K.A. MILTIMORE

Every season has its folklore but winter might have the most. Maybe that is because winter had such an impact on our ancestors - it was...

October is the perfect month to get swept away to a stormy moor or locked into a dusty old castle.

The Headless Horseman, thundering across a covered bridge on Halloween night. What could be more evocative of the spooky reads we love...

Imagine the authors of these stories back in the 1300-1600s deciding to make Maid Marion a feminist, an equal partner to Robin...

So why all the doom and gloom around owls? Perhaps it is their nocturnal nature, their frightening shrieks in the darkness that rattled

The stories about the ghosts in the saloon reference a cowboy, a little girl, and a piano playing itself.

Who ultimately owns a fairy tale? What debt do subsequent authors owe the source material?

Why do I like short stories? Sometimes you want dim sum, or tapas, or some small bite. Satisfying, tasty but consumable in one setting.

"Your vibe attracts your tribe", even a magical one.

The Unseelie Court In our last post about fairies, we delved into the Victorian fascination with the topic and their depiction as...

The Left Corner of Weird Every place has their legends - some more famous than others - and the Pacific Northwest is no exception. One of...

Fairies of the Gilded Age Victorians loved their fairies, when a segment of the population believed they were real. Faery lore, flower...

Igraine interests me the most because her life goes off the rails through no action on her part and she is left to pick up the pieces

Three Victorian Vampires You've Never Met Bram Stoker is often credited with bringing the vampire to "life" so to speak and making it the...

There is something about this motif that has spoken to writers and storytellers all around the world.

I think the idea of a household spirit, beneficial and helping to lighten the load of their human roommates, was an appealing idea

There is something about the inability to return home, to longing for what you had once but can't find again, that really resonates with me.

Humans are creatures of habit. I think we can agree, especially after weeks and weeks of having our routines curtailed lately, that we...

I get inspiration for story elements from all over the place. Many come from my fascination with history, myths and legends. For Book...

Fairy tales are by their nature timeless. They are old stories that speak to old truths; lessons about right and wrong, societal...