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August 2020

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Happy Birthday Jenna!

It's a special day today because it's Jenna Lehne's birthday! You know Jenna as an amazing middle grade author (Bone Tree will be out in April 2021), murderino, Pitch Wars mentor alum extraordinaire, and one of the amazing members of the Midnight Society. You can say hello to her on Twitter. Jenna, we're celebrating you today by throwing you a big, ghosty party in the greenhouse by the cemetery. Everyone will meet at the woods at midnight. Follow the candlelight, deep, deep, deeper into the forest until we reach it. You know it, the old greenhouse, nea[...]

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The White Fox by Sara Faring is Almost Here!

The White Fox is almost here and it's full of lush secrets and surprises. I'm here today to share a sneak preview with you! “These woods can be treacherous. You never know which trees will curl their roots around your ankles, which foxes will prance right down a foxhole with you in tow.”  After their world-famous actor mother disappeared under mysterious circumstances, Manon and Thaïs left their remote Mediterranean island home—sent away by their pharma-tech tycoon father. Opposites in every way, the sisters drifted apart in their grief. Yet[...]

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Happy Birthday Amy!

Today is a special day, because we are celebrating our favorite undead enthusiast Amy Giuffrida's birthday! Amy loves vampires (seriously, just count the Buffy gifs on her Twitter), and so we're celebrating today with a vampire party! If you don't know Amy, start by getting to know her on her Twitter. She is an amazing writer, literary agent, and home renovation master! First, let's start out with a fancy drink, shall we? We'll kick this party off with a Vampire Bite cocktail we found at Champagne & Coconuts! Next, I'm going to put on a fancy[...]

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Midnight Society Movie Night: La Llorona

Time to announce this month's live-tweet choice, so I'm heading back to Shudder and one of their newest releases La Llorona. (Do not confuse this with the 2019 movie The Curse of La Llorona, which I enjoyed, though not one of my favorites.) Get ready, it's almost time for... I'm excited! The poster for the 2019 film La Llorona Written and directed by Jayro Bustamante, the Spanish film La Llorona played at film festivals around the world. This award winning movie promises to delve deep into the emotional impact of choices and how they can affe[...]