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The Stranger on the Bench

She drops her bag next to her on the worn bench and rests her head in her hands. Tears stream down her face as her heart continues to break into pieces. Memories flash through her head: firm hugs on cold nights, forehead kisses to say goodbye, and the best night of her life—when he proposed to her on the beach surrounded by flower petals. Now, he’s gone, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. The doctors said the car accident caused internal bleeding. They couldn’t save him in time. When they announced him to be dead, it was as though a part of her had also died. “Excuse me, miss. Are you okay?” a soft voice disrupts from the crushing memories playing in her head. She lifts her head and notices a gentleman sitting beside her on the bench. A cane rests against his leg, and his kind eyes stare at her with concern. She quickly wipes the tears falling down her cheeks and realizes she must look like a wreck. Surely the little bit of mascara she put on today is smeared around her eyes....
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Possession by Katie Lowe

The past haunts her. The present hunts her. Possession by Katie Lowe is a thrilling story about ghosts, murder, and secrets that need to be let out. Years ago, Hannah's husband, Graham, was murdered. The police thought they put the killer behind bars, but Conviction, a true-crime podcast, wants to challenge the case they made all those years ago because they don't believe the real murderer was caught. The podcast brings up parts of Hannah's past that she would have rather kept buried, and people believe that she is the one who killed her husband. Everyone begins to believe that she is crazy, but Hannah knows that something isn't right. And she is determined to find out what's really going on. I absolutely loved this story! As a thriller and horror fanatic, I enjoyed getting to see a combination of spooky elements throughout the book. The plot was intense and action-packed, and the narrator was a bit unreliable, which I personally believe can make thrillers so much ...
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Trapped: A Short-Short Story

Rain pounds harshly against the window, waking me from fever dreams. As I roll onto my back and stare at the ceiling, I can’t help but re-live everything I just imagined—my fears chasing me at every turn. I realize I have been crying. Fresh tears rest beneath my eyelashes. I angrily wipe them away. The storm rages outside, and thick tree branches scratch against the wall of my room. The noise hurts my ears, so I pick up a thin pillow, pressing it to my face to quiet the sound. It blocks out nothing, and I groan, realizing that going back to bed will be impossible at this point. My throat feels dry, so I decide to try and sneak through the house to get a glass of water. I get out of bed and slowly turn the door handle. It’s locked. Of course the door is locked. I should have remembered. Every single night for as long as I have lived here, been trapped here, all doors in the house get locked as soon as the clock strikes midnight. There is no escape. If you don’t g...
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The Whisper Man by Alex North

Tom and Jake Kennedy are running from a dark past, hoping for a new start in the town of Featherbank. Jake needs to heal after his mom’s death, and Tom hopes that moving towns will be good for both of them. Soon after they move into their new house, a house that has stories attached to it, weird things begin to happen, and Jake begins to hear whispers in the night. Twenty years prior, The Whisper Man, a serial killer who fascinated himself with young boys, was finally caught and put behind bars thanks to the help of detective Pete Willis. However, it seems that The Whisper Man may be back, and he looks to be targeting Jake. After seeing all of the hype about this book, I was super excited to read it. Unfortunately, it fell short for me. I was expecting a creepy thriller full of twists and turns, but nothing really surprised me as I read the book. I started reading it around 2 AM one night, and I was thoroughly scared then, but the further I got into the book, the more my feelings chang...
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Overcoming Fear

Well hiya! Long time, no talk. I know, I know. This summer has been much busier than I originally expected with summer classes and whatnot, and I am just now finding the time and inspiration to work on my blog again. The piece down below is actually a short creative story that I wrote as a final project for my Intro to Inspirational Writing class (I'm a Writing major now, not sure if I've mentioned that on here before!). Anyway, I got a good grade on the paper and although I do not think it's perfect (it'll never be perfect), I am proud of what I wrote. Parts of it are true, and parts of it are more fictionalized, but I was super excited to have the op portunity to write this story and now share it with people! I hope y'all enjoy. ❤  Blinding lights flash from the high ceiling of the church. I bite my cheek as I sit on stage facing a crowd of five hundred people. Everyone is definitely staring at me, I think, and being the center of attention was not something I enj...
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Go Read. Go Learn. Start Conversations.

I don’t talk about books that often (aside from the occasional review) on my personal blog. I have other platforms I use to talk more about books. However, yesterday I realized something that broke my heart. So far this year, I’ve read 70 books. I own over 270 books. I’m not currently home to go through my shelves, but I am absolutely sure that a majority of the books I read and own are by white authors. Now don’t get me wrong, there is NOTHING wrong with supporting white authors and buying their books. But something that I did realize is that I hardly ever buy or read books from Black authors. I never purposely avoided these books. . . it just kind of happened. I have realized that I need to do better about supporting Black authors and learning through them. There are so many amazing books out there that discuss racism, have Black main characters, etc., in a variety of different genres. I had never sought out these books with intent, and I wish I had. I wish I had realized earlier ...
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

I've never been one to read a ton of historical fiction, but this book absolutely blew me away. Taking place right in the midst of World War 2, Lale is a Jewish man from Slovakia who gets sent to the infamous concentration camp, Auschwitz. Separated from his family and hundreds of miles away from his home, Lale is still determined to keep a positive attitude in the midst of the horrible situation he has been thrown into. He quickly makes friends with the other prisoners, building a trust among them, and he eventually moves into a position of "power". . .as the "Tätowierer" of Auschwitz. His job is to tattoo identification numbers on each of the new prisoners that enter the concentration camp, which allows him more freedom to work on his plan to help save people throughout Auschwitz. However, trouble is brewing, and Lale doesn't know if he's gonna be enough to stop it. Gita is a young woman whom Lale falls in love with during their time in the prison. W...
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