For those of you who love a good horror story and you fans of the freaky, I’ve got a new post on the Huffington Post’s Weird News site about 5 Haunted Places I’d Love to Stay the Night! You can read it here and comment on where you’d stay. I think the list could easily […]
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You may have noticed the question or the requested comment that I’ve asked you, dear readers, to answer for me as part of this Bizarre Giveaway. What is your favorite magical creature? Dear Varla, why-ever do you want to know? I’ve been working on a series of e-book only books for my publisher, Weiser Books,
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Well, technically a week and a day but that doesn’t make much of a header now does it? Just a little reminder for those of you who haven’t entered the contest yet! It ends the 31st of May. How to Enter*: Subscribe to THE BLOG OF THE BIZARRE {+1 point} “Like” the Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC Facebook page (they
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Attention fans of the freaky and the free! My publisher, Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, and I are teaming up for a briliantly bizarre giveaway. Here are the devilish details: Opens May 2, 2012 – Closes May 31, 2012, United States only The Prize: 1 signed copy of THE BOOK OF THE BIZARRE by Varla Ventura 1
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Happy May Day! Often associated with the distress when a vessel or vehicle is in trouble, the call “mayday! mayday! mayday!” derives from the French word m’aider which means “come help me.” Lesser known is the call “pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan!” which means there is an urgent situation on board. Though one may think it is
