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  • Nighttime, with a ghostly blue house and an orange lantern.

    Some of us prefer darkness

    Maybe I am a vampire. My hubby’s been insisting for a while. For the most part, I don’t like sunny days – except for photography, and in the winter when they perk up the weeks of dreariness. I prefer my days cloud-covered and moody, and if there’s a bit of rain or fog, even better.…

  • A lurid cosmic night sky, with a meteor arriving. Alien entity Cthulhu lurking in the background. A copy of the infamous Necronomicon grimoire, and a fishing town on the bottom left.

    Lovecraft weirdness lives on

    Where can you go, if you’re an author, to celebrate the weirdness that inspired your own work? Try a literary festival based on a horror writer with issues: the notorious NecronomiCon conference/convention in Providence, Rhode Island. My hubby and I went this summer, and it more than lived up to its rep. Yes, we travelled…

  • Dark, stormy sky. bats flying in front of a bloody moon, a dark figure in a cape, text dripping with blood

    Why haven’t I written a vampire tale?

    Keeping up with everyone who’s now referring to this month as ‘Augtober’, dreaming of the impending Halloween season, I thought I’d address this burning question. (At least to me, maybe not anyone else 😉) I’ve been enthralled with vampire stories and movies ever since I first saw the superb Christopher Lee as Dracula. The character…

  • A dark manuscript, illuminated by a candle with a reddish glow. Visions of a demon, a skull with crown and a ghoul.

    A forbidden shortcut for medieval scholars

    Did anyone use Coles Notes, or CliffsNotes in the U.S.? Here in Canada, they’re still available through Indigo. When I was in high school, if you were of the mind to skip reading a required book, you could try to get away with basing your book report on the plot summary in the Coles Notes…

  • A dark, enchanted forest with a strange cottage. A cloaked figure in front of a tall stone arch. A serpent in a tree.

    Fae-ry Tales, Not so nice

    But the old woman had only pretended to be friendly. She was a wicked witch who was lying in wait there for children. She had built her house of bread only in order to lure them to her, and if she captured one, she would kill him, cook him, and eat him; and for her…

  • A keyboard being hit by lightning and beginning to smoke. Hex book and black candles.

    Curses on stupid scam attempts

    I’ve been searching for a curse to banish all stupid scam emails. I realize they go with the territory, i.e. being an author with an online presence, but seriously: a) How stupid do these people think we are?! b) Find something constructive to do, for the love of god!!! Every day I receive up to…

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