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October Tarotscopes!

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The Death card reminds us that all good things must come to an end, and October is the last month of Tarotscopes on this blog! But don’t worry, the...

October 1, 2016

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Do You Know Your Fairies?

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Guest post by Rayna Noire Share this on Facebook>>> Most of us when we think of Faeries think of Orlando Bloom as Legolas in the Lord of the Rings...

September 6, 2016

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September Tarotscopes! 2016

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I’m drawing one card for each sign from the Tarot’s Major Arcana and the second from its elemental suit. E.g. since Virgo is an earth sign, one card is...

August 31, 2016

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Where Life is a Fairy Tale

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The world is sprinkled with real, fairy tale towns. Here’s some eye candy for your Monday morning… Share this link on Facebook>>> 1)Alsace, France. It’s hard to choose just...

August 8, 2016

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September 30, 2016

THE BAD ROOM: Residential haunts in Malden and Somerville

We welcome Sam Baltrusis, author of Haunted Boston Harbor to the blog. He’s very kindly written about residential haunts...

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September 29, 2016

Flash Fiction! Tea Leaf Tales

We have a two-for-one here — a guest post and flash fiction by Marsha A. Moore, author of the...

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September 28, 2016

Creature Feature: Halja’s Demons and Beasts

Creature Feature: Halja’s Demons and Beasts One of the fun things about writing a dark fantasy series...

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September 27, 2016

Flash Fiction! The Bucket List

Welcome to Constance Burris, author of Black Beauty! She’s written original flash fiction for the Halloween Spooktacular (below). But first,...

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The Multimedia Angle—The Use of Journals, Videos, and Book Quotes In Books

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Welcome to author Laura Diamond, who is guest posting about modern-day epistolary form. But first, a little bit about her dystopian YA novel, Dawn of the Vie! (And be...

September 19, 2016

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Writing the Modern Gothic

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Guest post by Marie Treanor Gothic romance is an old literary genre, about as old as the novel itself, stretching back to the days when the word “romance” meant...

July 26, 2016

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The Dead of Haggard Hall Darke of Night Book One Marie Treanor Genre: Gothic/historical/paranormal romance Publisher: Samhain Publishing Date of Publication: 26th July 2016 ISBN: 978-1619235830 ASIN: B01CUOPRZQ Number...

June 26, 2016

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What is Western Gothic?

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By Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall, noted (at least by each other) authorities in the field of Western Gothic studies Western Gothic is a fairly narrow but very deep...

June 10, 2016

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