A dog-faced man prowling the Nullarbor Plain in Australia.

Now that the newsletters are at a slower pace, I've had time to catch up on a few things.

An 18th-century Gothic fiction novel of a monk consumed by unspeakable darkness.

There are a couple of coyotes hanging around my part of Texas.

Vengeful spirits of Ancient Rome.

Have I ever mentioned I like dolls?

Keeping old films alive since 1993.

Planning new fiction projects takes a lot of time and a lot of thought.

The Swedish ghost who wouldn't haunt.

Texas has some pretty awesome storms. I don't think I've mentioned that yet.

A dark tale from Wisconsin.

In case you haven't heard, AI is getting pretty good at generating images.

The true story of a tomb opened and a curse unleashed.

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When horror fiction and music collide.

I don't think it would be shocking to anyone if I said Texas loves guns. But did you know that Texas also loves gun-shaped things?

Maritime stories of mermaids and ghosts.

I grew up in the Southern United States (aka "the South"), but I've been away from it for many years. One of the things I noticed when moving back to the South...

The cyclopean bulletproof Bigfoot of Brazil.

I grew up in the South, and like most places, Southern nature has a particular look and feel.

A nature spirit you don't want to insult.

A house is not a home until all your walls are completely covered with art.

Tracking the mysterious identity of one of the most famous ghosts in the world.

You might think that unpacking clothing, acquiring food and drink, or setting up some kind of entertainment would be the thing to do when arriving at a new living space.

A classic video game where the undead defy gravity and family feuds reach epic proportions.