Spirits Unwrapped is a new anthology of creepy stories about mummies from around the world, edited by Daniel Braum. So […]
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3 Stories in Ellen Datlow’s Recommended Reading List
Every year, esteemed horror editor Ellen Datlow compiles the Best Horror of the Year; we’re up to eleven now, and […]
IT WILL JUST BE US Fall 2020, Crooked Lane Books
Announcement time: My next novel, IT WILL JUST BE US (written as Jo Kaplan) will be published next fall by […]
From Boring to Brilliant
I had been dry as an ancient seabed in the desert; nothing was coming. I seemed fresh out of ideas, and the writing just wasn’t happening. So I wanted to share the process of my latest short story, specifically because it wasn’t a lightning-bolt story, and it forced me to put in the work to come out the other side.
DARK CARNIVAL Release Day
Today marks the official release of DARK CARNIVAL, available now on Amazon (print and kindle edition)! An Early Blurb “Every […]
DARK CARNIVAL Cover Reveal
Feast your eyes on the gorgeous cover for my next novel, Dark Carnival, which will be released in June 2019! […]
All In the Suit That You Wear
The following story is a prequel to last year’s Halloween short, “The Hollow Sleep.” While you don’t need to read […]
10 Commandments of Writing
As part of the final project for a class I recently took, which focused on various aspects of the writing […]
The Hollow Sleep
And now for a Halloween story to keep you up at night. The artwork for this story was drawn by horror […]
An Ode to October
© Joanna Parypinski October, October: when twilight falls early on leaf-scattered duffs and trees’ spider-branches creep over the dusk; when […]
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