Steph is an award winning and bestselling author of thrilling steamy and paranormal romances, dark urban fantasy, occult horror-thrillers, cozy mysteries, contemporary romance, sword and sorcery fantasy, and books about the esoteric and Daemonolatry. A Daemonolatress and forever a resident of Smelt Isle, she is happily married and cat-mom to three pampered house cats. Her muse is a demanding sadistic Dom who often keeps her up into the wee hours of the morning. You can contact her at swordarkeereon@gmail.com

  • new releases,  news

    Something Wicked #cozymystery #wickedways

    Silver bullets, full moon. I’m Elise Marybell Marple, owner of the magic shop Wicked Ways. When Jasmine Jeffreys, resident plant murderer turned botanist, shows up in my shop begging for a silver amulet and a pound of wolfsbane, I think nothing of it. She’s a strange one, after all. But then someone stole an old book from the library, and…

  • the writing life

    Movie Review: Hereditary #horror #demons

    There was a LOT of vitriol and criticism of this movie within the non-generational Daemonolatry community when it came out.  I generally roll my eyes when people criticize movies like this because movies are fiction and the simple fact is that the idea of supernatural demons scares a lot of people. Not to mention daemons have been used as plot devices to scare the pants…

  • Audrey Brice,  new releases

    It’s SO Wicked! #WickedWays #kindlebooks

    WOEFULLY WICKED With magic, mayhem sometimes follows. I’m Elise Marybell Marple, owner of the magic shop Wicked Ways.  Halloween has always been my favorite day of the year – until now. After accidentally giving my vampire best friend a love spell the equivalent of garlic,  and inadvertently casting an attraction spell on my demon stalker, I’m not having the best…

  • life,  Magick,  rituals,  S. Connolly,  Spirituality

    Manifesting

    A friend of mine (non-occultist) who is truly amazing at reaching her goals, often pauses in her day, takes a deep breath, sets her intention firmly in her mind, and says one word, “Manifesting.” Whether she realizes it or not, she’s practicing magick. She is causing changes to conform to her will. She is manifesting her intent simply by grounding…

  • A Malkuth of Me,  mail bag,  S. Connolly,  satanism,  Spirituality

    Setting Boundaries Does Not Equal Unelightenment

    Any time I openly set boundaries about certain types of reader email or make mention of the things in the occulture that I find irritating, I am occasionally met with some variation of the following response: “You asked for this [people wasting your time and being trolling assholes] by writing books. Quit complaining. You make money from this. So maybe you should…

  • cats

    Naturally Cat

    Anyone who knows me knows that I am a cat person. I grew up with cats, dogs, horses, chickens, cows. While I love all animals, cats are my animal companion of choice. They’re relatively low maintenance, and they’re great at keeping you company. My husband and I have had as many as five cats in our household at once. A…