That's right. After five weeks of stop-start on this demonic WIP, it's finally done. Yay. It feels really good to get this story completely out of my head because I've been carrying it with me for quite some time. And the way I tackled this draft was so different to …

Pet Sematary by Stephen King My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is one of those Stephen King books that I've had on my bookshelf for years but haven't read because it got lost in my bookshelf. Not to mention that it was one where the movie took over and I just never got back to th…

Last week I spoke a bit about the story behind my current WIP . And this week I added quite a few new words to my demonic terror. A lot more than I expected, but the story's really speaking to me now.  So much that the chapter notes I wrote last week no longer matter. They'…

Call Drops: A Horror Story by John F Leonard My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've had this on my Paperwhite for a while, so I decided to start it this morning... and finished it a few hours later because I just had to know where it was going. Vincent Preece is a rich man who made h…

Wagon Buddy by Steve Stred My rating: 4 of 5 stars This afternoon while sorting the awesome books on my Paperwhite, I opened this one. I started reading... and finished it in one sitting. Scott is a lonely boy with a father who abandons the family, and a mother who turns to drin…

This week I'm going to talk about the state of my WIPs.  Not just because my head's been buzzing with stuff , but because I've been juggling and brainstorming and writing a bunch of different stories at the same time. There are several characters trying to grab my atten…

Hannah-Beast by Jennifer McMahon My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the second Dark Corners Collection story I've read, and the first by this author. It's Halloween and Amanda's daughter dresses up as Hannah-Beast. An awful urban legend that's haunted the town sin…

Can you believe a new month is here? Yikes. March means that summer is over and autumn is here. Well, technically that's what's supposed to happen. But thanks to an awful thing called climate change, the seasons are all over the place. I mean, the last week of Feb was cold…

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've had this book on my Kindle for a very long time. While sorting my bookshelves during the weekend, I started reading and couldn't put it down. Mia Dennett is the daughter of a judge in Chicago. A man who cares only…

The Sleep Tight Motel by Lisa Unger My rating: 5 of 5 stars When I found out I could borrow the Dark Corners Collection because we have Amazon Prime, I grabbed this short stories first. Eve is on the run. She has a stolen ID, a gun, a few bags and a crappy Mustang. She's al…

After losing his mother to a brain tumour, Trevor King feels totally alone in the world. Someone needs to pay for her death and Dr Mellick, Trevor's work colleague and family GP, is the man he holds responsible. Trevor's yearning for vengeance leads him to concoct a vicious plo…