Your Book Got a Bad Review. Now What?
M. Boudreaux shares what negative book reviews, reader feedback, and advance reader copies have taught her about writing and independent publishing.
The Unsettled Shelf
Seeds Between Her Teeth: Memory, Obsession, and the Horror of Needing Proof
Inside Seeds Between Her Teeth by M. Boudreaux, a psychological and supernatural horror novel about coercive control, unreliable memory, obsession, body horror, and the dangerous need for proof.
Play Dead & Play Along: The Living Dolls Psychological Horror Series
Play Dead and Play Along form the Living Dolls series by M. Boudreaux, psychological horror about stolen children, online spectatorship, trauma, and what happens after rescue.
Nobody Is Innocent: Psychological Suspense for Readers Who Trust No One
The Nobody Is Innocent BookFunnel mega sale is built for mystery, suspense, and thriller readers, with both The Grief Counselor and The Listener in the lineup.
10 Haunted Reads for September: The Haunted Places Online Book Fair
Looking for haunted-house, ghost-story, and supernatural horror reads for September? I’m joining the Haunted Places Online Book Fair, and The Listener is in the lineup.
The Most Dangerous Horror Villain Is the One You Trust
For readers who like slow-burn psychological horror about grief, manipulation, dangerous trust, and villains who know exactly how to make themselves necessary.
Why Unreliable Memory Makes Horror So Much Worse
If you love atmospheric horror, childhood secrets, unreliable memories, and something waiting beneath the city, The Listener was written for your particular kind of unease.
Writing About Trauma Without Writing an Autobiography
Writing from trauma does not mean copying your life onto the page. For me, it means using emotional truth while still letting the story become entirely its own thing.
The Plot Is Fictional. The Fear Usually Isn’t.
The plot may be completely fictional, but the fear underneath it usually has roots somewhere real. That emotional truth is where a lot of my horror begins.
There Is a Piece of My Trauma in Every Book
Trauma does not turn my books into autobiography, but it does leave fingerprints. This is how grief, memory, and emotional truth work their way into the fiction.