The Lake
The tranquil waters of a lake have the power to soothe our turbulent minds. I can picture myself sitting on the banks of a beautiful lake surrounded by trees with the cool air caressing my face. The reflection of the blue sky is visible on the surface of the clear water. It is the perfect …
In the Shadows
What can you do if someone bought your home from underneath you? In this particular situation, although you call it your home, the house doesn’t really belong to you. You are the butler and it is a beautiful mansion in the mountains. As the butler, you know everything about your mansion, including its deepest darkest …
The Cemetery Scene
One of my favorite chapters in The Villa takes place at a cemetery. This is when the protagonist Susan Smith goes to visit her late best friend Zoe’s grave. She places a bouquet at the gravesite and ponders on their friendship. At that very moment, Susan finds Zoe’s grief-stricken husband standing behind her. He had …
Why Horror?
Why not? We all need a good scare sometimes not just from watching movies that make the hair on the back of our neck stand on end but with a blood-curdling horror novel. A book paints the complete picture. One may not get this through a movie all the time. I love writing horror because …