If you’ve ever found yourself saying, “I love stories about small towns hiding dark secrets,”  then congratulations—you already speak fluent trope! Tropes aren’t clichés. They’re storytelling DNA. They’re the patterns that help us fall in love with new stories because they echo something familiar—something we already know we enjoy. And in Shadows of Westville , I leaned all the way in. Let’s take a look at a few of the tropes woven through Book 2, how they show up in your favorite books and...

And you help keep the lights on. The darkness never really left Westville. Maybe you never really left either. Now, it's calling you back. In Book 2 — Shadows of Westville , the once quiet town begins to unravel again. A year after the ritual that nearly killed her, Millie Thompson can still see them—those whispering shadows that move just beyond the light. Officer Casey Benson , haunted by the past, is pulled into another nightmare when gruesome murders grip the town. And standing at the...

July 28th 1996 Director Wren: What exactly am I looking at here? Agent Kelsey: Well sir, this is Dr. Heiser’s…. parting gift. Director...