Shadow of Fear by Curtis Myer I don’t know why I haven’t started with this one yet, I guess it’s because I have high expectations and I don’t want to be disappointed. Apparently, it’s a true ghost story that was experienced and written by someone that one of my friends knows from my church. ThisContinue reading “5 Creepy TBR’s for Halloween 2022”
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New Story Published! “The Witch of Willow Wood”, published in Fabled Collective’s Women of the Woods Anthology
Earlier this month Fabled Collective published a new spooky anthology centered around women of the woods including witches, wanderers, and other mysterious beings. My story “The Witch of Willow Wood” is included along with 13 other stories involving fairytale spin-offs and original tales about gingerbread houses, bird-like necromancers, and many more tales set in orContinue reading “New Story Published! “The Witch of Willow Wood”, published in Fabled Collective’s Women of the Woods Anthology”
Throwback Thursday: 5 Chilling Stories from Childhood I Still Re-read
Wait Till Helen Comes, by Mary Downing Hahn Wait Til Helen Comes, by Mary Downing Hahn: When I was in my preteens, my mom took us to the library at least once every couple of weeks. Between listening to Harry Potter and Goosebumps on tape, I found myself wandering through the middle school reader “ghostContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: 5 Chilling Stories from Childhood I Still Re-read”
7 Spooky Story Recs for October
These are some stories I read in 2020 that have eerie elements of suspense, horror, and mystery that will get you in the mood for the upcoming Halloween season! Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier In this 1938 Gothic quick-read, a young woman unveils the mystery surrounding the death of her new husband’s former wife andContinue reading “7 Spooky Story Recs for October”
Book Review: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe
Overview The amazingly detailed cover drew me in and once I read the blurb, I was intrigued. How fortuitous that I stumbled across this find at a thrift store a mere month or so after returning from my trip to Salem, Massachusetts. I had always been fascinated by the history surrounding the Salem Witch Trials,Continue reading “Book Review: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe”
Calling All Writers: 13 Calls for Spooky Stories/Haunted Tales for Halloween 2020
Hello fellow writers! For those of you who love writing creepy stories like me, I’ve listed some paying and non-paying journals and anthologies who are looking for stories, poems, or manuscripts in the realm of the supernatural, the gothic, the horror, and/or the mysterious. Many have rolling deadlines while others have dates coming up soon,Continue reading “Calling All Writers: 13 Calls for Spooky Stories/Haunted Tales for Halloween 2020”
Ashley Weaver 