Kate Spofford, author

Month: October 2014

  • forgot to mention…

    The Beast – a Wolf Point prequel novella – is out! You can find it at Amazon for 99 cents, and free at Barnes & Noble.  Over at Smashwords you can download it in any file type for free. The Beast is the origin story of Geo, the oldest known werewolf.  This is the first of…

  • horror movies “based on a true story”: The Conjuring (and Annabelle)

    “Based on the true case files of the Warrens,” proclaims the tagline of “The Conjuring.”  The Warrens have been involved in a number of these “based on a true story” horror movies, including The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut. What is true: Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated the haunting of the Perron family…

  • writing playlists

    I’ve posted a few of my own writing playlists over on 8tracks for your listening pleasure.  Music is something I need to get me in the right headspace for writing.  The playlists so far: Hitchhikers Dreamwalkers Ghosts of Circus Past Coming soon: Bethany Caleb, The Art Kids, and a playlist for when I write historical…

  • New YA Horror Roundup just in time for Halloween

    Note: I received advanced copies of all titles from Netgalley except Sanctum.  All of these titles have been released except Creed, which comes out November 8, 2014. I was quite pleased to discover so many YA horror titles coming out over the summer and fall!  YA horror is my favorite genre, but in recent years it’s…