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January 2020

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Terror Lurks in the Little Things

Little things can be terrifying, stressful, and panic-inducing. Not the miniature demons skittering across the ground or dolls and evil toddlers pitter-pattering over a creaky wood floor, but those tiny mistakes that haunt us. Last fall, my son applied to colleges. Two accepted him, and he waited to hear from the third, before making a final decision. Stressful, right? When we learned that the final college posted decisions online, online we went, only to learn of a missing SAT score. His application hadn't been processed, and the deadline to apply gone. A tiny[...]

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Witchy Goodness: Currently Reading The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

I love me some witches, and naturally they came up over the holiday break when I made a Christmas gift list for the witch in your life or when I talked about my failures of 2019. At a book conference in 2018, I received an ARC of it. The cover's deep blue with iridescent writing, the magical description—I was bewitched from the beginning. I was over the moon excited and I devoured it fast. It was my favorite book of 2018. It's still one of my favorites. Which is why I'm reading it again. Have you heard of it? The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw A New York T[...]

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Midnight Society Movie Night: The Witch in the Window

Happy New Year! With the new year comes more Midnight Society Movie Nights! This month I will be watching and live-tweeting The Witch in the Window! Come join in the fun of...     Written and directed by Andy Mitton, The Witch in the Window released in November of 2018, and I haven't seen it. BUT I GOT SHUDDER TV FOR CHRISTMAS! I haven't had time to delve into the wonders of creepy that this will allow me, but I shall soon. SOOOOON! When I do, I'm going to enjoy all the horror and share it with you, because I'm nice that way. Horror friends are[...]