Allie Harrison | What Makes You Afraid?

Do scary movies or books send your heart pounding? Do the sounds of your house settling wake you at night and keep you awake clutching your bedcovers? Do you scream when you watch a video on Facebook where a girl rides a bicycle around and a scary face jumps into the screen?

Generally scary movies don’t scare me. I do however thoroughly enjoy a twisted ending, like that in GONE GIRL. At Halloween I venture through haunted trails, thoroughly enjoying hikes through the woods or parks with scary scenes. I will admit the first movie I actually screamed during was the original When A Stranger Calls with Carol Kane. If you get the chance to see it, do. Of course seeing it in a full theater and having everyone else scream, too, adds to the scare.

What really scares me is when things are real. Years ago, I had the opportunity to listen to Ann Rule who spoke about Ted Bundy and her book about him entitled THE STRANGER BESIDE ME. She had sat beside him in a college class and called him a friend. Learning he was a serial killer was hard for her to accept. That, to me, is real and much more scary than a haunted trail. When I watched the movie The Strangers, I found it much more frightening than the usual slasher or unbelievable idea like the movie Urban Legend.

So now you know what scares me. Not necessarily things that go bump in the night—unless it’s a real intruder!

What about you? What scares you? Ghosts? Dark, creepy basements?

In my newest book, HARGROVE HOUSE, Torrie enters and restores a haunted house. Would you enter a haunted house to save your business? Would you venture down into the cellar if the man you loved waited for you down there?

About Allie Harrison

Allie Harrison lives with her husband in Southern Illinois. By day, Allie works in the medical field, but when she clocks out, she hits the keyboard, crafting stories readers will love. When she isn’t enjoying fun family time, games with friends, reading, crafts, music, camping, biking, and hiking, she’s working to build fictional worlds and unforgettable characters.

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About HARGROVE HOUSE

As a child, Torrie Reynolds entered the haunted Hargrove House on a dare. Terrified by what she'd heard while inside Hargrove House, she avoided it since.

Now fifteen years later, Torrie is an interior decorator. When Will Dalton buys the infamous Hargrove House and offers Torrie the job of refurbishing it, she has no choice but to take the offer to keep her business afloat. As the house is restored and rooms come alive with character and color Torrie brings to them, her fear of the house fades. Hargrove House begins to even feel like home to her.

With each finished renovation project, it is harder for Torrie to leave. It is even harder for her to leave the comfort of Will Dalton's arms. But she discovers there are things more terrifying than ghosts when she learns why Will is digging in the dark, frightening cellar.