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How I Met The Woman in Black: A True Story

Posted in Deep Thoughts & Fun Stuff, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Over the weekend, I saw the film The Woman in Black. I don’t bend to reviews—I like to make up my own mind. I admit, it scared me. Then again, I probably found it more terrifying because I have a little bit of a personal history with The Woman in Black. Back in 1998, I [...]

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Miss Stacey Longo’s “People Person” on Scary Scribes? Do not fear…listen here!

Posted in Scary Scribes, tagged , , , , , on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

If you missed Episode 1 of Scary Scribes, my new podcast on Paranormal, Eh? Radio which featured a reading of Stacey Longo’s “People Person,” followed by a chat with the writer and the story behind the story, never fear! It’s here. You can listen here (Note: 15-30 second delay before audio begins): Or here: Scary [...]

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SCARY SCRIBES: HEAR THE INTRO AND PROMO SPOT; WATCH THE TRAILER!

Posted in Scary Scribes, tagged , , , , on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Scary Scribes is almost here…and so is our intro, promo spot, and trailer, thanks to Nathan Schoonover! Enjoy! Scary Scribes Intro Scary Scribes Promotional Spot A collaborative effort with Canada-based Paranormal, Eh? radio’s Terry Konig, SCARY SCRIBES is broadcast live once a month. Our debut episode airs tomorrow with writer Stacey Longo and her story “People Person.” [...]

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“UNDER THE KUDZU” ACCEPTED FOR BEHIND LOCKED DOORS ANTHOLOGY

Posted in Deep Thoughts & Fun Stuff, News, Short Stories, tagged , , , , , , on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

My short story “Under the Kudzu” has been selected for publication in Wicked East Press’ Behind Locked Doors anthology. “Kudzu” has special significance for me. In September 2010, my friend Cynthia Wilson called me to ask if I’d seen photographs of structures that had been covered in kudzu. “Imagine,” she said, “what horrible scary things [...]

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SCI-FI SATURDAY NIGHT FEATURES MY SHORT STORY “SCREAMS OF AUTUMN” FOR FICTION FRIDAY!

Posted in News, Short Stories, Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole -- Tales from Haunted Disney World, tagged , , , , , on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Autumn’s dying…it (officially) ends on December 21—so it’s the perfect time to check out my short story “Screams of Autumn,” which is featured on this week’s Fiction Friday over at Sci-Fi Saturday Night! Here’s where you can check it out: http://www.scifisaturdaynight.com/?p=5022 Sci-Fi Saturday Night—the Official Podcast of the Boston Comic Con—is a lively, popular podcast [...]

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GhoStory Guru: “The Boarded Window” by Ambrose Bierce

Posted in GhoStory Guru, tagged , , , , on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

If you’re a ghost story lover and you haven’t read Ambrose Bierce’s classic “The Boarded Window,” then I’m surprised…but it’s never too late, and if you’re anything like me, then discovering a classic you missed can sometimes be more fun than reading something that was just published: you know you’re getting something so good it’s [...]

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GhoStory Guru: “The Midnight Ghost” by Bernhardt J. Hurwood

Posted in GhoStory Guru, tagged , , on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

If you’ve listened to any of my radio interviews, then you know that I’ve often credited my love of ghost stories to W.W. Jacobs’ “The Monkey’s Paw,” which I read when I was probably way too young (I had the most vivid imagination and all it took was the right mental image to make my [...]

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SKELETONS NOW IN ENDICOTT COLLEGE LIBRARY

Posted in News, Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole -- Tales from Haunted Disney World, tagged , , , on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole—Tales from Haunted Disney World has been acquired for Endicott College’s Diane M. Halle Library in Beverly, Massachusetts. To see Skeletons listed as part of the library’s most recent additions, visit here (I don’t know how often they change their information, so just be aware of that, but as of today, [...]

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WANT SOME “CHEESY FUN” THIS HALLOWEEN? CHECK OUT THESE SCARY SHORTS!

Posted in News, Short Stories, tagged , , , , , , on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Culture: the word on cheese, a magazine for cheese enthusiasts, retailers and the like, is running its second annual “Scary Dairy” Contest with a winner announced on November 4. If you’re looking for something short (and cheesy) to read in between the trick or treaters, head on over there and enjoy the current entries. My [...]

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AN AUDIO TREAT FOR HALLOWEEN: I READ THE OUT-OF-PRINT “HOUSE SITTER” ON PARANORMAL, EH? RADIO!

Posted in News, Short Stories, Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole -- Tales from Haunted Disney World, tagged , , , , , , , on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Ghost stories have always been an oral tradition—shared around the Victorian hearth, intoned around the campfire, whispered while passing the haunted house. For Halloween, Canada’s Paranormal Eh? honors that tradition with an audio treat—a reading of my out-of-print ghost story “House Sitter”…followed by the true story that inspired it. Enjoy…and Happy Haunting! Listen here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paranormaleh/2011/10/25/kristi-petersen-schoonover

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