The Creepy and the Unexplainable

I've always been a little torn about proclaiming my favorite season to be autumn. On the one hand, I love the way the leaves change colors, I love the cooler temperatures, and I love sweaters and coffee.

On the other hand, allergies. All of the allergies. They try to suffocate me in my sleep. But I do still love the fall. I'm an October baby, so associating my birthday with Halloween really helped cement my love for this time of year.

That's part of why I loved writing My Dark Passenger, as well as the other two books in the trilogy. I've always loved things that were creepy, dark, and defied logic (at least on the surface). To this day, I haven't experienced anything that I couldn't explain, but there's a part of me that wants to. Maybe not something traumatizing like what Wolf in My Dark Passenger experiences, because his life kind of gets upended after his weird encounter. I just want something to happen to me, or near me, that makes me scratch my head and wonder.

If any of you have had an experience like that, I'd love to hear it. I like to think I'm the perfect balance of open-minded and skeptical. At the very least, those stories fuel my imagination and help me to write more eerie books!

For those of you who haven't read or heard of My Dark Passenger, here's the blurb:

Kevin Wolf is driving back to his hometown when he spots a teenage girl hitchhiking on a remote highway. Concerned for her safety, Wolf offers her a ride through the night, but the girl remains enigmatic, refusing to reveal her name, origin, or destination.

Strange occurrences unfold in her presence. She evades Wolf's attempts to involve the police, and her company disturbs everyone but him. Adults avoid her, children react with fear, and crows shadow her every step. Meanwhile, Wolf is plagued by recurring nightmares of a faceless figure driving his truck.

Their journey leads them unwittingly into a monster’s lair when they arrive at his hometown amidst a Halloween festival. It soon becomes clear that the girl harbors secrets that may endanger them both.

My Dark Passenger explores an eerie world where reality blurs with the unseen. A world that is inextricably linked with our own.

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