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Lydia Peever

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Short horror and fantastic stories have poured out of me for as long as I could write them down. I have been writing both fiction and non-fiction forever. My work has been published in the Ottawa Citizen, other smaller newspapers, and various places online.

Please visit lydiapeever.ca for more about my debut novel.

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Nonfiction November for Sickos

Today on Lydia's Books I’m sharing a stack of nonfiction books that dive into true crime, Hollywood scandals, punk history, and dark philosophy. These real stories are unsettling, harrowing, and perfect for Nonfiction November. If you enjoy deep dives into strange corners of history, this lineup should keep you thoroughly fascinated, and maybe wide awake at night...

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	Local Haunts: A HorrorTube Anthology by R. Saint Claire (Goodreads Author) (Editor), E.D. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Marie McWilliams (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For When the Veil Drops by Christian Larsen, Doug Murano (Goodreads Author), C. Bryan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightface 3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pray Lied Eve: Short Tales of the Untoward 4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We're Not Home: A Horror Anthology by Cam Wolfe (Goodreads Author), Kate Cavanaugh (Goodreads Author), Dane Cobain (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memento Mori by Bruce Lockhart (Editor), Essel Pratt (Goodreads Author), Lydia Peever (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales by Stephanie M. Wytovich (Goodreads Author), C. Bryan Brown (Goodreads Author), Myk Pilgrim (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pray Lied Eve 2: Further Tales of the Untoward 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Allucinor: The Element of Romance by Connie Di Pietro (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alison Hall, Kevin Craig (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pray Lied Eve 3: Tales of the macabre and untoward 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Lydia’s Quotes

“When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.”
― Cory Doctorow

tags: humor, little-brother

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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
― Robert Bloch

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“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

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