Blog Archives
MONSTERS IN THE MILLS is here!
Posted by kristipetersenschoonover
THRILLED to announce Monsters in the Mills, with my story “Cinched,” is now available in instant e-book and paperback pre-order! If you like abandoned (and some pieces are definitely 34O if you like that), you’ll love this!

Behind graffitied fences or obscured by woods, the abandoned mills of New England watch. For thrillists and historians, urbexers and developers, or just the average passer-by. Omnipresent and looming, the mills lure the innocent to their mysteries, secrets…and terrors.
The We are Providence writers hunt what lurks among the crumbled bricks and strangling sumac. A widower on a demolition crew wakes the revenants. A musician rents a foundry’s rehearsal space…and otherworldly tenants are practicing on him. A lonely girl combs the ruins to find an unsettling friend; a bitter punk moves into a refinery where her bestie vanished, and a criminal breaks into a cloth factory to discover a sentient—and sinister—machine.
These eighteen terrifying tales suggest when abandoned mills beckon, it’s best to ignore them.
After all, they’ve come to collect their due.
You can get the ebook instantly or pre-order the paperback here: https://bit.ly/4bhZmWa
SPECIAL OFFER! Take a photo Read the rest of this entry →
Share this:
- Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
- Print (Opens in new window) Print
- Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
- Share on X (Opens in new window) X
- Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
- Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
- Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
- Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
Posted in News
Tags: Abandoned mill stories, Aron Beauregard, Brennan LaFaro, Christa Carmen, Elizabeth Devecchi, Errick Nunnally, Gage Greenwood & Kylee Jones, gothic horror with contemporary bent, horror stories New England, Jason Parent, Jessica P. Wick, Joshua Rex, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, L.E. Daniels, Mary Robles, Mr. Michael Squid, Paul Magnan, Ricardo D. Rebelo, Rick Claypool, Steven P. Belanger, stories set in Rhode Island, Victoria Dalpe, We Are Providence
I belong to We Are Providence!
Posted by kristipetersenschoonover
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been a member of the Rhode Island-based writer’s community We Are Providence since November of 2023, and what a ride it’s been! I’ve had strong Rhode Island ties since the early nineties, when I did undergraduate work at the University of Rhode Island. Over the past thirty years, I’ve spent so much time in the state it feels like home, and the folks in We Are Providence have not only welcomed me with open arms, they have made me feel like I truly belong.
Helmed by Christa Carmen (The Daughters of Block Island) and L.E. Daniels (Serpent’s Wake: a Tale for the Bitten), we’ve just put the finishing touches on the group’s second anthology, Monsters in the Mills, which releases in August (and includes a brand new story by me called “Cinched”).
If you love all things abandoned, this collection is for you. Edited by Christa and L.E., cover art by Mr. Michael Squid, and introduction by Faye Ringel, and published by Australian-based Interactive Publications, here’s the back cover copy (if you’re wondering if I wrote it because it sounds like me, yes, I did):
♦
DEEP IN THE WEEDS, THEY WAIT.
Behind graffitied fences or obscured by woods, the abandoned mills of New England watch. For thrillists and historians, urbexers and developers, or just the average passer-by. Omnipresent and looming, the mills lure the innocent to their mysteries, secrets…and terrors.
The We are Providence writers hunt what lurks among the crumbled bricks and strangling sumac. A widower on a demolition crew wakes the revenants. Read the rest of this entry →
Share this:
- Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
- Print (Opens in new window) Print
- Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
- Share on X (Opens in new window) X
- Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
- Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
- Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
- Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
Posted in horror short stories, News, The Writing Life
Tags: abandoned mills, Aron Beauregard, Brennan LaFaro, Christa Carmen, Elizabeth Devecchi, Errick Nunnally, Faye Ringel, Gage Greenwood & Kylee Jones, horror stories set in Rhode Island, Interactive Publications Pty Ltd, Jason Parent, Jessica P. Wick, Joshua Rex, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, L.E. Daniels, Mary Robles, Mr. Michael Squid, Paul Magnan, Rhode Island writers organizations, Ricardo D. Rebelo, Rick Claypool, Steven Belanger, Victoria Dalpe, We Are Providence





