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November 2016

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A Very Macabre Christmas

I love Christmas. But I love the idea of a gothic Christmas more. When Nightmare Before Christmas became a thing, it spurred a ton of fantastic, whimsical, dark Christmas celebrations that I adore. Most of you know that I'm a huge Pinterest and page 20 Google digger so I wanted to share with you all, a few of my favorite macabre Christmas decorating ideas for the holidays. If you don't celebrate Christmas, I think most of these ideas can easily be tweaked to reflect what you are celebrating. Found here. Found here. Found here. Found here. Found[...]

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The Rugaru

Hello, darlings....   How are you all doing? I know the post-election craze has a lot of people in a funk (to say the least). I'm Canadian and even my small news stations are still covering the potential vote audit and other political stories from your neck of the woods. I can't imagine how overwhelming it must be. If you need gifs or someone to vent to, I'm here. Oh! And you've just had Thanksgiving - if you're partaking, Happy Thanksgiving! If you're NaNo-ing, your word count is probably getting up there. Great job! Keep on going! I know it's tempting to[...]

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In Dead Space, Everyone Can Hear You Scream

Every October I like to revisit some of my favorite horror games, and this year I went back to the 2008 masterpiece Dead Space. Equal parts Aliens and Event Horizon, Dead Space puts you in the role of Isaac Clarke, an engineer for the Concordance Extraction Corporation in the year 2508. Isaac and a small crew are responding to a distress beacon sent out from the USG Ishimura, a "planet cracker"ship that is designed to harvest resources from planets and moons. https://youtu.be/OUrq0PQgqPg?list=PL3o-jq7bqjfR0IoJLGSRJqZxG3gfPmchT From the second the small group cra[...]

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Night Terrors…the Game

Months ago, Midnighter Kim posted on FB about a new game to play on your phone. Night Terrors. Go read that article here. Now...the game is up. You can buy it for $.99. So I did. WHY NOT IT SOUNDS SCARY AND FUN! After the game was available, I grabbed my phone and went to the App Store...typed in Night Terrors and got this... The description says... And I am quoting! Lights off. Headphones on. Survive. Question reality. Face your fears. Explore the paranormal. Night Terrors will attack every one of your senses in an effort to deliver the most heart-thumpin[...]

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I’ll sleep when I’m dead

Hello, lovelies.   I wanted to write a post about NaNo, but I'm tired. So tired. My kid is in the throes of what's called a sleep regression. It's this brilliant stage in a child's life where they decide, "Hey, fuck this sleep thing. I can survive on mere hours a day." It's a glorious time for all parties involved. *Giant pause because a motherfluffing mouse just ran by. It may be time to reconsider the humane traps* Anyhoo - I'm not getting a whole lot of Z's these days. As you can imagine, I'm a total treat. I started researching signs of sleep deprivat[...]

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Own Your Own Graveyard – Seriously.

In October I visited my brother in Colorado. It’s a magical place for me, full of crunchy leaves, kind people, and awe-inspiring beauty. I also have a favorite place to go while I’m out…the graveyard. I absolutely love visiting cemeteries and when I’m in one, I find this unexplainable peace and comfort.   There’s this one in particular that I love.  Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, Co. The first time I visited it was at midnight in the fall several years ago. The light shimmered through the trees as they swayed in the wind and dead leaves s[...]

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Whispers of Poe: The Cask of Amontillado

A little while back, I wrote about ASMR–Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (or ASMR), the tingly feeling some people experience when getting close personal attention like a haircut, eye exam, scalp massage, etc. Anyway, there is a ton of ASMR content out there on YouTube now, and since a lot of ASMR content involves whispering and speaking softly, a lot of people also use the video to help them fall asleep, or cope with stress and anxiety. A while back a friend and I started a YouTube channel that features gaming videos with soft spoken and whispered com[...]