by C. A. Wittman | Oct 20, 2025 | Blog, Reading Guide
She didn’t See it coming Shari Lapena’s crime fiction moves at a brisk pace, her descriptions of settings and characters economical. Lapena primarily uses the simple present tense to convey her characters’ thoughts and actions. This adds immediacy, allowing the...
by C. A. Wittman | Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, Reading Guide
Descent of Ishtar “Gatekeeper, ho, open thy gate! Open thy gate that I may enter! If thou openest not the gate to let me enter, I will break the door, I will wrench the lock, I will smash the door-posts, I will force the doors. I will bring up the dead to eat...
by C. A. Wittman | Sep 3, 2024 | Blog, Reading Guide
The Secrets We Keep In the seemingly idyllic neighborhood of the Pacific Palisades, some residents harbor secrets that could unravel their lives. Samantha Jackson, a mother of three, is trying to settle into her new home, unaware that her past might collide with her...
by C. A. Wittman | Feb 19, 2023 | Blog, Reading Guide
A doppelganger is a biologically unrelated look-a-like of another person. Many books and movies have been created from the theme of the doppelganger, a German-derived word. In fiction, the doppelganger is often portrayed as an evil twin or a ghostly apparition....
by C. A. Wittman | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog, Reading Guide
Evidence suggests that subjective and objective anomalies associated with ghostly episodes form a unidimensional Rasch scale and that these interconnected “signs or symptoms” arguably describe a syndrome model. Read the article: Conceptual and Clinical Implications of...
by C. A. Wittman | Feb 4, 2023 | Blog, Reading Guide
Vampires We Love The vampire is a horror trope that allows the reader to explore otherness and the shadow side of humanity through the psychological aspects of religion and sexuality. Vampires challenge morality and pair well with gothic literature where characters...
