I’m so excited to announce that The Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery Series was chosen by wiki as part of their Top Ten Captivating Paranormal Mystery Series. Ezvid Wiki was the world’s first video wiki and is now among the top 3,000 websites in the United States. Their YouTube channel has over 425,000 subscribers. Please check…
House Hunting
A couple of weeks ago, I was reading through the posts on a Dead Files Facebook page and someone asked, “what happens to the houses that people sell when Amy says the families have to move out and can no longer live there?” I responded, “I think Zillow needs to add a category in their…
Write What You Know
Many authors have heard the advice “Write What You Know.” But how many authors who write horror or paranormal stories can actually apply that mantra to their lives? Probably more than you think. The amazing author and my good friend, Stephen King, (okay, he would be my good friend if we ever had the chance…
Old Town Spring
Here in the Midwest, it’s finally acting like spring. We have rain instead of snow, the temperatures are in the 40s and 50s, instead of the 20s and 30s, and I can actually see green sprouting up through the brown ground. So, when I was thinking of this week’s Freaky Friday, I was thinking “Spring!” …
Open Communication
Those of you who are familiar with my Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery series know that Mary O’Reilly can see and communicate with ghosts. There is no guesswork in her communication, they talk – she hears. But, unfortunately, most of us don’t have that ability to communicate with the folks on the other side of the…
Ouija Boards
I was going to write about something else this week, but as I was doing research I found this story from WISN, Channel 12 about a mom who wants a kindergarten teacher fired for using a Ouija board at school. This is from the article, “An outraged mother is calling on Milwaukee Public Schools officials…
The Summer of ’87
I’m old enough to remember the television show “My Favorite Martian” about an extra-terrestrial who came to live on earth and study humankind. He chooses to live with a young newspaper reporter and portray himself as the man’s uncle, Uncle Martin. It was created as a sitcom in the same vein as “I Dream of…
Your Last Dream
I recently saw an interview with Dr. Christopher Kerr who is the chief medical officer at Buffalo, New York’s Center for Hospice and Palliative Care. In the interview he spoke about an experience he had when he first came to the institution. This is from the interview, “…when he was first starting out, something happened that…
The Cockatrice
A couple of weeks ago, when I was reading the scriptures, I came upon a passage that said, “And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den.” And I wondered, what the heck is a cockatrice, and why is it…
Robert the Doll
Dolls are supposed to be a wonderful child’s toy. Something to hold, cuddle, and even learn some basic nurturing skills. But sometimes dolls are more creepy than cute. There is actually a certified fear of dolls called pediophobia and many horror movies don’t help with that condition, from Chucky to Annabelle, dolls can send a shiver…