Writer's Parlour

The occult, the eerie, and the stories that haunt us.
Explorations of dark folklore, supernatural themes, and unsettling ideas.
Plus handpicked horror reads and reflections from the shadowed side of fiction.

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Frightful Reads Review of First Date by Gemma Amor

A quiet, claustrophobic horror where politeness becomes a trap. First Date by Gemma Amor explores fear that doesn’t announce itself—only tightens.

Cailynn Brawffe

Feb 133 min read

The Legend of La Patasola: Unravelling the Macabre Mystery

In the forests of Latin America, La Patasola waits—beautiful, incomplete, and watching. A story of punishment, folklore, and the bodies turned into warnings.

Cailynn Brawffe

Feb 94 min read

Rediscovering Horror: A Deep Dive into The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo

Some hauntings aren’t supernatural — they’re ancestral. The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo is a lyrical, unsettling story of memory, identity, and the quiet horror of forgetting where you come from.

Cailynn Brawffe

Jan 235 min read

Frightful Reads Friday A Deep Dive into The Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

This Frightful Reads Friday, we dive into Everything The Darkness Eats, a devastating, queer cosmic horror where grief feeds the ritual and darkness always wants more.

Cailynn Brawffe

Nov 28, 20252 min read

Unveiling Macabre Family Secrets That Haunt Generations

History hides them. Fiction remembers them. From the Romanovs to the Ushers, discover the family secrets that prove legacy can be the deadliest inheritance of all.

Cailynn Brawffe

Nov 24, 20255 min read

Frightful Reads Friday Dive into Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

This Frightful Reads Friday, we descend into the lyrical, unsettling depths of Our Wives Under the Sea — a queer horror tale of love, loss, and transformation from the ocean's dark heart.

Cailynn Brawffe

Nov 21, 20253 min read