Tarot Readings on YouTube: The Haunting of British Columbia

About a year and a half ago, I had an idea I’ve been unable to shake since. What if The Haunting of British Columbia: Sea Lore and Ghost Stories had an accompanying tarot deck?

The book itself is ambitious. It will be like the folklore publications from a hundred years ago. Not comparable to modern ghost story collections. In the narrative, I am not searching for answers. Only stories. Of mermaids and monsters and haunted vessels and beach-shrieking apparitions. Of UAPS and Sasquatch encounters and Indigenous beings too frightening to name. I’ve traveled the coast from Point Roberts at the American border to the Naas Valley near Alaska and have visited countless communities and archives in between. I’ve interviewed witnesses, scoured hundreds of books, thousands of newspapers, and an insane amount of online posts. Most of the accounts and tales that will be in the Haunting of British Columbia are unknown. They were forgotten over time or have only been shared by small, local groups of people. Continue reading “Tarot Readings on YouTube: The Haunting of British Columbia”

The Cult of Lost Souls comic

April 18th, 2024 was Camosun Comic Arts Festival‘s (CCAF’s) 12th anniversary. It was here I released my new 40-page comic: Cult of Lost Souls.

Cult of Lost Souls is thematically about ghost stories and dark folklore. Most of the pages are printed in full colour. Leaning heavily into BC’s history and oral legends, the stories are told by a ghostly host named Luciana.

Luciana is an ancestral ghost who is depicted as a skeleton wearing a hooded white cloak with two long braids. Continue reading “The Cult of Lost Souls comic”

Camosun Comic Arts Festival (CCAF)

April 18th, 2024 was Camosun Comic Arts Festival’s 12th anniversary. It was also the release date of my new 40-page comic: Cult of Lost Souls.

Cult of Lost Souls is thematically about ghost stories and dark folklore. Leaning heavily into BC’s history and legends, the stories are told by a ghostly host named Luciana. The comic is printed entirely in colour.

Inside, Luciana narrates two eight-page stories and shares other dark folklore throughout the rest of the comic. The first tale, “The Ghost of Grouse Mountain,” is based on a haunting described in The Province newspaper in 1903. The second eight-page story, “Jack O’Lantern Jack,” is a dramatic reinterpretation of the Irish folk legend about how Jack O’Lanterns came to be–with Robert Johnson (who reputably sold his soul to the devil) and “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” elements added.

I’ll speak more about Luciana and the Cult of Lost Souls in a separate post!

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Several Victoria businesses allowed me to put up CCAF posters during the week or so leading up to Camosun College’s event, including Board with Friends, Victory Barber, and Cavity Curiosity. A huge thank you to each of them for helping us spread the word! Continue reading “Camosun Comic Arts Festival (CCAF)”

Halloween Black Cat


Halloween was a lot of fun this year, especially with the launching of Black Cat, the first title from my new publishing house Black Cat Books.

Special thanks to Jenn McGarrigle at VIU News for spreading the word, Julie Chadwick at The Discourse in Nanaimo for her spotlight story on Black Cat, and Gregor Craigie at CBC Victoria’s “On The Island” for his interview with me about Black Cat Books (aired today for Halloween). Continue reading “Halloween Black Cat”

Tzouhalem Movie

The Tzouhalem movie I was interviewed for in 2020 has been playing at festivals and theatres in BC. This Friday, it will be showing at Cinecenta at The University of Victoria at 3:00 and 7:00 pm.

This is an important film by Harold C. Joe and Leslie Bland. From what I have seen, they have been supported by a team of amazing people for the filming, editing, and promotional phases of the project.

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