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This writer intends to upload every Monday and Thursday of 2026! I will also be hosting events throughout the year for a various workshops, reading lists and holidays! Make sure to come and check out the blog during the next 52-weeks! Sincerely, your 21st-century poet

It’s nice to see you once again, my lovely readers! I know that I have been absent from writing on this blog for a few weeks now. My original plan was to come back and do a winter/holiday event similar to my October event after taking a much needed break. However, the stars did not align to make that happen this year. 😞 Nevertheless, I would like to wish everyone a very happy new year! You will be hearing from me again very soon for a special announcement… 👀 I hope you all

Just in case you missed my previous post on Halloween about the month of November, I wanted to pop back on here to let my readers know...

Welcome to the final post of my first month-long series! As it’s finally Halloween, I will be discussing the folklore and traditions...

Welcome to the thirtieth day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 2-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Today, I will be ranking the best vampire creations in the media! If you don't agree with any of these ranks, then please let me know your chosen ranks in the comments below!! Enjoy! 10. Novella: The Vampyre (1819) by John William Polidori - I had to add this Novella on this list for one specific reason and that is that this wa

Welcome to the twenty-ninth day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 3-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Today, I will be ranking the best vampires in all media! We will end this post by giving the crown of vampirism to the strongest vampire in media history! If you don't agree with any of these ranks, then please let me know your chosen ranks in the comments below!! Enjoy! Warning : This post includes spoilers! 10. Lord Ruth

Welcome to the twenty-eighth day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 4-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Today, I will be sharing an interesting fun fact about why F. W. Murnau’s classic 1922 horror film, Nosferatu  and Robert Eggers’ 2024 film, Nosferatu are titled “Nosferatu” rather than “Dracula”! This has to be one of my favorite fun facts about any book to film adaptations in history. Back when F. W. Murnau was making th

Welcome to the twenty-seventh day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 5-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Today, I will be giving you a small and simple reason to read each of the big 3 vampire novels—John William Polidori’s The Vampyre (1819), Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (1872) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula  (1897). Enjoy! John William Polidori’s The Vampyre (1819) : The first vampire story in English literary history and the fam

Welcome to the twenty-sixth day of my daily October posts AND the first day of our final mini series of the season—Vampire Week!! Throughout these next 6-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Today, I will be talking about the first person described as an actual vampire in history—by the term “vampire” in their language as vampire-like creatures have existed in many different countries’ folklore for thousands of years. Warning: mentions of spo

Welcome to the twenty-fifth day of my daily October posts and Stevenson Saturday! Throughout these next 7-days, I will be posting...

Welcome to the twenty-fourth day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 8-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Today, I will be diving into M. L. Rio’s mysterious novella Graveyard Shift (2024)! Enjoy! Now, I don’t usually do reviews like this, but I recently picked up graveyard shift by M. L. Rio, and I was blown away! I don’t want to give too much away as this is a newer novella by an author that I would love to promote—so I’m ju

21st century poet here,     I am ecstatic to announce the publication and release of my very first poetry collection!!      I wrote ‘In the Midst’ during the first several months of a gap year after I received my Bachelor’s degree. The piece follows the confusion I felt as I moved back to the states after spending my short-adult life across the pond.      The collection explores my contemplation on life’s journey along with the two sides of who I had become depending on which

Welcome to the twenty-third day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 9-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Shout out to my momma—happy birthday!! Leave your birthday wishes in the comments below for momma poet! Today, I will be sharing my own short horror poem. Enjoy! Her neck laid out agape By her nape,  I could see the predator amongst his prey His eyes bore red flames I knew then,  It was far too late to escape… The Vampire (2

Welcome to the twenty-second day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 10-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Today, I will be ranking the top 10 most powerful film slashers! If you don't agree with any of these ranks, then please let me know your chosen ranks in the comments below!! Enjoy! Michael Meyers - I had to rate him as #1, because not only is he my own personal favorite slasher, but he is also the literal embodiment of ev

Welcome to the twenty-first day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 11-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. Today, we will be going through the top 10 horror novels I recommend reading this October! Enjoy! Psycho (1959) by Robert Bloch - Norman Bates, a man under the influence of his dictative mother, finds himself entangled in a series of murders at his motel—the Bates Motel. The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson

Welcome to the twentieth day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 12-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts, tricks and treats. I have been SOOOO excited to make this post!! Today, I will be pointing out the differences between Neil Gaiman’s novel, Coraline (2002) and Henry Selick’s stop-motion animated film, Coraline  (2009). Enjoy! The Genre - For starters, the book is significantly more horrifying and scary than the film. The film portrays the story

Welcome to the nineteenth day of my daily October posts AND the first day of Horror Week!! Throughout these next 13-days, I will be...

Welcome to the eighteenth day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 14-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts,...

Welcome to the seventeenth day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 15-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts,...

Welcome to the sixteenth day of my daily October posts! Throughout these next 16-days, I will be posting different spooky fun facts,...