2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading 2011 in review

Goodbye 2011

Hello my Freaky Darlings, It's been a rough year! Our beautiful German Shepard, Max, died. My brother was shot 17 times, but miraculously survived. The guy who shot him, after having escaped from police custody (he'd just murdered a policeman), was released on bail and has disappeared. Shortly after my brother was shot, my uncle … Continue reading Goodbye 2011

Writing Horror in SA

Hello my Freaky Darlings, I've been a rather horrendous blogger this month. I've been a little busy writing a course on Writing Horror which will be available online shortly. But for today I'm a guest over on David Chislett's blog talking about Writing Horror in South Africa. Please pop in and let me know what … Continue reading Writing Horror in SA

And the winner is …

Hello my Freaky Darlings, It's time to announce the winner of my Coffin Hop competition! The person who came up with the most creative Y word is Joanna Parypinski! Congratulations! Y = Yog-Sothoth I'd never heard of this thing before and it even has a Wikipedia page, so if you're interested in knowing exactly what … Continue reading And the winner is …