October 31, 2025

The Box at the Top of the Closet, Part 3

Trigger Warning: This piece contains violence, mental health trauma, and animal harm. He grabbed the little box, shoving garbage bags out of the way to get to it, and shouted, “Do your worst!”
October 30, 2025

The Box at the Top of the Closet, Part 2

Trigger Warning: This piece contains violence, mental health trauma, and animal harm. “These words are real, even if they offend you, even if you disagree with them. They are the truth.”
October 29, 2025

The Box at the Top of the Closet, Part 1

Trigger Warning: This piece contains violence, mental health trauma, and animal harm. At Halloweentime he thought he could hear it. Like bees buzzing under thick glass. Like a humming mumble. He could almost feel it.
August 21, 2025

Nine Perfect Strangers: A Review 

Nine Perfect Strangers, based on the novel by Liane Moriarty, is a slow-burning psychological thriller that simmers with tension and secrets. As the guests undergo increasingly unconventional therapies, they begin to question not only the methods but the motives behind them. Why were they chosen? What connects them, and what exactly is in those smoothies?
March 9, 2023

The Stranger in Our Bed: A MockingOwl Roost Movie Review

This mystery-thriller kept me guessing. It is set in England and, in part, at an old family estate in the country, both of which lend to the movie's mystery. From the beginning, I could feel the tension that proved to weave throughout the story.
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