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Us The Indie Community

In this social media era and indie author world, it is hard for writers to make their brand stay and it’s even harder to get noticed. However, there’s a place on Facebook where one can!

Likes, Join & Follows

Have you noticed how hard it is nowadays to get a “Like” on Facebook or get someone to “Join” your FB group or even “Follow” your page? It is quite hard as an indie author, artist, musician and any independent profession.

That’s because of the algorithm factor. Facebook has now paid advertisement, and that is hurting many of us independent and freelance people. Not only does Facebook hide promotional posts from “Professional Pages” they also hide the indie community when they pay for advertisement favorizing those who pay more.

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Scorecard Killer

Randy Steven Kraft is an American serial killer known as the Scorecard Killer, the Southern California Strangler. — Wikipedia

Soak Up The Sun

There is something about the State of California, with its sunny beaches, the coast, and its beautiful people, that can be misleading. There’s a darker side to this beautiful state.

Making California a little darker back in the 1970s were a trio of serial killers hunting California freeways for young men. One of these killers was Randy Kraft.

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Monster - Vampire

The Burial of Vampires

We might believe vampires don’t exist but back in medieval Europe it was common to protect oneself from a bloodsucking creature.

Medieval Europe

In the past decade, archeologists found many proofs of vampire burial. Skeletons exposed in specialized exhibition manifesting the belief of our ancestors, the belief of vampires.

In the sixteenth century, people were not understanding the human body yet as well as we do today. Many diseases were mysteries to villagers of numerous countries, and often, it was up to the Church to come up with an explanation.

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Terror in the Woods on Destination America

Terror in the Woods

There are not only ghosts lurking in the darkness, but there are also strange presences we can’t explain wandering around in bright daylight. Terror in the Woods shares the stories of strangers and their encounters.

Destination America Summary

A desire to discover the great outdoors turns into anything but great for the people profiled in this docudrama. From gator hunting in Louisiana’s bayou and ice fishing in Illinois to deer hunts in Montana, the stories reveal actual wilderness adventures cut short by shocking encounters with ghosts, monsters, or other unexplained phenomena.

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Elizabeth Báthory The Blood Countess

Here is the story of a woman who inspired the vampire folklore for centuries. She is one of the most horrifying people who ever lived, and one we can never forget. Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed.

Elizabeth The Countess

Let’s dig in Elizabeth Báthory the Blood Countess. Elizabeth Báthory, born on August 7th, 1560, was a noble Hungarian woman. She reigned over the Kingdom of Hungary that now is part of Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania.

When young, the countess suffered from many seizures that led historians to understand those were probably from epilepsy and possibly transmitted from inbreeding from her direct parents.

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The Odd Origin of Vampires In History

Vampires are part of our folklore for hundreds of years. The belief that a being subsisting on blood timelessly fascinated us. But where did it come from? Let’s find the odd origin of vampires in history.

The Odd Origin

The odd origin of vampires in history, let’s dig in. In the early seventeenth hundreds, the process of decomposition remained something people did not know about.

The black plague or bubonic plague was now part of their past, but most corpses went through incineration, thus spreading diseases through the air, but that’s another topic. Those considered to be regular people had a coffin for their burial.

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Zombiepalooza Interview

My first podcast interview was an experience I can’t forget.

Lucky Me

The interview, conducted by Jackie Chin brought me much pleasure and a chance to talk about GBM, Merry Krampus and novels to come.

My husband and I had to go to the United States, in the beautiful town of Burlington, Vermont to pick up an order at the University Mall. So, early in the morning we headed for the borders.

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Zombiepalooza Radio Live has Arielle Lyon on their show!

Guess who will be on the AMAZING!!! Zombiepalooza Radio Live tomorrow at 8:15 EST Time? ME, Arielle Lyon aka Alexa Wayne!

Not The Same

I might have reached out to artists, authors, editors and readers out there to answer a series of questions to expose their amazing work but those were done digitally.

I did the World Building Workshop, a duration of ten weeks where people either authors or game designers and LARP designers would enroll to learn how to build believable worlds, but it isn’t comparable. I was a coach.

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Social Media Era

Paranormal Encounters

Paranormal encounters from people who tell their stories on TV from shows like A Haunting to Paranormal Witness. Do you believe them?

The Paranormal Trend on TV

Ghost stories, ghost hunting, and paranormal investigations are on many channels on television. We see it on tv, read about it and now it is slowly expanding.

It is not about the ghosts only anymore. If you do a little research now, you can either close your eyes or meet with the paranormal encounters.

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Zombie

Wade Davis The Zombie Anthropologist

In my previous article, I talked about Mr. Davis’ account with Haitian culture and the zombification of people.  Mr. Davis’ work is known, read, and some even scoffed at his work.

Wade Davis The Man

However, I believe he was the first to take West African zombies seriously. Wade Davis might be the zombie anthropologist!

E. Wade Davis is a Canadian man born in British-Columbia on December 14th 1953. Mr. Davis studied at Harvard University and became an anthropologist and ethnobotanist. Wade Davis’ lifetime work included the study of psychoactive plants – which means he studied Botanics that changes human behavior, mood, consciousness, and perception. He focused is work mostly in North and South America.

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Zombie

Zombies Are A Fact

Recently, zombies have been invading our small screen and the theatres. Either from famous shows as The Walking Dead or World War Z.

A Source of Entertainment

The term zombie has been part of our lives for centuries, but most recently, gained in popularity. However, research proved that zombies are a fact.

Zombies, Living Dead, Revenants, those terms all refer to a reanimated corpse without consciousness. Either from TWD or a Thriller video, they have common traits of decaying bodies, often their arms reaching forward and eyes without a reason to live.

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The Exorcist - 1973

The Exorcist Review

It doesn’t matter how old you are. The Exorcist is one of the most horrifying possession movies of all time if not the number one.

The Summary Of A Possession

The Exorcist shocked people when it released. It still takes people by surprise today. The Exorcist review is now overdue at GBM!

Demonic possession is believed by some to be the process by which malevolent preternatural beings possess individuals, commonly referred to as demons or devils.

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Gravedigger Cake

Greetings Gothic Bite ghoul-readers! I’m James the Skeleton in the Closet with my first ever article for the blog! To introduce myself, let me tell you about my Gravedigger Cake.

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Most Haunted - Really TV

Most Haunted Review

I enjoy paranormal shows on television, those documentaries about researchers who go to places and investigate.

The Summary Of Most Haunted

There are some series that I give the benefit of the doubt while others, I watch because it makes Bobenstein, my hubby, sigh. I’m evil like that, mwahaha…

Most Haunted is a British paranormal reality television series. The series was first shown on Living TV between 25 May 2002 and 21 July 2010, a new online edition aired on 31 October 2013 with Really taking over broadcast from August 2014.

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Alnwick - Northumberland - England

The Vampire Castle

The Alnwick Castle is located in the village of Northumberland in the old country of England, United Kingdom.

The castle dates back to the ninth century and is believed to be the home of a vampire. Here is the story of the vampire castle of England.

Medieval Alnwick

The name itself is divided in two things put together as part of Old English. Aln being the name of the river nearby and “wick” which meant “old dairy settlement” and there you have Alnwick.

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Spotlight

My First Blog Interview

When I was younger and read R.L. Stine then upgraded to Stephen King, I wished I could become an author just like them. I wanted to be a published author and come up with stories just like them.

Creating Haven

I lost hope, gained it back, gave up, picked the pen up, and finally, I got my first blog interview as a published author.

When I wrote my first novel that would be published, Mrs. Blackwood, I decided to come up with something a little different, Gothic Bite Magazine.

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Black Garlic For Vampires?

We are always looking for something new.  I’ve discovered not so long ago a new vegetable quite interesting.

Without any color, and I believe it to become trendy soon!  I would like to have you discovered what I find exciting and repulsive at the same time, black garlic.

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