Hey, Halloween people—it’s been a hot minute (maybe a little longer!) since my last check‑in here, but I’m turning over (hoping to!) a new leaf and aiming to keep this blog more up to date. Life got crazy - including a move to a new state - but the one constant has been my writing. Since the last post, I’ve had multiple novels and collections published, plus a bundle of short stories , and I’m excited to share the full scoop! 📚 Novels, Novellas, & Collections Here's what I've been up to since last I blogged: The Wakening Fifty years ago, Father Leo Bonaventura cast a demon from a young boy in Guatemala. Asmodeus vowed revenge—and now that ancient evil has returned to a small New York town. A young girl’s possession reels in an unlikely group: a team of paranormal investigators, twin psychics, a defrocked priest with a dark secret, and a grieving father whose wife once played with spirit boards. Together, they must help Bonaventura banish Asmodeus and the poltergeis...
When Demons Are Real Guest blog by Russell James Russell James isn’t just a great writer, he’s a good friend. So whenever he wants to guest blog about something, he’s welcome here. This time around he’s promoting his new novel, Demon Dagger , a chilling tale about a demon out for revenge and the man who has to protect his family from it. It's a great book and you should by it. But this guest blog has even more nightmare fuel - it's about a true case of demonic possession. The perfect kind of stuff for the spookiest month of the year. So strap yourself in! Demonic possession always makes for a good horror story. JG Faherty’s The Wakening is a good example, or try my new one Demon Dagger . But when it comes to possession, truth can be far scarier than fiction. Documented tales of possession occur as far back as Biblical times. Many of these are easy to dismiss as non-supernatural phenomena misinterpreted by primitive people. But how about a case from ...