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Book Review: Dead Voices by Katharine Arden
Imagine a trip to the Overlook hotel, for a middle grade audience, and then turn the dial up to 11. You get Dead Voices. Our three young hero’s from Small Spaces, Ollie, Coco and Brian, are back. Two months after their terrifying Halloween school trip, Ollie’s dad wins a ski vacation, so off they go…
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Book Review: The Other Side of the Door by Rhonda Parrish
I love the anthologies Rhonda Parrish edits, but it’s nice to read her own short stories for a change in The Other Side of the Door. This collection of four ghost stories and a spooky poem kicks off with the titular The Other Side of the Door, which is a moving depiction of a child…
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Book Review: Shutter by Courtney Alameda
Shutter is my buddy read for May with Jonny @Jaunts and Haunts, and I’m so disappointed that I didn’t love it as much as he did. Read Jonny’s review of Shutter here. 17 year old Micheline Helsing is near the end of her training as part of an elite group of soldiers that hunt ghosts…
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Book Review: Trigger by Courtney Alameda
A short story prequel to the young adult novel, Shutter, Trigger introduces readers to Micheline Helsing and the hunters of the undead. 15 year old Micheline inherited her Tetrachromatic eyes from her mother, allowing her to see ghosts and trap them in mirrors. She’s also being trained to take over from her commander father, and…
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Book Review: Hollow by Rhonda Parrish
A magic Polaroid camera spreads the pain of a traumatized teenage girl in this absorbing young adult fantasy from Rhonda Parrish. Morgan has just experienced the most traumatic year of her life, and she isn’t coping well. Neither is her family, who have their own portion of grief and suffering to bear. Hollowed out from…
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Book Review: Eerie Edmonton by Rhonda Parrish
Find out the creepy things going bump in the night throughout the city of Edmonton in this entertaining non fiction book. Rhonda Parrish plays skeptic to Rona Anderson’s believer as they investigate and explore hauntings throughout the Canadian city. In the first part of the book, the focus is on sightings in public buildings. Rhonda…
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Advent Ghosts 2019
Rhonda Parrish introduced me to Loren Eaton’s Advent Ghosts event, and I thought I would take part this year. In the spirit of the Victorian tradition of telling spooky Christmas stories, Loren challenges participants to write a Christmas themed scary drabble (a story of 100 words). Be sure to check out Loren’s site, where he…
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Book Review: The Prince of Nightmares by John McNee
Ballador House Hotel promises its guests nightmares so vivid they won’t believe they’re dreaming. Would you want to stay in a place where your worst nightmares come true? The last act of Josie, wife of wealthy businessman, Victor Teversham, was to book the Library Suite in the Ballador House Hotel in Scotland. Keen to honour…
