“Curses” & Danaeka Scrimshaw on “Joseph Carrabis”

Meet the contributing authors and learn about their stories in Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.


“Curses” & Robert White on “Joseph Carrabis”

Book Cover: Curses Three women with horned headdresses , and flames above their heads. Text: Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth

Meet the contributing authors and learn about their stories in Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.


WINNERS: The WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour

Curses book in center of dark dungeon background. Text: WordCrafter Book Blog Tours Presents Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, A WordCrafter Anthology, Contributing Authors: Kaye Lynne Booth, Molly Ertel, C.R. Johansson, Robert White, Joseph Carrabis, Paul Kane, Danaeka Scrimshaw, Abe Margel,and Denise Aparo

We had a great tour for the release of Curses: Chronicles of Darkness last week, with readings from Joseph Carrabis of both his stories “It’s a Man’s World” & “Grafton’s Ghost-Child”, a video from Molly Ertel about the inspiration of her story, “Clover’s Mirror Box”, and guest posts from Paul Kane on “The Weeping Man”, Robert White on “The Longspeth Curse”, Denise Aparo on “Mohawk Monster: The Curse of the Herkimer Diamond”, and me on both of my stories, “The Death Clock” & “Caverna Del Oro (Cave of Gold)”. And, of course, there was a giveaway for all of those visitors who commented and supported the tour, the anthology, and all of the contributing authors for one of five digital copies of Curses. So, without further ado,

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And the winners are:

  • Teagan Genevieve
  • Meelosmom
  • Author Jan Sikes
  • Liz Gaufreau
  • D. Wallace Peach

Tour Schedule

In case you missed out on all the fun, you can visit each stop through the links in the schedule below. I hope you’ll take the time to stop in and check it out.

Day 1

  • Stop 1Writing to be Read – About the Curses Anthology & Meet Kaye Lynne Booth and Denise Aparo
  • Stop 2 Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Denise Aparo

Day 2

  • Stop 1Robbie’s Inspiration – Meet Kaye Lynne Booth & Joseph Carrabis with readings of “It’s a Man’s World” & “Grafton’s Ghost-Child”
  • Stop 2Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Joseph Carrabis

Day 3

  • Stop 1 Poetry by Mich – Meet Abe Margel & Paul Kane with a guest post about the inspiration of his story “The Weeping Man”
  • Stop 2Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Paul Kane

Day 4

  • Stop 1Roberta Writes – Meet C.R Johansson & Robert White with a guest post about the inspiration for “The Longspeth Curse”
  • Stop 2Undawnted – DL Mullan interviews Robert White

Day 5

  • Stop 1 Writing to be Read – Meet Danaeka Scrimshaw, and Molly Ertel & Inspiration Video about “Clover’s Mirror Box”
  • Stop 2 Undawnted – DL Mullan interviews Danaeka Scrimshaw

Joseph Carrabis Promotional Posts

In addition, each of our contributing authors are being featured on the Joseph Carrabis blog through the 8th of October. You can access all of those posts through the links below, but please note that the links will not work until the post has gone live.

29 Sept 2025 Abe Margel’s “Uneasy Spirit” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/09/29/abe-margels-uneasy-spirit-in-wordcrafter-press-curses-anthology/

30 Sept 2025 Denise Aparo’s “Mohawk Monster: The Curse of the Herkimer Diamond” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/09/30/denise-aparos-mohawk-monster-the-curse-of-the-herkimer-diamond-in-wordcrafter-press-curses-anthology/

1 Oct 2025 Molly Ertel’s “Clover’s Mirror Box” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/01/molly-ertels-clover-in-wordcrafter-press-curses-anthology/

2 Oct 2025 Paul Kane’s “The Weeping Man” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/02/paul-kanes-the-weeping-man-in-curses/

3 Oct 2025 Kaye Lynne Booth’s “The Death Clock” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/03/kaye-lynne-booths-the-death-clock-in-curses/

4 Oct 2025 Kaye Lynne Booth’s “Cavern Del Oro (Cave of Gold)” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/04/kaye-lynne-booths-cavern-del-oro-cave-of-gold-in-curses/

5 Oct 2025 Robert White’s “The Longspeth Curse” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/05/robert-whites-the-longspeth-curse-in-curses/

6 Oct 2025 Danaeka Scrimshaw’s “The Lamp” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/06/danaeka-scrimshaws-the-lamp-in-curses/

7 Oct 2025 Joseph Carrabis’ “It’s a Man’s World” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/07/my-its-a-mans-world-in-curses/

8 Oct 2025 Joseph Carrabis’ “Grafton’s Ghost-Child” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/08/my-graftons-ghost-child-in-curses/


“Curses” & Kaye Lynne Booth on Joseph Carrabis Again

Book Cover: Curses Three women with horned headdresses , and flames above their heads. Text: Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth

Meet the contributing authors and learn about their stories in Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.


“Curses” & Kaye Lynne Booth on Joseph Carrabis

Book Cover: Curses Three women with horned headdresses , and flames above their heads. Text: Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth

Meet the contributing authors and learn about their stories in Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.


“Curses” & Paul Kane on Joseph Carrabis

Book Cover: Curses Three women with horned headdresses , and flames above their heads. Text: Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth

Meet the contributing authors and learn about their stories in Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.


Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour

Curses book in center of dark dungeon background. Text: WordCrafter Book Blog Tours Presents Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, A WordCrafter Anthology, Contributing Authors: Kaye Lynne Booth, Molly Ertel, C.R. Johansson, Robert White, Joseph Carrabis, Paul Kane, Danaeka Scrimshaw, Abe Margel,and Denise Aparo

For the first stop on Day 4 of the WordCrafter Curses Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Roberta Writes, where Robbie Cheadle introduces contributing authors C.R. Johansson and Robert White, with a guest post about the inspiration for his story “The Longspeth Curse”. Please join us in sending off Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, from WordCrafter Press. Don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a free digital copy of the anthology, and then drop by our second stop to catch DL Mullan’s interview with Robert White over at Undawnted.


“Curses” & Author Denise Aparo on Joseph Carrabis

Book Cover: Curses Three women with horned headdresses , and flames above their heads. Text: Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth

Meet the contributing authors and learn about their stories in Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.


“Curses” & author Abe Margel on Joseph Carrabis

Book Cover: Curses Three women with horned headdresses , and flames above their heads. Text: Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth

Meet the contributing authors and learn about their stories in Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.


Halloween Hauntings Sale at WordCrafter Press

I Love Halloween!

I may have mentioned that a few times before, but I really do love this time of year. October is such a fun month with scarecrows and jack-o-lanterns, creepy/crawlies, witches and warlocks, ghosts and demons, and all things of the scary variety. When my son, Michael, was little, maybe four or five, and approaching his first Halloween trick-or-treating with his older brothers and sisters, we talked through what he could expect. Our mantra became, “It will be scary, but it will be fun.” And it was. And for the rest of his short life, Halloween was always his favorite holiday, because he could dress up and pretend to be anyone or anything he wanted, at least for a short time.

2025 Dark Fiction Anthologies

So, when this time of year comes around, I always try to do special things to honor his memory. But, I’m a little old to dress in costume, so nowadays most of the fun stuff I do are things like putting out dark fiction anthologies, as I’ve done this year with Curses and Midnight Oil. But those are just two, the most recent in a whole slew of deliciously dark anthologies which have been published by WordCrafter Press. This year’s anthologies both turned out wonderfully. Curses: Chronicles of Darkness will be released Tuesday, September 29, and we’ll be running the WordCrafter Curses Book Blog Tour all this week, starting here, tomorrow, through October 3. Midnight Oil will be released October 28, just in time for Halloween, with a tour running all that week. I hope you’ll come celebrate both of these original anthologies with us this year

Other Halloween Hauntings from WordCrafter Press

During the month of October, all Halloween Hauntings (or dark fiction anthologies from WordCrafter Press), are on sale for our Halloween Hauntings Sale, October 1 – 31, 2025.

Midnight Dark Fiction Anthology Series

Midnight Roost and Midnight Garden, volumes 1 & 2 in the Midnight Dark Fiction Anthology series are both half price at $3.50 each through the links below.

Midnight Roost: Weird and Creepy Stories: https://books2read.com/MidnightRoost

Midnight Garden: Where Dark Tales Grow: https://books2read.com/MidnightGardenAnthology

Narrating The Paranormal Series

All three volumes in the Narrating the Paranormal Series are only .99 cents each through the links below.

Whispers of the Past: https://books2read.com/WhispersPast

Spirits of the West: https://books2read.com/SpiritsoftheWest

Where Spirits Linger: https://books2read.com/WhereSpiritsLinger1

Or you can get all three books in our trilogy volume, Lingering Spirit Whispers for only $2.99.

Lingering Spirit Whispers: https://books2read.com/LingeringSpiritWhispers

Themed Anthologies

You can get Tales From the Hanging Tree for only $2.99 through the link below.

Tales From the Hanging Tree: Imprint of Tragedy: https://books2read.com/Hanging-Tree

Once Upon an Ever After is only $2.99 through the link below.

Once Upon an Ever After: Modern Fairy Tales & Folklore: https://books2read.com/OnceUponanEverAfter

You can get Refracted Reflections for only $2.99.

Refracted Reflections: Twisted Tales of Duality & Deception: https://books2read.com/RefractedReflections