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carmillavoiez
Jan 6, 20183 min read
Feel the Fear
I have one fear that I have never managed to shake. Fire. I watch flames from a safe distance almost lovingly and yet I am terrified to...
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carmillavoiez
Dec 31, 20172 min read
Fuck off 2017. 2018, I am coming for you
2017 might be best described as the year I stopped trying to change the world and started to heal myself. At the start of the year, I was...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 13, 20172 min read
A Day to Forget
I was in court today. The wheels of justice move slowly and all that, and the event had happened six months before. I was a witness to...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 2, 20172 min read
The rise and fall of Drac-in-a-Box, in a nutshell
Drac-in-a-Box’s life began in March of 1999. Before then I was in carpet sales, a career I simply fell into. When I met my second husband...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 15, 20173 min read
Six days of October Frights, final day
If you've been visiting my blog throughout this event you'll have read about zombies, vampires, Adam Nevill, Friday the 13th and ghosts....
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carmillavoiez
Oct 14, 20176 min read
Ghosts of Duff House, six days of October Frights, day five
It’s a beautiful house, built in 1735 by the architect William Adam. A house that is almost three hundred years old is bound to have some...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 9, 20172 min read
Third Time the Charm
The Darker Side of Fiction was my third large-scale, multi-author book-signing/convention and it was the best so far. I’ve got the bug....
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carmillavoiez
Jun 1, 20171 min read
A Brief History in Photos 2000 - 2016
In the prime of my life (46 is prime of life now, right?) I look back at my adventures and realise how lucky I've been with friends and...
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carmillavoiez
May 14, 20172 min read
An Open Letter to my Ex's Ex
I'm sorry. You tried to warn me and I refused to listen. He told me you were jealous and my genitals convinced me to believe him even...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 31, 20172 min read
Carmilla, a brief history
I can hardly remember my childhood. Snippets here and there, mostly built around photographs I still possess. I wasn’t Carmilla then. I...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 21, 20171 min read
Why I write
Books take a long time to write and unless the author is lucky or already famous the chances are they won't sell enough copies to make...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 19, 20171 min read
Cuts You Up
I have a recurring dream. I’m strapped to a conveyor belt and hundreds of blades slice down through my body and cut me into tiny pieces....
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carmillavoiez
Mar 3, 20172 min read
Do you remember?
I remember when we heard the serpent hiss. We huddled together to keep warm. Bottles clutched in white knuckles, alcohol on our misty...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 27, 20171 min read
Making my mark
I have lived in many places. I've owned (well paid mortgages on) three houses. I've never spent time and creative energy making any of...
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carmillavoiez
Dec 22, 20166 min read
Heart Shaped Box - Autobiographical Short Story
If chaos theory states that a butterfly flapping its wings in Tokyo could cause tornadoes in California, is it a giant leap of faith to...
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