P. D. Cacek explores the haunting bond between writer and story in “To Everything There is a Season.” In our interview, she shares how fiction becomes legacy—and why letting go is its own kind of magic. Read the interview: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-to... #blackbirdpublishing #hauntedplaces

A ghost on the ice. A girl who won’t be fooled. James Pyles’ “Haunting Chloe” is a quiet, eerie winter tale about grief, boundaries, and a haunting that wants more than friendship. ⛸️ Read the spotlight: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #blackbirdpublishing #ghoststory #hauntedplaces

DeAnna Knippling’s “When You Can Walk Away But You Can’t Leave” turns a haunted escape room into a site of personal reckoning. Read the spotlight: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #blackbirdpublishing #storyspotlight #hauntedplaces #ghoststory #speculativefiction #techhorror #amreading

In “Zero Proof”, Erik Kort crafts a furious, tender ghost story rooted in queer community and chosen family. In this interview, they share how haunting becomes healing. ✨ Read the interview: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ze... #blackbirdpublishing #hauntedplaces #ghoststory #amreading

Alicia Cay’s “Blue Bride” is a gothic ghost story of vengeance, grief, and the chilling truths we uncover when it's almost too late. ❄️ Read the spotlight: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #blackbirdpublishing #storyspotlight #ghoststory #hauntedplaces #gothichorror #amreading

Deb Logan’s “That Lake House Summer” is a warm, gently spooky coming-of-age ghost story about creativity, connection, and one life-changing summer. 🌊 Read the spotlight: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #blackbirdpublishing #storyspotlight #ghoststory #hauntedplaces #speculativefiction

In our interview with Alexandra J. Brandt, she shares the folklore, grief, and heart that shaped her lyrical ghost story “They Stole My Love Last Night” from Haunted Places. 🌿 Read the interview: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-th... #blackbirdpublishing #ghoststory #folklore #hauntedplaces

In “River of Renewal”, Kari Kilgore delivers a quiet, lyrical ghost story of healing in the cold mountain wilderness. Soft hauntings, sacred silence, and a ghost horse that changes everything. 🌲 Read the spotlight: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #blackbirdpublishing #storyspotlight

Alicia Cay’s “Blue Bride” is a gothic ghost story of grief, revenge, and the secrets families try to bury. 👻❄️ Read the interview: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-bl...

Meyari McFarland’s “Scents Drifting on a Breeze” is a warm, slyly funny sapphic ghost story about love, legacy, and a haunted funerary vase with matchmaking tendencies. 🌸 Read the spotlight + excerpt: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #blackbirdpublishing #ghoststory #hauntedplaces

DeAnna Knippling’s story “When You Can Walk Away But You Can’t Leave” is part workplace horror, part tech-haunt, and all confrontation. 🧠👻 Read the interview: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-st... #blackbirdpublishing #authorinterview #hauntedplaces #speculativefiction #ghoststory #amreading

Some ghosts don’t linger out of sorrow—they stay for love. “Dance Hall Days” by Jamie Ferguson is a nostalgic, heartwarming ghost story of friendship, music, and one last mission from the other side. Read the spotlight: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #blackbirdpublishing #hauntedplaces

A family vacation. A lake house. A ghost in the cupboard. Deb Logan’s “That Lake House Summer” is a reflective, gently spooky coming-of-age tale about love, family, and what lingers in places we thought we knew. Read the interview with Deb: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-th...

In “Whispers of the Whistle Stop” by Charles Eugene Anderson, a presidential hopeful must reckon with the past aboard the Liberty Express. Read the spotlight on the blog: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #blackbirdpublishing #storyspotlight #ghoststory #hauntedplaces #speculativefiction

Haunted houses don’t scare Sydney. Not anymore. In “The Only Thing Left”, Shannon Lawrence explores fury, loss, and the kind of haunting that has nothing to do with ghosts—and everything to do with what we refuse to surrender. Check out Shannon's interview: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-th...

Alexandra J. Brandt’s “They Stole My Love Last Night” is a lyrical, bittersweet tale set on the misty Isle of Skye. With fairy music and hidden gardens, this story lingers like a song half-remembered. 🎻 Read the spotlight: blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli...

A frozen lake. A lonely girl. A ghost boy who won't let go. In James Pyles' "Haunting Chloe", a winter vacation turns sinister when the ice refuses to stay still—and neither does the past. Read the interview: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-st... #blackbirdpublishing #ghoststory #hauntedplaces

When a bar’s “No Spirits Allowed” sign offends the wrong entity, the drinks start flying—and only emotional honesty will save the living. Erik Kort’s "Zero Proof" is a furious, tender ghost story about love, boundaries, and the moments that haunt us hardest. blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli...

An interview with Meyari McFarland! Meyari's story “Scents Drifting on a Breeze,” which appears in the Haunted Places anthology, is about a museum, a funerary vase, and the way the past refuses to stay buried. blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-sc... #blackbirdpublishing #ghoststory #hauntedplaces

When retired writer Rhea Wentworth sneaks back into her old office, she discovers her fictional characters waiting for her. Check out the spotlight on “To Everything There is a Season” by P. D. Cacek.. blackbirdpublishing.com/story-spotli... #ghoststory #folklore #hauntedplaces

Check out Kari Kilgore's interview about hauntings and her story "The River of Renewal," which appears in the Haunted Places anthology! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ri... #ghoststory #folklore #hauntedplaces

Some places you leave behind. Others never let you go. Haunted Places—fourteen haunting stories where memory lingers, rivers whisper, and the past drifts just out of sight. Read more: blackbirdpublishing.com/haunted-plac... #HauntedPlaces #GhostStories #BlackbirdPublishing