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Spooky Reads for October: Volatile Figments

| October 24, 2024

If you’re looking for something to read between trick or treaters on Halloween, or perhaps in the remaining days until the holiday, check out Volatile Figments. It includes six short stories of a darker bent, including stories featuring female protagonists alongside creepy muses, elder gods, ghosts, ghouls, psychics, and witches. Dani finds the new director […]

Spooky Reads for October: Camp Haunt

| October 1, 2024

If you’re looking for a spooky read for this October, check out my young adult epistolary novella, Camp Haunt. This book tells the story of a summer camp through found documents, including camp administrative materials, diaries, letters, and more. It’s a creepy read that developed out of my fond memories of Girl Scout summer camp, with […]

Spooky Reads for Halloween: Volatile Figments

| October 25, 2018

If you’re looking for something to read as Halloween approaches, or perhaps in between trick or treaters on Halloween itself, check out Volatile Figments. It’s six short stories with a darker bent to them, including stories featuring witches, ghouls, ghosts, elder gods, psychics, and creepy muses, all with female protagonists. From the description on Amazon: […]

Spooky Reads: Utter Fabrication

| October 25, 2017

Have you checked out Utter Fabrication yet? I may be biased, as one of the editors, but I think this is a great collection of slightly spooky stories, perfect for a little pre-Halloween reading. There are also light-hearted pieces mixed in with the spooky, so you won’t be completely scared while reading it. You can buy Utter […]

Spooky Reads Recommendation: Nocturals by Dan Brereton

| October 18, 2017

I’m working on more reviews to post, but in the meantime, here’s a mini-comic book review from the depths of our collections. Nocturnals was a comic that came out in 1995, but somehow, I missed it until recently. Looking at this book (which we have in hardcover), it’s everything that 90s goth girl me would […]

More Spooky Reads: Volatile Figments is live!

| October 10, 2017

It’s release day for Volatile Figments, my collection of dark contemporary fantasy (with a little bit of horror) short stories! These are great stories for reading as you get ready for Halloween. Some are less spooky than others, but there are witches, ghouls, ghosts, elder gods, psychics, and creepy muses aplenty! Several of the stories in […]

Spooky Reads: Camp Haunt

| October 5, 2017

If you’re looking for some spooky October reads, check out my epistolary novella, Camp Haunt, which is available by subscription at Channillo! Here’s the description: Camp Fairmarsh, founded in 1883, has a long tradition of giving teenage girls a residential camp experience. Girls spend eight weeks swimming, canoeing, horseback riding, making arts and crafts, hiking, and […]