Savannah Is one of the most haunted places in the world.  You can feel it in your bones when you arrive. It is also one of the most hauntingly beautiful.  Only photographs can really do it justice ..read more

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This ghost story was sent to me by a wonderful gentleman named Derrek.  It is a personal story and I think these ghost stories are often the most resonant and the most terrifying: What I am telling you may or may not be a story, perhaps it is just the drunken ramblings of a local from a village near Masai Mara in Kenya or my own drunken memories.  Nonetheless when I travel for business, in the product development industry, I often make it a point to stop at local places I have been told are good to visit for a conversation or two.  I was directed to a Mara Bush Camp, the ki ..read more

This is our third year going to the Halloween Horror extravaganza that is Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Nights.  Every year, for a little over a month, Universal Studios shuts down one of its parks after five and transforms the park into a theme park of horror.  They have at least four scare zones.  These are areas that are decorated to look like certain horrific themes and filled with actors that could jump out at you at any moment.  I am hard to scare and the actors in these zones are always the most likely to get me because I am not ready for them.  I will be ..read more

The Accidental Witch was a bestseller on Amazon for three weeks in a row.  Now the sequel, The Darkest Art, comes out today!  This book is second in this trilogy of black magic and dark spirits.  Come join Phaedra Black as she dispels the demons lurking in the swamps of  Alabama. Buy Your Copy Today Phaedra Black is having a rough year. Her marriage fell apart, she lost her license to practice clinical psychology, and she was fired from her job at the hospital in her home town of Dismal, Alabama. But those are the easy problems. Phae is also a witch, one with a prophesy ..read more

My life is mired in darkness of one kind or another.  I write horror novels and ghost stories.  I decorate for Halloween.  I collect skulls.  But at the end of the day this all seems light and airy compared to my day job.  I am a counselor during the day and I specialize in rape and sexual abuse.  For me, horror stories and ghosts are a jaunt into the lighter more magical side of life.  I recently advocated for a young woman who went to court after a rape.  The guy got off.  Not only did the guy get off but the defense attorney had the jury so mad ..read more

My new YA  has just come out!  This YA horror novel is a blend of the dark, horror of HP Lovecraft and the classic gothic, romance Jane Eyre.  To Celebrate, I will be giving away a $25 amazon gift card to the person who can comment below with their favorite Lovecraft story or favorite character in Jane Eyre.  I will give the card away to the best response!  Good Luck! BUY YOUR COPY OF JANE OF AIR TODAY! Jane Marsh has spent her entire life hiding. Hiding under bulky clothing. Hiding behind glasses. Hiding behind books. Abandoned at a hospital emergency room at th ..read more

The worst truth in this life is that the true monsters don't live in horror movies or paranormal novels.  They live in reality.  Most of the time they look nice and they often come in the guise of temptation.  Some of the biggest monsters today are internet scammers and this year alone Romance internet scammers have been able to take over 15,000 people for a net total of $230 million dollars.  They come to us like lovers when we are lonely and they take you for everything you've got.  So I decided to have a little fun with the most recent scammer to try to play with m ..read more

Information provided by Wayne Miller The Lowry House is a historic home in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built circa 1850 by John Tate Lowry, a merchant with the firm of Lowry, Hamilton and Company. Elements of an earlier Lowry family log house, built in 1809, that stood on the site were incorporated into the new construction.  The Historic Lowry House, a 3000 square foot Italianate-Federal style home, was purchased by Louie and Jane Tippett in 1998. After an extensive 4 year restoration process, The Lowry House was restored to its original beauty, and placed on The National Register ..read more

One of the most impressive attractions at The University of Chicago is the Oriental Institute.  This museum features a sizeable exhibition on Assyrian and Babylonian art and history.  As I walked through this lovely museum, I was surprised to see the small statue seen in the photo above.  As a fan of the movie The Exorcist, I recognized this figure immediately.   It was Pazuzu and the plaque beneath read "Pazuzu; 1st Century BC Protective Deity".   This seemed very contrary to what I had seen of Pazuzu in the Exorcist so I decided to spend some time exploring who Paz ..read more