I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars It's been a while since I read a Kelley Armstrong book, so I decided to get stuck into this one. Nicola Laughton has Cystic Fibrosis but has managed to live well into her thirties. She takes her health seriously, enjoy…

Happy Release Day to my debut short story collection! Yay. ☺️🎉 I'd like to thank Cemetery Gates Media for taking a chance on my first collection. Also for publishing and putting together such a lovely book. The end result is amazing! I'm SO excited and proud of this book. Also,…

The other day Horrorsmith Publishing made this fantastic announcement : My haunted house ghost story novel will be published under Horrorsmith's Fear Forge imprint next year. I'm SO excited and can't wait to share my creepy tale about a hellish house. Here's a bit about …

The Folly by Gemma Amor My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was lucky enough to get an eARC copy of this novella and couldn't wait to get stuck into it. After being convicted for the murder of his wife, Morgan's father spent six years in jail. Now that he's been released, she's…

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian writer and immigrant, Ai Jiang. LINGHUN is set in the mysterious town of HOME, a place where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by the grief-sick population that refuses to let go . I wo…

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading a new Grady Hendrix book is something I always look forward to. 😊 Louise is a hardworking, overachiever who left her hometown years ago and never looked back. She's also a single mother who lives in S…

A house with history. That's how the estate agent described the old toll house on the edge of the town. For Kelda it's the perfect rural home for her young son Dylan after a difficult few years. But when Kelda finds a death mask concealed behind one of the walls, everything c…

The Unsuitable by Molly Pohlig My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had my eye on this lovely book for a while, and I decided it was time to check it out. Iseult Wince is a woman like no other. She loves to go for long walks, is used to being ignored by her father, and talks to her dead …

Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find your kindred spirits at The Sad Ghost Club. (You are not alone. Shhh.  Pass it on.) When two strangers meet at a party and realise they both feel different from everyone else there,…

Hey! 😃 It's that time of the year again... and you know what that means, right? I finally signed up for NaNoWriMo 2021 . Yay!! I planned to take part months ago, because it will be a nice break from all the revision I've been doing this year. But I realised yesterday that I ha…

Hey! How are you today? Long time no blog. 😁 I actually took a two week mental break and spent most of it reading, sorting my stationery and prepping for the next revision project. That's right! This week started with a public holiday, and then I got stuck into another first draft. I…

Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find your kindred spirits at The Sad Ghost Club. (You are not alone. Shhh. Pass it on.)  This is the story of one of those days - a day so bad you can barely get out of bed, when it'…

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a novella I read back in high school, so it's been a while. Still, I remember really enjoying it and I've been meaning to re-read it for ages. Also, The Haunting of Bly Manor is coming to Netflix this week…

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is another book I've had on my Paperwhite for quite a while and thought it was time to get stuck into it. The story is so strange and so interesting that before I realised it, I'd hit 20% and didn't want t…

The Uninvited by Cat Winters My rating: 5 of 5 stars I enjoy reading a Cat Winters book. So far, I've read In the Shadow of Black Birds , The Cure for Dreaming , The Steep & Thorny Way , and loved all of them. She's a great storyteller who drags you into interesting stor…

The Headless Ghost by R.L. Stine My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Goosebumps I read today was another paperback in pretty scabby condition, but it was definitely very entertaining. Duane and Stephanie love to haunt the streets of Wheeler Falls at night and scare the kids while they …

Deep in a Wyoming mine, hell awaits. Nat Blackburn is given an offer he can't refuse by President Teddy Roosevelt. Tales of gold in the abandoned mining town of Hecla abound. The only problem - those who go seeking their fortune never return. Along with his constant companion, Teta…

Ghosts have always walked there. Now they’re not alone…  In the depths of Edinburgh, an evil presence is released. Hannah and her colleagues are tour guides who lead their visitors along the spooky, derelict Henderson Close, thrilling them with tales of spectres and murder. For Hanna…

Shutter by Courtney Alameda My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow. This book is amazing. Seriously amazing. I don't know why it's taken me so long to read it, but I'm glad I grabbed my Kobo the other day and finally got stuck into it. Micheline Helsing is a direct desce…

When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a month in “the most haunted house in Virginia,” he believes the case will be like any other. But the Alexander House is different, plagued by shadows of the past. And David is haunted too,…