Steven LaChance Blog

I have been watching some of the conversations happening across paranormal sites and blogs, and I want to make something very clear.

If you are going to talk about my work, please make sure you have the facts first.

A lot of people like to take credit for my research, and a lot of people like to make up stories about it. Neither helps anyone. I am not hard to find, and I do answer people back. If you have questions, ask them. I would much rather clear something up than see it distorted. You might even find it is okay to disagree with me. I am just as interested in what you think as I am in what I think myself.

I tend to stay in my own world of research now, but that does not mean I am unreachable. I answer everyone as long as the conversation is respectful.

I work from a very different perspective than most researchers. I am not chasing attention, clicks, or validation. My motivations have always been personal. I am trying to understand something horrible that happened to me and my family, something that never came with clear answers. That has always been the reason for the work. Nothing more. And yes, to help people. I have helped a lot of people through the years.

Over time, I learned that surrounding myself with groups and organizations actually dulled the research. It narrowed the questions. I need the freedom to follow ideas where they lead, even when they do not fit neatly into established models or expectations. I like to explore and research in places groups may have never considered. I cannot go to the same locations over and over and come away with the same conclusions each time. That is not research. That is habit.

As the paranormal books are released, you will start to see how I actually work. Zombie Road begins that picture, and by the time Architecture of Shadows is released on March 3, the larger framework will be much clearer. These books are not explanations offered as conclusions. They are invitations into the process.

There are a lot of preconceived notions about what I believe and how I operate, and many of them are wrong. That is one of the reasons I work only with my husband, Rick. He respects the integrity of the research. He does not try to shape it, claim it, or turn it into something it is not.

At the end of the day, this work is not about belonging to a scene or fitting into a label. It is about asking honest questions and being willing to sit with uncomfortable answers. I have never claimed to have it all figured out, and I never will. What I do claim is a commitment to integrity, curiosity, and respect for the people whose lives intersect with these stories.

If you want to understand my work, read it. If you want to question it, talk to me. If you disagree, that is part of the process. All I ask is that the conversation starts with honesty and ends with respect.

I will continue to work the way I always have, independently, with intention, and without outside agendas shaping the questions.

That is not a stance. It is a responsibility.