How Books Scare Us — or Not

I’ve always loved a good horror story. While I don’t always write horror, when I do, I try to emulate masters of suspense like Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Olde Heuvelt. I’ve been told the Amelia Doss series, written by my co-author Andre Gonzalez, and me, is pretty darn terrifying. When I wrote Amelia, I really tried hard to make her terrifying. So I added one part serial killer, one part supernatural (reminiscent of Michael Myers in Halloween), some occult lore, and some shady friends...