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What’s In My Bookshelf: The Best Spooky Books To Read, May 2020

May 18, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Books That Scared The Pants Off Me When I Was A Kid. I learned very early in life that, if I always had a book with me, I would never be bored. As such, I grew up into the kind of Continue Reading > about What’s In My Bookshelf: The Best Spooky Books To Read, May 2020

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: books, fiction, horror fiction, recommendations, spooky books

14 Spooky Microfiction Twitter Accounts To Send A Chill Down Your Spine

January 13, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Spooky Email Newsletters. I know, I know: Twitter is a cesspool. Most social media is a cesspool. But there are pockets of delight to be found amidst all the vitriol, if you look Continue Reading > about 14 Spooky Microfiction Twitter Accounts To Send A Chill Down Your Spine

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: fiction, horror fiction, social media, stories, Twitter

The Best Spooky Books To Read, October 2016 — And Why They’re Worth Your Time: Part 2, Serial Killers, Unreliable Narrators & More

October 17, 2016 by Lucia

Previously: Spooky Books: Ghosts & Haunted Houses. Time for the second installment of the Best Spooky Books To Read, October 2016 edition. Whereas last week we focused on ghost stories, this Continue Reading > about The Best Spooky Books To Read, October 2016 — And Why They’re Worth Your Time: Part 2, Serial Killers, Unreliable Narrators & More

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: books, fiction, Halloween, horror fiction

The Best Spooky Books To Read, October 2016 — And Why They’re Worth Your Time: Part 1, Ghosts & Haunted Houses

October 10, 2016 by Lucia

There's a particular kind of spooky book I like to read when autumn rolls around. They're not necessarily scary per se — but they all have the same sort of air about them: They're the kinds of stories Continue Reading > about The Best Spooky Books To Read, October 2016 — And Why They’re Worth Your Time: Part 1, Ghosts & Haunted Houses

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: books, fiction, Halloween, horror fiction

Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: The Noise Coming from Inside Children

December 15, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: The Crying Boy.  Type: Unclassifiable. Period/location of origin: Unknown. It is possible that subject originated in the 1970s, 1980s, or early 1990s written as either a horror short Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: The Noise Coming from Inside Children

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: books, Ed Kann, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, fiction, In Concrete Basements, The Noise Coming from Inside Children, The Secret of Evermore, unclassifiable, Who Is Ed Kann?

Fiction: “Payphone”

February 26, 2014 by Lucia

From an unfinished manuscript found in a dumpster outside a diner in southern New Jersey: The phone rang again. The one that shouldn’t ring. The old payphone hung high up above the back door, Continue Reading > about Fiction: “Payphone”

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: diners, fiction, from an unfinished manuscript, New Jersey, original fiction, payphone, payphones, ring ring, short stories

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