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        "This collection contains both period and contemporary stories, but this series doesn’t suffer for it because
        Carole Lanham moves effortlessly from one to the other... She respects the horror genre without becoming
        manacled to it. .."

Bob Leishman of Tangent

        "Every now and then, a collection of short stories comes along that not only brings creepiness to new levels,
        but reaches in a little deeper and leaves something behind. The stories in The Whisper Jar are like that...they stick with you
        like soft voices in the memory. A great book for a dark and stormy night..."

David Niall Wilson Award-winning author of Deep Blue, This is My Blood, and CEO of Crossroad Press

        "Few writers can make love seem so horrible, or horror seem so lovely. The weird scenes Lanham paints for us are
        poignant and final, with hope strangled - but always in some strangely uplifting way. Perhaps gruesome and memorable
        are the best words to describe her work."

Dr. Kim Paffenroth, author of Dying to Live and Gospel of the Living Dead

        “...I should mention that every story herein has been nominated for an award or won an accolade of some kind on
        somebody's "Best of..." list, but that seems almost an understatement. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts,
        and here we have the entire nine yards...or, if you will, nine works from a name to watch. Carole Lanham has arrived."

Thomas Sullivan Author of The Water Wolf and The Phases of Harry Moon

        "Carole Lanham is made entirely out of awesome. The Whisper Jar is packed to the lid with dark magic and whimsy,
       while bearing an ominously old-fashioned touch that might make Edward Gorey feel right at home.
        It deserves to be ranked as a modern classic."

Brian Hodge, author of Mad Dogs and Picking The Bones

        There are secrets hidden within The Whisper Jar.
        These are not the sort of secrets you can whisper into jam jars, twist the lid and know (or hope) they'll stay hidden;
        these are secrets that spill out across the pages of Carole Lanham's debut collection, which weaves tales that prove
        just how un-innocent childhood can sometimes be.

        There are vampires and maybe vampires, and werewolves and fairies, and macabre torture devices that may or may
        not kill depending on the flick of a switch. There are the rhyming tales - the title story The Whisper Jar and the tragic
        The Adventures of Velvet Honeybone, Girl Werewuff - tales of woe, of childhood friendship, and how the magic dies with
        approaching adulthood. Each story is a delight, and the tales are told in Lanham's unique and compelling voice.

        Although some secrets should stay hidden, Carole Lanham's The Whisper Jar should not. The ebook is available to
        pre-order from Morrigan Booksand the book is released on October 31st.

Cate Gardner ...a writer of weird things. Scary only in ink, and author of Strange Men in Pinstripe Suits

        "The Whisper Jar by Carole Lanham was surprisingly delicious. This collection of short stories is the best thing I have
        read in awhile... I couldn't stop reading."

Delisa Carnegie for The Creativity Rebellion