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J. Federle

Gothic horror | Dark sci-fi | Monster romance

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Haunting Reads for Ghost Pokemon: Lavender Town and My Love of Writing

By EditorWriterJF on September 15, 2025September 9, 2025

I’ve played Pokemon since I was about 10 years old. I remember hiding under my blankets at night with a flashlight and a Game Boy Color, burning my batteries down. When I played, I didn’t just see pixels. I could smell that knee-high grass, and the caves had dank, sticky air like the storage unit…

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EYES: Horror & Sci-fi Books, Art, and Other Strange Content

By EditorWriterJF on August 31, 2025August 24, 2025

I see you . . . Okay, no I don’t. But who knows what might be watching? I like to think we’d sense something if there were watchers. Eyes have a way of touching without touching, raising goosebumps and tickling the back of your neck.  But then again, maybe we’d sense nothing at all. I…

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CAVES: Scary Books and Old Art in Dark, Deep Places

By EditorWriterJF on March 31, 2025July 3, 2025

Another month, another themed list! Thanks in particular this month to the “Spooky Book Club” and “Horror Books” Facebook groups for caves-themed book recs. If you like what you find here, sign up for my newsletter! I always include a little extra for subscribers. Got any theme-related stories? Books or games set far underground? Music that…

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MUSHROOMS: Fungi in Scary Books, Art, and Weird History

By EditorWriterJF on February 28, 2025September 28, 2025

Every month, for my newsletter subscribers, I do a themed list of book recs, art, music, video games, etc. The newsletter always includes a little extra, but here are some highlights! Do you have any mushroom-oriented books you’ve loved? Any games or music steeped in shroomy goodness? Just a favorite mushroom? If so, drop a…

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J. Federle is a wandering lover of ghost stories and folktales. She left Kentucky to study poetry in England. Now she lives in Peru with her husband and cow-colored dog, where she writes about her own ghosts and folks. Find her work in The Saturday Evening Post, The Threepenny Review, and the NoSleep Podcast, among other awesome publications.
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