Sep 17, 2019 | Mysterious Places, Scary True Stories, The Writing Life
When the Winnipeg International Writers Festival selected me as one of four dark-fiction authors to stay overnight at a haunted house, I was excited, but I didn’t have any expectations–at least not on the haunted side of things. Still, it was an amazing...
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 23, 2019 | Mysterious Places
” “Gardyloo!” If you heard that cry a couple of hundred years ago, you would do well to run for cover, because a few seconds later a torrent of foulness would descend from above as someone emptied the contents of their chamber pot. From the seventeenth...
Oct 30, 2018 | Tales of the Supernatural
Many people don’t know the infamous Headless Horseman is not just a legend, but the spirit of an actual person. In Scotland, members of the MacLaine clan from the district of Lochbuie still cringe in fear when they hear the sound of clattering hooves at night....
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,...
