Mar 12, 2019 | Mysterious Places, Scary True Stories
In honour of my upcoming release, Forest of Ghosts, which is set in Romania, including a pivotal scene in Hoia Baciu, I thought it would be worth sharing my real-life experiences in the world’s most haunted forest. If I believed in omens, I would have been...
Jan 9, 2019 | Scary True Stories, The Writing Life, Unsolved Mysteries
Yesterday I had one of those “I feel like a real author” moments. It might surprise some of you to discover I rarely feel this way. Real authors are reviewed in major newspapers, have six-or-seven figure book deals, movie options, and hardbacks in all the...
Dec 12, 2018 | Scary True Stories
Some women have biological clocks. Estibaliz Carranza had a never-ending, shrieking alarm. Unfortunately, Carranza’s baby lust led to another, more sinister passion: murder. Born in Mexico in 1978, Carranza was a highly intelligent honour student whose mother...
Nov 13, 2018 | Scary True Stories
In a society desensitized to almost everything, cannibalism may be the last great taboo. And yet, people have been eating people since the beginning of human history. The Neanderthals were believed to have practiced cannibalism, and it’s been well documented...
Aug 21, 2018 | Scary True Stories, Tales of the Supernatural
Since this used to be a personal blog, I thought it only fitting that I share one very personal story. The people who are closest to me know, but I haven’t told many–not even my family, for two reasons. I don’t want people to think I’m crazy,...
May 8, 2018 | Scary True Stories
Please join me in welcoming back horror author Catherine Cavendish with two true spooky tales. I have set a large part of Waking the Ancients in Vienna, Austria, where many ghosts and restless spirits walk among the verdant parks and lavish palaces. But Austrian...
