I'll have a full review of this at Shotgun Logic in the next few weeks but wanted to put a quick note up about it now. In Widow's Point, Richard and Billy Chizmar have written a slowburn, truly chilling ghost story with a very authentic found-footage feel to it. Top notch horror that any fan of the genre is going to want to snatch up and read as soon as possible.

I was given an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest reviewThis is my second time reading a Chizmar novella, the first being his partnership with Stephen King on Gwendy's Button Box and I loved that as well. This story is a partnership Richard did with his son, Billy.At first I thought the format was going to bother me, done in the style of say, Blair Witch Project, told in transcribed video/audio recordings but then I realized that this was quite an effective way to tell a ghost/...

I suspect I'm going to be the odd-man out on this one for a bit...I'd been looking forward to Widow's Point for a while, having ordered the limited edition hardcover (which is beautiful, by the way), and then bought the Kindle edition for reading. I'm not disappointed in these purchases, mind you, but I also think I may have had my hopes raised a bit too high by all the advance praise. This particular book has a lot of love from so many other readers that I know, interact with, and trust, so thi...

I read this with my friend, Melanie over at Horror Aficionados. I am so glad she picked this book and i finally read it. It is so good and scary! Widow's Point is this extremely creepy lighthouse that was built in 1838. There was been murders and disappearances at it from then until modern times. Thomas Livingston is an author of paranormal/supernatural books. He talks the owner of the lighthouse into letting him stay for 1 weekend. So, on Friday morning Thomas is locked into the lighthouse

The literary equivalent of a found footage horror movie, Widow’s Point tells the story of paranormal investigator who decided to spend three days locked in the Widow’s Point lighthouse, an infamously “cursed” lighthouse, to get to the bottom of what’s caused all the mysterious and tragic deaths over the years. The story is told through transcripts of the investigator’s audio and video recordings, a format which worked very well for me. Despite being a fairly short novella, this one really packs

In 1838 a lighthouse is erected overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Nova Scotia. During the construction three workers are killed. After that their are more deaths, unexplained disappearances and other strange occurences. Eventually the lighthouse is closed, a fence is erected, and people are warned to stay away. Until Thomas Livingston, an author, paranormal investigator talks the current owner into letting him stay for a weekend, locked in from the outside and with no means of communication.The

Thomas Livingston, acclaimed horror author, is spending the night in the haunted Widow's Point Lighthouse. Built in 1838, the light case has been the site of mysterious deaths, disappearances, and suicides. Thomas is the first human to step foot inside the structure in nearly three decades. As the sun goes down, Thomas will discover he is not alone. This was a short read, but I enjoyed it. Nice little ghost story.😺😺😺

”The Widow's Point Lighthouse, located at the northeastern tip of Nova Scotia, was originally built in 1838 and has been the scene of dozens of mysterious deaths and unexplained disappearances over he past two centuries... So many deaths and disappearances had occurred in and around the lighthouse over the years that eventually it would be closed and shuttered. Then after a particularly gruesome crime, a security fence was erected around the land-side of the property in 1988. But what's a fen

As of late, I’ve become fascinated with video recordings of the explorations of abandoned places—psych hospitals, schools, shopping malls. There is a treasure trove of this type of thing on YouTube. (Dan Bell is my favorite, check him out!) Perhaps I am a little late to that particular party, but I have arrived all the same. Like most folks, I think the mystique of locations long forgotten is a powerful one, though I am too easily scared to explore such places in real life. Widow’s Point, the up...

A creepy quick read, so first off i loved how it was set up like a documentary something i personality haven't seen much in Paranormal investigator books it was a good old-fashioned ghost story with a modern twist, it is very creepy not really scary, but it will leave you thinking.

4.5 stars! WIDOW'S POINT, co-written by Richard Chizmar and Billy Chizmar, is a supernatural story that centers on The Widow's Point Lighthouse, located in Harper's Cove, Nova Scotia. An author of books featuring allegedly "haunted locations", Thomas Livingston, has gotten permission to stay at this fenced-off, isolated area for the duration of a weekend. The area has a reputation for suicides, murders, and missing people--so much so that the owner eventually decided to close the lighthouse down...

Fun, quick, and entertaining haunted house/ghost story novella told in a found-footage format. Great for a rainy weekend day.

Rating: ★★★★☆Synopsis“This is a bad place. I don’t think people are meant to live here.”Longtime residents of Harper’s Cove believe that something is wrong with the Widow’s Point Lighthouse. Some say it’s cursed. Others claim it’s haunted.Originally built in 1838, three workers were killed during the lighthouse’s construction, including one who mysteriously plunged to his death from the catwalk. That tragic accident was never explained, and it was just the beginning of the terror. In the decades...

Rating - 9.5/10 (Excellent) - Spooky night to remember Yesterday night was eerie marathon night for me. I wanted to watch an horror movie(probably Pet Cemetery) yesterday but thought the better of it and chose to read this one. I completed this novella within 5 hours and was completely flabbergasted and petrified by this piece of work. I could also feel the influence of Stephen King at works here. This takes the cake for the other-worldly exposition of the historical events and the events that

Widow’s Point took me by surprise in the best possible way. I am very mixed on the Gwendy’s Button Box trilogy (which this author co-wrote with Stephen King), but I wanted to give Richard Chizmar another shake. I’m happy to report I liked this a lot more than those other books. It’s brisk, creepy, atmospheric, fun, snappy and psychologically troubling. Oh, and it also has cool illustrations. Bonus!The basic premise is simple: a supernatural nonfiction writer spends the weekend locked in a lighth...