Hi! I Write Things!

Pen for hire with more than a decade of experience.I put words (mainly) on the internet about a variety of topics including, but not limited to: Travel, weird history, books, pets, folklore and urban legends, web culture, food and wine, home, shopping, true crime, science and health, career, and money.My specialty: Spookiness. Oddities. Curiosities. Things that make you go, "Ah!", "Hmmm," or "Eh?"In a previous life: I directed and stage managed live theatre.Pronouns: She/her.Please no AI pitches! Not interested.Online:
- BuzzFeed
- The Ghost In My Machine
- LifeSavvy (originally published at MindBounce)
- Bustle
- The Toast(Plus a few others that are now defunct. The internet, alas, is not always forever.)In Print:
- Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark (Chronicle Books, Sept. 2019)Notable Podcast Appearances:
- Way Too Interested, episode 12: Creepypasta (with Chuck Wendig)Particularly Cool Stuff:
- The Complicated, Empowering, Messy History Of Princess Culture
- Here’s What Happened When I Stayed In A Notoriously Haunted Airbnb For The Night
- Learning To Be A Superhero When The World Feels Unsafe To You
- On The Elevator Game: The History Of A Modern Urban Legend
- In The Dark, Louise Paxton, And The Line Between Fact & Fiction
- The Making Of "No Through Road," An Internet Found Footage Horror Classic
- The Backrooms, Explained: How To Make Sense Of The Internet's Favorite Non-Reality