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A Gothic, Horror Novel to Die For (with Special Guest Livy Yvonne)

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A Gothic, Horror Novel to Die For (with Special Guest Livy Yvonne)

Ghost Gossip

2025/12/15
Ghost Gossip

Ghost Gossip

2025/12/15
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“Some obsessions never leave—they haunt you instead. Natalie Stone lives alone in a haunted Victorian manor that hums with secrets. The walls whisper. The candles burn too long. And someone is lurking in her shadows. When a string of murders shakes...

Highlights

In this episode, author Livy Yvonne invites listeners into the shadowed corridors of her imagination—where gothic atmosphere isn’t just setting, but character; where personal grief, paranormal encounters, and literary craft converge to shape a story that lingers like candle smoke in an old house.
00:00
The novel was inspired while sitting in a dark living room with a lit candle
09:24
A fake rose on the sun visor started shaking during a paranormal encounter
11:58
A rose shook violently while thinking of Clint, then his favorite Pantera song played on the radio
17:23
She heard a woman screaming a warning and saw a dark figure
19:59
The main female character had hidden rage, and the author wrote murder scenes at work
22:55
The author avoided urban legends and instead drew from personal experiences and other paranormal books
25:32
The biggest creative challenge was keeping the gothic tone consistent
31:12
She was recognized in a grocery store by the camera guy from a paint commercial she filmed
34:03
Em dashes are a deliberate stylistic choice inspired by Hemingway and Dickens, not AI

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What happens when a candle flickers and the manor starts whispering?
00:00
How did a haunted childhood and a ghostly October night spark this novel?
03:20
Did Clint really send that rose—and that Pantera song?
11:58
Why did they flee the cabin at 11:30 p.m. screaming?
17:23
Who are Natalie and the man behind the obsession—really?
19:59
How much of 1900s West Virginia is fact, and how much is fever dream?
22:55
What does Edgar Allan Poe know about writing journal entries that we don’t?
25:32
What do pink peonies, grocery store fame, and Fifty Shades have in common?
28:33
Why does she love em dashes—and what *won’t* AI ever write for her?
34:03

Transcript

Ashley: This podcast discusses paranormal activity and other topics some might find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised. Hello, hello, everybody. My name is Ashley and welcome back to another episode of Ghost Gossip. Today, I'm joined by another spe...