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Creepypasta Fun!

 

Hey! How are you today? I'm popping in to announce some really cool and awesome news.

My short story, The Hags of Merricktown, is one of twelve winners of the Nov/Dec 2021 Creepypasta contest held by Cemetery Gates Media. 

Yay! 🎉

Here's the announcement.

Also, you can read my story right now on their website! And it will also be published in their Creepypasta anthology coming out next year. SO EXCITING!!

I love urban legends and Creepypasta stories are creepy, so of course I wanted to have a go at t...

THE BLACK PHONE by Joe Hill

 

The Black Phone by Joe Hill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Since the movie will be released soon, I decided to read this short story today. It didn't take long because everything happens very quickly.

Boy is sitting outside a store drinking a can of his favourite drink. Man struggles to put his shopping in the back of his van. Boy tries to help. Black balloons make an appearance...

Yeah, it's quick and awful. What Finney goes through is scary, but this kid is a fighter. Really enjoyed how trippy the whole...

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: Little Golden Book (FunkoPop!)

 

Universal Monsters Little Golden Book by M.D. Brundlefly
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As soon as I found this book on Amazon, I HAD to have it. The cover is adorable and I have several of these Universal Monsters Funko Pop! guys.

This book doesn't disappoint. It might be short, but it's definitely cheeky and funny. The illustrations are gorgeous and every page is super colourful. I smiled all the way through this little tale covering quite a few familiar monsters, and especially liked the ending becaus...

THE RAVENS by Kass Morgan & Danielle Paige

 

The Ravens by Kass Morgan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I purchased this book recently and couldn't wait to get stuck into it. I mean, not only is it a story about witches in college, but it's written by Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige. I LOVED Morgan's The 100 series and Paige's Dorothy Must Die series, so I was very curious about their joint venture.

Vivi has spent her life moving from place to place with her flaky mother, so she's excited to start college and finally spend four years in one place. Sca...

ATTACK FROM THE 80s edited by Eugene Johnson

Modern technology has brought some new twists and turns to horror. Found footage, cell phone-based viruses, literal ghosts in the machines but maybe it’s time for a throwback. It’s time for some new tales of slumber party horrors, VCR monsters, and problems that can’t be solved with a smart phone. We want tales of unstoppable monsters, sewer-dwelling creatures, looming threats of cold-war chaos. Give us fear under the neon lights of an arcade, people fighting for their lives against the backdrop...

I SHOT THE DEVIL by Ruth McIver

I used to think that I'd escaped Southport . . . Now I realised, Southport had been coming for me all this time.
Erin Sloane was sixteen when high school senior Andre Villiers was murdered by his friends. They were her friends, too, led by the intense, charismatic Ricky Hell. Five people went into West Cypress Road Woods the night Andre was murdered. Only three came out. 
 Ativan, alcohol and distance had dimmed Erin's memories of that time. But nearly twenty years later, an ageing father will bri...

THE SAD GHOST CLUB Volume 2 by Lize Meddings

 

Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find your kindred spirits at The Sad Ghost Club. (You are not alone. Shhh. Pass it on.)
When two strangers meet at a party and realise they both feel different from everyone else there, they start the The Sad Ghost Club - a secret society for the anxious and alone, a club for people who think they don't belong. 
But when a third ghost wants to join the club, things get a bit more complicated. Can the two ...

PAYBACK'S A WITCH by Lana Harper

 

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This book sounded like the perfect read to me because I love witchy tales. But pretty early on, I realised it really wasn't. I wanted to love this story so much, but I was bored so often that I couldn't get into the swing of things. 😩

Emmy is a witch who returns to her hometown for an upcoming spellcasting tournament and finds so much more...

See, this sounds like something I would totally enjoy because there was witchy and Halloween vibes e...

NaNoWriMo: Week Three

Well, here I am again. How are you?
This week's NaNoWriMo post is a bit earlier because I reached The End yesterday. 
That's right. The first draft of STUCK is now DONE. Yay! 😁🎉 This makes me really happy. Not just because it's another NaNo to add to my list, but also because it feels great to complete a new novel after working hard on multiple revisions this year and not much else.
Anyway, here's how the word count went: 
Monday: 57,668 (added 5631w)Tuesday: 61,162 (added 3494w)Wednesday: 63,580 (a...

NaNoWriMo: Week Two

Well, the second week of NaNoWriMo is now over. At least, it is for me because I'll be taking the weekend off. I need a bit of time to get all my story thoughts in a row. LOL.
Oh, and guess what? Today I reached the 50k word target. And that means that I've completed my 15th NaNoWriMo. Yay!! 😃🎉
I'm really excited because this also means one of my November goals is now done. 
During NaNoWriMo month I usually have two goals. This is the first one, and my next goal will be to actually finish the first...