Author: J.W.

‘WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian writer and immigrant, Ai Jiang. LINGHUN is set in the mysterious town of HOME, a place where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by the grief-sick population that refuses to let go.’ The horror genre is filled with stories…

Everyone has at least heard of Tarot, that esoteric system of cards used by new age people to tell fortunes. At least, that’s how they are generally depicted in pop culture. But this isn’t the full story of Tarot. Tarot is not only a tool used for divination by the more spiritual population, it can…

It was another great year at StokerCon. In fact, it was even more fun than last year in Denver. I made even more new friends and met many of my online horror writing buddies. It is great to be in a setting where you can discuss the most morbid topics in public and everyone all…

In my recent post On Secular Tarot, I promised to share the spread I use most often. I call it my 3 Aspects Spread. I mostly use my Alleyman’s magpie deck with this spread, but any tarot or oracle deck will work. (In the future I’ll do a post on my ever-changing magpie deck.) You’ll…

What? Dark Forest Press is my own brand which I do all my professional publishing services under. I offer book formatting, cover design, editing, and webmaster services at affordable rates. Not cheap, but affordable and of high quality. Why? Well, because there is a need for it in the writing community. With the massive rise…

“This billionaire’s luxury doomsday bunker has everything: spectacular ocean views, a full-service kitchen, three bedrooms, a broadband connection, and concrete thick enough to keep any kind of horror out. Today, the bunker’s caretakers are about to discover those concrete walls are good—too good—at keeping them trapped with the horrors inside. Twenty feet below the world’s…

This is the first post in a brand new series where I plan to read a story a week out of a Year’s Best anthology, and discuss what makes that story tick. The first anthology I’m taking on is Paula Guran’s The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror Volume 1. Fellow author, Evelyn Freeling (https://www.evelynfreeling.com/)…

I read a lot of books last year. Like A LOT. It was a record year for me. I read more than 130 books, and quite a few of those were tomes by Stephen King and Robert Jordan. So, yeah. A LOT. But out of all of those books, these were the top 5: 5.…