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Fiction Podcast Review: “The Black Tapes”

April 11, 2020 by Michele Pariza Wacek Leave a Comment

How do you feel about paranormal activity or the Supernatural? Ghosts? Spirits? Demons? Do you believe? The Black Tapes is a serialized fictional docudrama podcast about one journalist’s search for truth, her enigmatic subject’s mysterious past, and the literal and figurative ghosts that haunt them both. I discovered The Black Tapes a few months back […]

Filed Under: Movies/TV/Podcast Reviews Tagged With: Fiction podcast, horror, mystery, suspense, The Black Tapes

Book Review: “Behind Her Eyes” by Sarah Pinborough

November 22, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek Leave a Comment

Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man […]

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Quiz: Which Supernatural Book Genre SHOULD You Be Reading?

October 18, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 24 Comments

Forget preference. This isn’t about what you PREFER to read and what you don’t. This is about SCIENCE. (Not.) I created a completely unscientific quiz that will reveal the perfect supernatural book genre best suited for your personality. No more flailing about selecting books that simply “sound” like good books to read! Now, you’ll have […]

Filed Under: Books, Games and Puzzles Tagged With: demons, ghost, ghosts, horror, mystery, psychological thriller, suspense, vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies

The True Meaning of Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, and Other Creatures That Go Bump in the Night

October 11, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 13 Comments

Have you ever wondered why we’re so drawn to supernatural creatures? Not just in the horror genre, either. These creatures show up in all types of literature, from fantasy to sci fi to cozies, even. I believe it’s because ALL of these creatures are actually real. Yes, I believe they’re all real, in that they […]

Filed Under: Book Clubs, Books Tagged With: demons, ghost, ghosts, horror, mystery, psychological thriller, suspense, vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies

10 Twisted Tales for Halloween

September 27, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 4 Comments

There’s nothing quite like a twisted psychological thriller or scary ghost story to get you in the mood for Halloween … The ultimate “things are not as they seem” holiday … For which people hide their true face behind masks and costumes, and you just never know if you’re going to get a treat … […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Caroline Mitchell, Darcy Coates, Edgar Allan Poe, Ghost Gifts, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, horror, It Began With a Lie, Laura Spinella, Lisa Jewell, Little Darlings, Melanie Golding, mystery, psychological thriller, Ray Bradbury, Secrets of Redemption, Silent Victim, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Evil That Was Done, The Haunting of Ashbury House, The Stolen Twin, Then She Was Gone, This Happened to Jessica

Book Review: “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson

May 10, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 1 Comment

First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.  It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, […]

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Movie Review: The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix

March 29, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 8 Comments

“The Haunting of Hill House” is a Netflix series based on the novel by Shirley Jackson. At least, that’s how it’s billed. But, to be clear, the two are very different. They share the same title, the  same haunted house, some of the same character names but that’s about it. In the Netflix version, the […]

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