irritating the living hell out of me for years, and the more time that passes, the angrier I get. So, lest I morph into some female version of The Incredible Hulk, I’ll expel...
Nov 4, 2015 | The Writing Life
Yesterday I received a most upsetting email. It was from my editor Don D’Auria, explaining that he had been let go from Samhain Publishing. Samhain’s community of horror authors were in shock for the rest of the day, reeling from a complex mix of emotions...
Nov 3, 2015 | Scary True Stories, Unsolved Mysteries
An isolated farmhouse in Bavarian Germany. It is winter, 1922. Six months before the Gruber family was murdered, their maid quit. Not an unusual event itself, except for the reason. She was terrified of the house, claiming it was haunted. Before you write her off as...
Oct 27, 2015 | Bloody Book Club
The talk always turns to scary movies around this time of year. Freddie, Jason and Michael crawl out from under their respective rocks for the one month they are remembered and celebrated. But what about books? Sure, they’re not the best for quick scares, but a...
