• Saturday, April 26th 2025


    Did you know that today
    Saturday, April 26th
    is a very special day for our local booksellers?!


    If you can this weekend, go out (or even online) and show them some love πŸ–€

    hot Ghoul bookshop walk πŸ‘»

    With the weather being overcast and foggy on the east coast, I went for a spooky moody walk to support my favorite local bookshops in the downtown area βš“

    Support local 🍁

    More than ever, we need to support each other and truly be compassionate on this planet. Today being such a special one for our indie bookstores, showing them endless love and gratitude for their presence was a no-brainer, but it’s also just super important to consistently show up for our local vendors as much as we possibly can.

    They provide us with such wonderful, collectively shared, good energy and without their existence, we might not get a taste of the amazing stories and perspectives they can share with us (or find the coolest books that must be added immediately to my bookshelf 🀭)

    What felt like eternity inside my sacred happy place was merely less than an hour before I decided on the goods and made my purchase. I might have been on a book buying ban before… now I’m on a book buying EXTINCTION (until I can add more $$$ in the book envelope…)

    πŸ‘€ CIBD Contest for Book Lovers

    If you happened to purchase any books from your local bookstore and have your receipt handy, you can actually enter in the CIBD Book Lovers Contest and win some $$$ (and I’ll be the first to admit, I’d have a good chunk of that $$$ go towards buying more books πŸ™ˆ)

    You can visit their webpage (by clicking on the image above) to learn more about how you can support your local bookstores, and how you can enter the contest 🌟

    Show me your books πŸ“š

    I’ll show you mine… if you show me yours?

    …so I can add more to my never-ending TBR 😈

    The books I scored on CIBD 2025 at Bookmark Halifax πŸ‘€

    I walked out of Bookmark with three delightfully terrifying tales: Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou was an INSTAbuy with how hot it made our May Morbid Curiosities voting poll, and False Bodies by J. R. McConvey recently came into my view after reading the synopsis, but The Rats by James Herbert was a fun one to find with that cover art 😍 (and my obsession with Charlie Day on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

    πŸ’¬ Did you go on a book haul?

    drop them books in the comments below πŸ‘‡


    Book Spotlight on πŸ”¦ False bodies by j.r. mcconvey

    I’m captivated by the mentioning of “genre-bending noir” meets “heart-pounding tension and creeping fear of Alien” in False Bodies. Seriously, I can’t wait to dive deep into a squid monster horror which happens to be set in my home province of Newfoundland! πŸ–€πŸ‘€

    Full book description on Goodreads (click the image)

    I hope you all had a wonderfully word-filled Caturday and thanks again for stumbling into this creepy corner of the interwebs πŸ•·οΈπŸ•ΈοΈ

    Until we meet again,


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  • Congratulations! You’ve discovered my deep, dark, creepy corner of the interwebs πŸ‘€πŸ•ΈοΈ

    As R.L. Stine would say and remind us during the intro of our terrifying Goosebumps episodes…

    R. L. Stine delivering his famous line "Viewer Beware. You're in for a scare!"

    I guess you could say this is where my lore began, with 90s horror shows, ghost stories and creepy campfire tales… but it feels like so much more than that to me πŸ–€


    Have you ever thought “I love weird spooky sh!t” but then felt super awkward about self-admitting that… to yourself?

    (join the club.)

    Have you ever yourself felt drawn to the most depraved, disturbed, most grotesque and absolutely vile horrors known to man, out of sheer curiosity?

    (join the club…)

    Have you ever just wanted to say “F*CK IT!” and live your weirdest life reading the scariest stories, and start to source your spooky spirits collectively for the love of all things dark and morbid?

    (then, join the club…)

    No seriously… I started a book club (over on the Fable app), for the Horror lovers and readers out there that just want to vibe, chill and read weird sh!t πŸ‘ and called it Morbid Curiosities πŸ’€.

    Dexter famously expressing the line "morbid curiosity" to another.

    With just over 250+ active book club members (the Morbid Mavens of Fable) who fill the club with engaging discussions, hilarious dark comedy and the most inclusive welcoming energy – it’s just about the best haunted space to summon the spookiest vibes! Members are free to participate in the readings (if they dare) and discuss their experiences in the moment, but are also happily encouraged to haunt the lobby and hang out if the book isn’t their cup of tea for the month!

    Reader discretion is always advised.

    Oh, and since we all love our book options and have been reading multiple books, we’ve recently spun off into a Double Trouble Spirit Sister group (cleverly named Mor(e)bid Curiosities πŸ’€) which is exclusively for discussing our second morbid curiosity pick of the month.

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    <<May blog post for our Upcoming Morbid Curiosities πŸ’€ coming soon so subscribe to this blog if you want to creep my content πŸ‘€>>

    So I ask, in the catchiest way possible…
    do YOU have a morbid curiosity?


    Blog Theme πŸ‘» Haunted BπŸ“–ks + Thrifted LπŸ‘€ks

    As I start to summon the pieces of this blog, step by step, I’ve tried to lay the foundation of the essence this creepy corner should capture. I added a few pages to highlight some of the BTS processes or share some resources, like my Ratings + Review Policy for the books I read and a Style Guide for where I find my outfit inspirations/buy my clothing, and a Contact page if you need to reach me πŸ“§πŸ‘ˆ

    While this is still a lovely WIP, and quite possibly will incrementally change over time (just like my soul through this expansive universe), I wanted to start with a design that felt authentically like me and where my lore began/where I came from: Creepy 90s kid Courtney (the friendly ghost) and what a better way to showcase that then 90s/Y2K Slime Horror-core ☠️

    I’m hoping this blog can haunt you, in the best way possible, with thrills and inspiration for the books & looks you want to experience. Sharing is caring, is it not? πŸ–€

    While I haven’t figured out exactly what my posting schedule will look like, I have a few upcoming ones planned that you definitely will be interested in…

    So if you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read, you should really subscribe for more creepy content πŸ‘‡


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