When the Cards Speak, You Listen

There’s a moment, quiet, electric—when the card turns over.

It doesn’t matter if you believe in fate, intuition, or nothing at all. Some part of you feels it. That flicker of recognition. That chill in the spine. That unspoken knowing.

Welcome to Holler Journal, where stories, symbols, and Southern Gothic shadows meet. This blog is the gateway into the world of The Fifth Card, my debut novel that traces a cursed tarot deck through love, betrayal, and bloodlines in the haunted hills of Kentucky. Here, magic isn’t just metaphor. It’s inheritance.

I grew up with tarot on the table and family secrets in the walls. My mother read cards with the kind of conviction that made you believe the story had already been written. That it was your job to uncover it. I’ve carried that belief into every chapter I write.

This space isn’t just for book news. It’s for lore. For lost things. For the strange pull of dreams that don’t let go. You'll find tarot spreads that echo the ones my characters use. Herbal entries rooted in Appalachian tradition. Dream symbols from the Hollow Mirror. And blog entries like this one, where we talk about writing, ritual, and the kind of stories that get under your skin.

The Fifth Card comes out this Halloween, and advance reader copies will be available soon. If you're drawn to cursed bloodlines, Southern secrets, ghost stories, and complicated women with one eye on the veil—then you're in the right place.

Pull a card. Stay a while. The story’s only just begun.

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