The Blood Brothers are two of my favorites middle grade authors. I became hooked when I read their first Fright Friends Adventure book, The House on Creep Street. They hit it even further out of the creepy park with the next in the series Beware the Monstrous Manther! The Fright Friends Adventures series is the first middle grade spooky read that’s really connected with me. It’s funny, clever, and has a ton of nods to classic horror that appeal to young and older readers. When I was scheduling my 2017 Trick-or-Treat chronicles interviews, I knew that I had t[...]
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0 Welcome to day twenty-one of the Haunted Hotel Writer and Illustrator showcase! You can find a list of all participants here. Come back each day, the entire month of October for a scare! Today's story comes from room #217! “It was a dark and stormy night.” Frank glanced up at the bartender as he shook out his fedora. “‘Scuse me?” The barrel of a man behind the counter stopped wiping the counter and motioned out the window. “Dark. Stormy.” “Yeah. Raining cats and dogs.” As long as they were speaking in clichés he might as well keep it up.[...]
Welcome to day twenty of the Haunted Hotel Writer and Illustrator showcase! You can find a list of all participants here. Come back each day, the entire month of October for a scare! Today's story comes from room #595! Will Thornewood be your Forever Home? Barely dead, almost dead, or owe death a favor? Perhaps the Thornewood Hotel is right for you! Boasting expansive facilities of the highest caliber, a 24hr wait staff that caters to your peculiarities, and a wide variety of leisure activities, Thornewood will no doubt fill that hole in your heart! (O[...]
Welcome to day nineteen of the Haunted Hotel Writer and Illustrator showcase! You can find a list of all participants here. Come back each day, the entire month of October for a scare! Today's scare comes from the staff areas--places where guests are never supposed to go. Enjoy the employees only key...but beware! "Food and Drink Man." "Yes, sir. You'll be staying with us overnight?" The desk clerk stood stiffly behind the high wooden desk, blond hair pulled back to the nape of her neck. Her face looked pale in the light of the computer screen. [...]
Welcome to day EIGHTEEN of the Haunted Hotel Writer and Illustrator showcase! You can find a list of all participants here. Come back each day, the entire month of October for a scare! Today's scare comes from room #213! “We’ll be there by two tomorrow. Keep a tab at the bar, I’ll pay for your drinks when we get there,” Mark was way too chipper considering he had just called to say he was abandoning Jack. “You’ll have to pay for my cable bill too. I plan on watching movies all night,” Jack Bryant said gruffly into the receiver. “Uhhh[...]