happy hauntings, witches!
I wish I could promise you that this space will be one thing for you to enjoy, but alas, I love to create and consume and this is a love letter to my life.
Steep a cup of tea and sit with me a moment!
⎯ Cheyenne Raine
Horror, a lifestyle
Horror as a format for storytelling and creativity is one of my most favorite.
Here’s what I’ve been reading and watching in the genre lately…
In this dark, fantasy sensation, S. T. Gibson spins the gothic, seductive tale of Dracula's first bride, Constanta.
Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king.
The recently discovered abandoned ship, the Arcadia, has not yet had its fill of death, and something dark and hungry watches from below.
A series of stories that evoked cosmic awe and terror through their accounts of incomprehensibly alien monsters and their horrifying incursions into our world.
The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband's grand estate.
When a dark spirit reveals itself to Venus McKenzie, one of Saint-Ferdinand's teenage residents, she learns that this creature's power has a long history with her town-and that the serial murders merely scratch the surface of a past burdened by evil secrets.
At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, is the Finch House. For years it has remained empty, overgrown, abandoned. Soon the door will be opened for the first time in decades.
To stop a vicious demon’s conquest, nightmares and humans will band together in book one of a heart-stopping new dark fantasy series.
Wren is a a deadly manifestation of the frightening dreams of humans. She is forever bound to the insidious Para Warwick, the only night creature who can cross the boundary between the dream and waking realms. When she fails to retrieve information on a weapon that could finally end Warwick’s reign and is severely punished, she makes a snap decision to aid the growing rebellion in finding it.
As past demons become a present threat, both Caroline and Lila must chase the source of this unrelenting, oppressive power to its malignant core.
Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past. A gorgeously written novel that marks the debut of an astonishing new voice in psychological suspense.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Child comes a hypnotic literary horror novel about a young boy trapped inside his own world, whose drawings blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
A new beginning, a new house, a new town: Featherbank. But Featherbank has a dark past.
With so much to hold near,
it makes sense that I crave
to create.
Full Moon Magic, a ritual
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As I journey further into motherhood and being a writer, curator, and all-around creative, this space is what I have to offer and reveal to you.