
Horror and dark stories inspired by fairy tales and folklore straight from the witch's oven with the occasional dash of green magic, tarot, and the terrible beauty of life.
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The name April comes from the Latin ‘aperire,’ meaning ‘opening,’ as in the buds bursting into bloom in the Northern Hemisphere. For me, April was a personal opening: of my mind to new possibilities, my guts to a violent illness, my heart t...
I published On the Verge, a dark urban fantasy, in September of 2015. It’s my first novel and the first fiction I wrote beyond some flash on my old blog. It’s a love letter to my hometown, to the folklore and legends that have fueled my ima...
New Scary Doll logo by Shane Bzdok!
The saying goes that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, but for me, it was at a full-on roar each of its 31 days. I’ve got SO much good stuff to talk about in this monthly recap, starting wi...
Image credit: David Brooke Martin via UnSplash
This dark fairy tale is part of the Substack event Spring Fever! Horror in Bloom, stories designed to give the season its spooky due.
There is a town with no hope.
One might say it’s...
Image: Blake Wheeler via Unsplash
This piece is part of “Day of the ___ Writer” an open collab on the daily experiences behind the writers of Substack. Check out the growing mosaic of many lives. Thanks to Trevor Cohen of for organizing....
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You can find me writing in the perpetual gloom of the PNW. JV art historian. Varsity mom. Certified nerd. INTJ. I aim to write unsettling, haunting stuff that tangles with the terrible beauty of life.
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