Just about everything I've written that deals with the misuse of power has scared me to some degree.

Have you ever written something that scared you? Oh, and the thought of having to eat a piece of cheese will make me run for the hills. A number of my stories and novels deal with the wielding of power. Power has the ability to corrupt in the worst of ways.

People who have ultimate power over others - be it short term or long term. I give them (whether they want it or not!) the chance to rise or fall in the direst of circumstances. When I write, I delve into the darkness to understand what is going on, and to see how my characters will manage. I think I hoped that if I looked hard enough and long enough, I would understand it somehow. I wanted to read scary stories and novels that then made me cower in my bed at night. As a child I was quite the scairdy-cat, yet I wanted to watch The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and all those great shows. Beth lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and in her spare time she knits hats and insanely long scarves, goes geocaching, drinks chai at Starbucks, and hangs out with her husband, super-talented illustrator and theremin-player, Cortney Skinner.I've always been both intrigued and disturbed by the frightening things in life. She’s had over 100 short stories published in magazines and anthologies, including several “year’s best” volumes. Her novels, novelizations, and collections include Sineater, Hell Gate, Desper Hollow, Wire Mesh Mothers, Twisted Branch (under the pseudonym Chris Blaine), Homeplace, Naked On the Edge, Afraid, Sundown, Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark (co-authored with Mark Rainey), Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Power of Persuasion, Homegrown, Night Benedictions (poems and meditations), On the Outside Looking Up (nonfiction), Versailles (based on the French mini-series), The Tudors: King Takes Queen and The Tudors: Thy Will Be Done (based on the Showtime original mini-series), You Gonna Die Fly, Damn You Demon, and the upcoming Suck It Up Slug (not-for-kids picture books), the Ameri-Scares series for middle grade readers, the Young Founders series of historical novels for young adults, and more. BIO: Elizabeth Massie is a two-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, receiving the awards for her novelette “Stephen” and first novel Sineater.

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