Spirits still roam the Winchester House forever working on “the house that fear built.” Ghostly footsteps, loud sighs and dark figures are a few tales surrounding one of the most haunted places in America. The Winchester Mystery House has inspired stories like Rose Red and episodes on the anime Ghost Read more…
Many things can make your haunted house story fail? Flat characters. Bad writing. Boring spirits. Bad pacing. People like to bring up The Turn of the Screw as the ghost story to read. But, I really don’t get it. I was about a third of the way through the book and Read more…
Yeas ago, I was doing a Pinterest search for building inspiration for my fantasy world. Mont Saint-Michel came into my feed and I just fell in love. It’s such a beautiful structure. It inspired Isla in The Lost Sciell. A few months later, I learned it was a real place. Read more…
It was a horror movie cliche. Her friends learned about a haunted forest nearby. Going in daylight defeated the purpose, they said. If they didn’t go at night, they wouldn’t see anything. And now they were lost. Following the trail markers wouldn’t make for a great story, one friend had said. Read more…
“The north is Chile’s vast desert region – an epic landscape of sand dunes, sun-baked ochre earth and white-sand cliffs. The land rises from the coast to the arid altiplano, where camelids roam, pink flamingos fly, and pointed volcanoes overlook brilliant blue lagoons. Port-cities line the coast, while indigenous hamlets Read more…
The Squamish people call this place “Island of Dead Men.” It was the site of a fierce and brutal battle. During the battle between the Northern and Southern nations, the southern tribe kidnapped women, children and elderly of the north and held them for ransom. The northern tribe agreed to hand Read more…