Happy July! The July Issue of Underneath The Juniper Tree online magazine has dropped and it is gruesome! Go here to download it. Read it. Love it. Share it. And be inspired by it. Sneak Peek: Continue reading »
I’ve received a very important and seemingingly dire email from The Creepings of Creeping Hills. D.M. Cunningham has gone missing. (Although I’m not too sure how much I trust the Creepings of Creeping Hills. They are a diabolical bunch.) However, they have found the last known footage of D.M.: I’ve been asked by the Creepings … Continue reading »
Guys. I almost couldn’t watch this whole thing. It scared me. Seriously. I’m going to have nightmares. Thanks, D.M. (The whole “heeelp” thing is the creepiest!) Continue reading »
…and now it’s my turn. I’m a gem in front of the camera. I never mess up and I definitely don’t giggle when fake blood sprays across the page making it nearly impossible to read the words. No, I’m a real pro. **The glasses I’m wearing, which enjoyed a brief resurgence in popularity due to … Continue reading »
Peter Landau, first drummer for White Zombie and retired contributer to Gene Simmons’ Tongue Magazine (haha, seriously) reads chapter three of The Halloween Tree for us today. There is something incredibly creepy about the way Peter did this. Boy knows how to get a shudder out of me. Continue reading »
A few months ago, while reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to my nieces and nephews, I thought about children’s imaginations and the creativity, power, and fresh intelligence of it all. I believe middle grade fiction is one of the most important genres. It has the ability to mold the mind of a child in a way … Continue reading »
When I was in elementary school, the only books I checked out of Mercury Mine Elementary’s library were Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine. I remember slinking down in the stacks and devouring the grotesque, vile, and adventurous horror chapter books. I remember reading one so disturbing I had nightmares about it for weeks and often … Continue reading »
Last May, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Simon & Schuster’s Children’s Editorial Director David Gale to hear about his upcoming projects. When he walked back from his bookshelf with a gargantuan looking book and set it on the table in front of me, I nearly passed out. The image in front of me … Continue reading »
