October 5-11, 2025, is marked as Banned Books Week. Ugh, it sounds so sinister, doesn’t it? “Banned books.” Like, what, are they haunted? Are they cursed? Are the pages so sharp t…

It's October...Spooktober, if you will (although I prefer to call it All Hallows Month). This is my favorite time of year because not only is it my birthday month, but it's also the month that contains my favorite holiday, Halloween. However, it's gonna be a rough All Hallows Month because I am dealing with trauma. Last month, I attempted to save someone with CPR and failed.

Elderfly Press is seeking submissions for a new anthology of stories and poetry exploring an unsettling question: What will become of us? Submissions for What Will We Become of Us? are open through…

Death is the cold, harsh price we all pay for being alive. From strolls through the cemetery to true crime stories to our own personal losses, we are each haunted by the spectre of our eventual fate. ...

Y'all, I really need to stop buying books blind. Sure, it worked out fine enough when I bought I am Made of Death, but I knew rationally that buying a book just because the cover looks nice isn't going to pan out every time. But when I came across Elizabeth Bedlam's 2021 self-published novella The Way the Light Falls…

ALT: Scary Creepy

One of the cool things about having a book blog is that I come across books in some incredibly delightful ways. One day, my friend John Madras (“Like the plaid!” I exclaimed upon learni…

Hey, uh...you wanna hear a funny story? So, waaaaaaaaaay back at the end of April of this year, I got a notification that Mandy Webster, editor of Bad Moon on the Rise from Elderfly Press (read my review of it here), was taking submissions for another anthology. This one would be titled Mother Monster, Father Fiend: An Anthology of the Monsters Who Raised Us.

September 25 is celebrated as National Comic Book Day here in the United States. Now, I didn’t grow up reading comic books; I was a comic strip girly. But that doesn’t mean that I don&#…

Y'all, spending money sucks a bunch. That's why I'm here with another list of free books from Smashwords! That's right, as a follow-up to my previous post, which in turn was a follow-up to my initial post, I've compiled a list of five books of various genres that you can download now without paying a single cent. Check 'em out...