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Horror Book Readers: Fans of horror books, including indie horror authors and Stephen King, exclusive author interviews or features, or other book-related items. Movie Buffs: Fans of horror movies, particularly slacker movies or independent horror films, merchandise from your favorite horror movies, or collectibles related to horror films. Collectors: Collectors of horror memorabilia and collectibles …

New Face, Who Dis?

It’s still us! Same badass logo and colors. Same badass attitude. The difference is, we’re leaving the publishing to other publishers for the most part. We’ll publish here and there, but not like before. We’re focusing on everything the author needs to help them get published. From editing to book covers and reviews, we are …

Haunted Locations: Aradale Asylum, Victoria, Australia

Welcome back to weird Wednesday, where we like to roam far and near, looking for excitement and fear. Today’s search brings us to a land down under, Australia’s Aradale Asylum. The Aradale Asylum was once known as the Ararat Lunatic Asylum and is in Ararat, Victoria, Australia. For me, anything that had once been called …

Haunted Locations: Winchester house

Welcome back to Weird Wednesday! Tonight, we get back into our haunted locations for all of you ghost hunting phenoms out there. Those dark denizens of the disturbed, explorers of the extremely eerie, fans of the frightful, etc., etc.!  Let’s just jump right in, shall we? Winchester House. One of the most famous haunted houses …

Monthly Unfair Contest announcement

We Love Our Readership! At STITCHED SMILE PUBLICATIONS and HOUSE OF STITCHED we are dedicated to honoring the fans and readership. So every month, we will do an unfair contest! You won't know how to enter, or what the prize is until we announce it, but one thing we are looking for is reader engagement. …

Black is my Happy color: Is Horror Good For you?

In a nutshell, yes. People think if you watch horror movies, or are into "dark subject matter," there's something wrong with you. Truth is, there may be something wrong with them. According to several research studies, its been discovered that horror movies can help you release stress and anxiety. According to Wes Craven, "horror films …

Just a little update

Hello everyone! If you're a new subscriber, or one of our loyal followers from the beginning, you'll be seeing a lot more posts here. Hopefully, this is a good thing. We tried to compartmentalize the Magazine with it's own blog but that was a painful process and we thought maybe we should just keep going …

#StitchedSaturday: 11.27.21

It’s back!! But now it’s a double feature! For those who want to challenge themselves, you can do both writing prompts for Stitched Smile Publications AND House of Stitched. Get the rust out, flex the fingers, fire up the keyboard. Starting in December we’ll have a small competition. See who can get the most damn …

Haunted Locations: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

What’s new? November 2021

We’ll have some exciting news regarding our 2022 releases in the upcoming weeks. Join us on December 1 to hear all about them. Until then, have you seen what going on at the House of Stitched blog? Come check us out here!