I write under several pen names but this is the one I use when I'm writing horror fiction or "tapping into my dark side" as I call it. I wrote my first horror story when I was nine years old...I'm thirty now so that was a long time ago..LOL. I switched to other genres in my late teens and early twenties but once in a while I felt the need to tap back into my dark side and give myself a good scare.

I was heavily influenced by the works of Stephen King, VC Andrews (the real VC Andrews, not her ghostwriter who took over in 1987) and may other classic horror writers such as Edgar Allen Poe and Bram Stoker.

My pen name is acutally inspired by the game American McGee's Alice, of which I am a huge fan and played constantly.

Enjoy your visit to my little abode and be sure to bring a flashlight. It gets a little spooky in here.

Alice Rutledge