For this Flasher story, I wanted to write about an infestation – yes, again. But this one’s in a different format compared to my published infestation story “Silver” (in the collection Coping Mechanism). For this piece of flash fiction, I wanted to show one side of a phone call rather than exploring the larger story, Since “Silver” is about insects, I debated between featuring snakes or rats in this one. And then I decided it
My brain might as well be a tangled ball of yarn right now. I’ve read the email, I’ve watched the YouTube video, and I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that I won! Normally, I watch the AutoCrit live streams, well, live. But today was one of those
I mentioned before that I participate in a lot of the writing challenges within the AutoCrit community. I’ve always enjoyed the writing prompts they use, and the community is one of the best I’ve tried out so far. (This post is not sponsored, but maybe someday… A girl can dream).
It’s no surprise that when most people think about the cosmic horror genre, they think of H.P. Lovecraft. Which is why the genre is also known as “Lovecraftian horror”. But I want to be very clear going into this post: Lovecraft was not a good person. AT ALL. When I
For me, insomnia is more than just a Stephen King novel. At the start of the pandemic, it became clear that sleep is not something that comes easy for me. I thought it was just the increased stress, but the more I thought about it, the more I remembered all
My fellow readers, I am ashamed to admit that I have failed. I did not make any significant progress on my reading list during the month of May. Instead, I made it to page 180 (out of 672) in Stephen King’s Hearts in Atlantis. The last time I got stuck
Remember when I said I only ever wrote one comedic short story and that you would never see another one from me? I was wrong. I forgot all about this silly little bit on insanity. Written during both my experimental phase AND a covid lockdown, “Staycation” is a strange little
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