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  • Halloween Look: The Black-Feathered Queen

    As a regular cosplayer, I think being able to dress up as a character is perhaps my favorite part of Halloween. When I was younger (before I even knew what the cosplay scene was all about), I would agonize over what I wear come October 31st. Often I would want to do a cool costume,…

  • My Love of Lore

    I’ve been a long-time listener of the podcast series Lore. I forget how I first found out about it. My friends know that I write horror and that I love dark tales, so when I ended up having multiple close friends recommend it, I decided to check it out. Basically Aaron Mahnke will choose a…

  • The Mysterious Mill

    Somehow even though I posted this up on all my social media feeds, I never got around to posting this map of Thomas Farrell’s Mill here on my blog. So today I’m remedying that! When I was asked by my publisher to create maps for my novella, The She-Wolf of Kanta, I knew I had…

  • Exploring a Flawed Family

    Putting together the family that makes up Dahlia’s life is a complicated process. You really can’t help but put pieces of yourself into each character, and as you consider the overall family dynamic, you start to understand where each of them fall into place. Knowing that they had to choose to be in this position…

  • Finding the Voice and Mood

    Life has been crazy lately. Between loads of work to do, unavoidable tragedies taking place, and just a general awful feeling in the world, diving into this book has been an excellent escape for me. Though escape isn’t quite the right word because Dahlia’s story is quite grim. Her problems are ones I can control…