Is this Flasher story based on real intrusive thoughts that I have had? Maybe. Maybe not. You’ll never know. But don’t worry – as always, the cat is okay. The human… Not so much. ~ ~ ~ “Such a lovely lady,” he said. “Beautiful lady.” The cat brushed up against his legs, lifting her head up to his outstretched palm, purring. “Oh, you want scritches?” She was a beautiful cat with a smooth, calico coat.
After last year’s early start to my Spooktober Movie Marathon, is it any wonder I found an excuse to start early again this year? It was driving me crazy avoiding horror movies for the bulk of September so I could save them for October. But then, when Mark told me
This month’s short story is a blast from the past – in more ways than one. I wrote this back in 2010 (or 2011?) for a mystery novel course in my undergrad. The goal of the assignment was to write a classic, gothic mystery that incorporated some of the things
Just because I read, write, and watch horror, doesn’t mean I’m fearless. If you remember my previous post on what scares me, you might recall that I am afraid of heights. I always have been. And I don’t know why. But over the past couple of years, I have enjoyed
Some days, being a horror author feels like walking a fine line between creativity and insanity. They say “write what you know”, and maybe that’s why so much of what I write is based in trauma and inspired by my own mental health issues. And when I took that AutoCrit
August was a disappointing month for reading for a number of reasons. Not only did I not read as many books as I had hoped, but the two books I got through were a bit of a slog. It was a month of historical fiction, and that’s not typically a
It’s time for the monthly tarot check-in! Is it just me, or did August pass by in a blur? I’m sitting here, trying to reflect back on everything that happened last month and I’m drawing a blank on a lot of it. And here I thought the last few weeks
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