Happy cover reveal day! Last year I had an idea. I wanted to launch a small publishing house that published only MG, YA, and NA horror because in my opinion, it’s widely underrepresented. I love scary stories and I grew up reading anything and everything spooky that I could get my hands on. I read it all. R.L. Stine, Point Horror Books, and Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories with those incredible illustrations by Stephen Gammell. So I launched Hocus Pocus & Co. I put out a call for a Halloween anthology. The stories and illustrations had to be of the MG an[...]
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1 Avery Blair is the main character in Harrowed, our new horror novel from Horror Twins Press. When Brian and I were envisioning our novel, we wanted a main character with a strong backbone--someone who was in charge of her own destiny. We imagined Avery as headstrong, thirsty for a story, and determined to find the truth. When we actually started writing, Avery became all of that and more. We were no longer in charge of her. Like we'd envisioned, Avery spoke to us and started writing her own story. And as it turned out, she had a lot to say. We have very special[...]
One of the things I love most about working with Brian is that he's full of surprises. We love to surprise each other. Usually mine starts with "I did a thing..." Earlier this week Brian messaged me. The message said, "I may have just cut a trailer for Harrowed..." It was followed by another. "I may have jut sent you a link." My eyes bulged out of my head when I realized what he was saying. HE MADE US A BOOK TRAILER. I was so excited and jazzed and I couldn't wait to see it. And then I saw it. And it was perfect. BEHOLD THE GLORY OF THE BOOK TRAILER![...]
A woman who I greatly admire recently put out her debut novel. It's called The Bleeding Heart. Not only is the cover gorgeous but I'm madly in love with this book's concept. Check it out! Brooklyn is a talented artist with an obsession for blood; one that she satiates at her uncle’s tattoo shop. It’s here at The Bleeding Heart that Brooklyn practices the art of dispensing pain onto others. Yet, nothing can dull the desire running through her veins, especially since the man she really wants to torture rots in jail for murder. When Daniel comes into her lif[...]
I'd heard of author Laura Lee before because she's very accomplished and well-versed in publishing. She's published a plethora of books with publishers like Harper Collins, Reader's Digest, Lyons Press, Running Press, etc. I knew her name from her non-fiction work. But what I didn't know what that she had branched out. She's been writing a ton of different things, which now include fiction novels. There's the book, "Angel", in which a minister sees an angel in his church and thus sets off a series of events and causes him to examine his beliefs. Love the concep[...]