Fall is creeping up on us and that means it is time for the return ofSomething Wicked!
All during the month of October, you can expect guest posts, interviews, reviews and giveaways for all types of paranormal reads. Heidi@Rainy Day Ramblings, Maja@The Nocturnal Library, Candace@Candace's Book Blog and Ali@My Guilty Obsession will be hosting again this year.
This event promises to be bigger and better than last year!
If you are new to Something Wicked, you are in for a treat. You can expect to find terrific paranormal reads almost every day of the month along with a giveaway!
I am beyond honored to be able to host one of my favorite Horror writers......
EMILY GOODWIN
Emily is the author of the amazingly successful horror series, The Contagium Trilogy. It has everything you want in a good horror story!!!! I am a HUGE fan!!! I couldn't wait to host her on my blog and try to help get the word out about her phenomenal series!!! If you have not checked out The Contagium series and you are a fan of horror and zombies then you are truly missing out!!!! Make sure and enter the giveaway below for a chance to win a copy of her phenomenal book!!!!!
Top 5 Scariest Scenes
If you’ve read any of my books, you know that I cannot stay
away from suspense and horror. I find myself adding in “scary” scenes to my
erotica and romance, even. I’m a horror addict and fear junkie in real life,
and I find it so thrilling to seek out the unknown. That being said, it takes a
lot to scare me—fictionally. But there are certain scenes that I saw so vividly
in my mind while I wrote them they freaked me out. It was hard to pick my
favorites, so here are the top five creepiest scenes I’ve written:
5.)
Anora
looks for Pricolici in UNBOUND. This freaked me out because the setting of
the barn in Unbound is based off of a barn I know in real life so it is very vivid in my mind. And I really feel
for Anora in this scene. She’s scared but wants revenge, and is trying to stop
the demons before they hurt anyone else. Her heart is in the right place, but
that won’t keep her safe. There is something super scary about being in the
woods at night on its own, so when you throw in a storm and demons who want to
kill you, it gets downright terrifying.
“A low growl came from a few feet to my left. Heart racing, I whirled around but couldn’t see anything through the dark trees. Another growl, this one low and taunting, drifted through a dark tangle of weeds right in front of me. Coming here alone was a stupid idea, I realized. I slowly turned to face my insidious enemy.”
“A low growl came from a few feet to my left. Heart racing, I whirled around but couldn’t see anything through the dark trees. Another growl, this one low and taunting, drifted through a dark tangle of weeds right in front of me. Coming here alone was a stupid idea, I realized. I slowly turned to face my insidious enemy.”
4.)
The first chapter in REAPER. This freaks me out because your house is
supposed to be safe. When creepy things start happening inside your home, then you feel like nowhere is safe. In this
scene, Anora is home alone, which can freak you out anyway, and she can’t
decipher what is real or what isn’t. The thought of not knowing if I was
dealing with reality or not freaks me out so much. Even waking up groggy and
out of it messes with my head. Is this a dream? A nightmare? Or real life?
A
familiar creaking made my blood run cold. I dropped my shirt and sprinted out
of the kitchen. The front door was slowly opening. My body slammed against it,
expecting something to resist. The door easily shut. With shaking hands, I
locked the deadbolt. I knew that I had locked the door. I had even checked more
than once.
3.)
Orissa
fighting crazies in the dark, hospital basement in CONTAGIOUS. I think it
says it all right there: crazies, dark, and hospital basement. And I won’t lie;
I was very jumpy when writing this scene! This is one of the first times Orissa
faces the infected, and the first time the victims of their carnage were people
she cared about. Not only is snaking through a maze-like basement creepy
enough, but Orissa has to do so while the reality of what is happen crashes
down on her.
Misjudging his
strength, I tried to counter his jump with my own weight. He slammed into me,
whacking me against the wall. My head hit hard, sending black, sharp pain
throughout my body. My legs threatened to buckle. The crazy opened his mouth,
set on ripping his teeth into my flesh. Letting my knees give out was actually
a good idea. I slid down the wall, darted in between his legs, got back on my
feet and, kicked him into the wall in seconds. Padraic outstretched his hand,
holding a broken brick. I took it, and, closing my eyes, brought it down on the
crazy’s head. The brick fell out of my grip. It sickened me; the crack of his
head, the way he still growled as his blood gushed out.
2.) The
scene from The Truth is Contagious when the guys go into a nursing home. Orissa and friends realize
that the crazies are smarter than they thought…and that makes them even more
dangerous. The whole scene is full of action and unexpected attacks. Orissa is
separated from her friends. Being alone and not knowing the fate of those you
care about definitely freaks me out!
I woke up to a
throbbing pain in my head. The ground was cold and hard beneath me. I was
propped up against a post, my hands bound behind my back. Right away I knew the
quiver had been taken, and I was sure I had been hit in the head. Dim light
flickered from the hall and the hum of the fluorescent bulbs was sure to give
me an instant headache. I looked down: the gun and my knife were also gone.
1.) Despite
all the horror, the monsters, and the worst-case-scenarios I put my characters
through in the Contagium Series and the Guardian Legacies Series, nothing
freaks me out more than my realistic dark romance, STAY. This book is about human
trafficking, which sets it apart from demons and zombies.
The
monsters in STAY are real. Trafficked victims are real. Being kidnapped can
happen. The realism of this book shakes me to my very core. I did not write
this book intending on it to be horror-ish in any way. But knowing that the
horrible things that happen to Adeline can happen to anyone is scarier than any
monster I could ever create.
Something slammed shut above me, clicking
into place. The noise brought me back to consciousness, waking me up into an
instant panic. My eyes flew open and my breath came out in ragged huffs. I was
lying on my side, and it was dark. Too dark to see anything. My heart hammered
with fear, and I felt like I was going to get sick. Beads of sweat rolled down
my face and the hard surface I was lying on hurt my hip. Where the hell was I?
What was going on? Rough carpet rubbed against
my cheek, irritating my skin. I reached up above me, stretching my stiff arm.
My hand hit the ceiling. I pressed my palm against it. It was solid. I pushed,
straining my muscles. The air was hot and stale. No.
This wasn’t happening, it couldn’t be happening. This
isn’t real, I told myself. I was in the trunk of a
car.
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