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I was a skinny, gawky young girl. I would eventually stop growing at six feet tall but all through middle school and high school, my body was stretching; especially my legs and my feet. 7th and 8th grade P. E. was torture. We had to dress down in the girl's locker room in front of one another. I didn't feel like other girls. They were way shorter than me and already filling out their bras. Sometimes I would stuff my gym clothes into my regular clothes and act like I was just using the toilet but I was really changing...

Filling the Soul Hole

Part 1: Sorrow

As an avid reader of horror, you may worry that you have been desensitized towards certain deeply felt emotions. You’ve read it all. Guts festoon the trees of your dreamscapes. You’ve made a cozy nest for the hideous monsters lurking in your basement. Any small children that cross your path are likely demon-possessed. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you’ve seen it all. You worry that you have lost the ability to empathize. You have an empty spot in the center of your heart where your soul used to be. You...

February is Women in Horror Month and I am celebrating by reading works from lots of female authors. I think that all readers should be making a conscious effort to read female authors in February and every other month. The fact is that horror is largely a male-driven industry. Go to any major book store’s horror section (if they have one) and count how many female authors you see on the shelves. I’ve done the legwork and I can...

Happy Friday Night Worms and happy Valentine’s Day! My v-day date and I are having a quiet night in. My date is really quiet and kinda stiff but they tell wonderful stories.


Books. My date is books. And being that February is Women in Horror Month, I wanted to suggest a female-written horror book. THE HUNGER by Alma Katsu is amazing. It’s a slow burn of a book that adds historical fiction and truly ominous terror. Katsu took the legendary Donner Party and thrown in suspense, a bit of the supernatural and a...