Big box furniture stores are creepy enough!

You know how you walk into an IKEA and it's just a maze of furniture? Arrows on the floor that tell you which way to go and eventually it dumps you out at a huge warehouse where you have to find the boxes for the items you want to pick up. It's huge. One could … Continue reading Big box furniture stores are creepy enough!

The Fall Pause

It's that time again, time for a pause in my blog. I have one more book to review next week, then I'm going to take the month of September off to catch up on my reading. 2024 has been the year of me not reading much and I'm not sure why. My Goodreads Reading Challenge … Continue reading The Fall Pause

The Art of Suffering

Back On February 29, 1876, leap year, Professor Josiah Grant wanted to host a séance.  He enlisted the help of a renowned psychic Lucius Holgrove to assist him. Grant had found a tome chined in the underground of an old Irish Monastery that had a spell to see his own fate. All he needed was … Continue reading The Art of Suffering

On Ode to Libraries. (And Librarians)

When I was younger, I read a short story called The Library Policeman. It was in Stephen King’s book Four Past Midnight that was released in 1990.  For those who haven’t read it, the story is about a man who accidentally destroys books he borrowed from the library and is terrorized by the Library Policeman.I … Continue reading On Ode to Libraries. (And Librarians)

Haunted houses or no.

I've mentioned before that it's difficult for me to find a good horror novel. Outside the horror favorite: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker new horror is a hit and miss with me. Sometimes the authors go for the extra disgusting and forget the plot. Sometimes they're so focused on the plot that they forget … Continue reading Haunted houses or no.