Halloween Update

 Hello my spooky friends,

There's no new content on the Fear Street front (unless you consider the re-release of the Evil Cheerleaders series in a fancy new package from Simon & Schuster, which I absolutely do not). I swear, Goosebumps gets all the love. I am always keenly watching to see if the fourth Fear Street movie will ever be made by Netflix, but seeing as it's still kicking around in pre-production, I'm not holding my breath.

I am still trying to convince AM Stine to watch and recap the 2nd and 3rd movie installments ... but she's scared. It didn't help that I told her the 2nd one (1978) is the scariest (who's with me?) Perhaps she needs a bit of encouragement.

But, if you need a shot of horror in your life, this writer has her own horror anthology Then She Said Hush available on Amazon. And for the month of October, the ebook is being given away if you sign up for my newsletter. Check it out here. Free horror for Halloween? That's almost enough to give me Goosebumps.

I also have some published horror shorts available: “Inside Me” is a short story appearing in Back Roads Autumn Literary Review. This is my first piece appearing in a literary magazine, and of course it was going to be horror. The story is about a lust spell gone wrong at a high school party, with some serious The Craft vibes. While there is nothing particularly graphic, I do have to warn that there is some light cannibalism. Still can’t believe they actually published it!

The story “Dare to Survive” will be appearing in horror anthology Dark & Stormy. Love the name, and I love the entire anthology. There are some incredibly creepy stories in here, “The Old Man on the Porch” kept me up at night! My story has been described as “edge-of-your-seat”, set in a near-future world. Contestants on a game show compete in Fear Factor-type challenges. The prize? Saving the life of a loved one on death row. Failure means immediate execution, and perhaps the loss of the contestants life as well. By far the darkest thing I’ve written (yet), this is definitely not for kids. The anthology is set to be released November.

Until next time, keep things creepy.