It's zombie month here at The Midnight Society! But except for this gem (below), I don't do zombies. But taking a photo of my Pride & Prejudice & Zombies & Brains piece only made me want to document some of the other arts and crafts lurking in my house. Because truth be told, this month is kicking my bum. So I kind of feel like a zombie...that counts. And so here, i[...]
1 We have a verrryyyyyy special birthday today. Today, we celebrate the birthday of our resident comic book reading, Twin Peak loving, Spiderman fiending, heavy metal rocking, video game crushing member, Brian LeTendre. We wanted to give you a few gifts, Brian. So please sit back, relax, and enjoy! You know I love to start out with some spirits, so Brian, here is my birthday d[...]
If you aren't a fan of fireworks, or you need to stay home with the pups so that they don't go insane with the noise, here's the perfect book for you to read... WELCOME TO THE DEAD HOUSE by R.L. Stine, is the first book published in the Goosebumps series. It was originally released in July 1992. Since then, it has been re-released 2 more times with new covers. There is also a TV episo[...]
I have some many creepy reads that honestly, I probably couldn't keep track if it wasn't for Goodreads and its To-Read list feature. I thought I'd share some of my favorite books that are awaiting to be read. I know it's July but in my head, it's always autumn. Also, right now, most of these are on sale too, so I've included buy links. Lana used to know what was real.[...]
The Yellow King Roleplaying Game may be my most anticipated game of all time. I grew up on Dungeons & Dragons, and I have collected roleplaying game books for years. Many of them I haven't even played, I just absolutely love reading about different world, game mechanics and adventure ideas. As a writer, roleplaying games have been a huge influence on me (just read my Parted Veil se[...]
I didn't get the chance to see Jordan Peele's movie, GET OUT, in the theater. There were a few other movies the BF and I were interested in, so we saved this one to either rent or buy from home. This week we had some time and got to finally see it. As a horror fan, I found this movie to be scary in the fact that racism is still so prevalent today. I don't want to go into much detail about[...]
To be clear, this post is not a review of My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. It is a love letter wrapped in infatuation and sealed with the blood of a unicorn because THIS PAPERBACK COVER IS MY GD PATRONUS: If this cover was a man, my husband and I would need to have a very long talk. This brilliant paperback release cover of My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix was[...]
As we come upon another session of Camp NaNoWriMo, I can't help but look back on all the projects I've worked on during these spring & summer writing retreats. My story ideas can come from anywhere. Strange snippets of conversation, weird news articles I read online, not to mention local places and faces that inspire. So, during my first attempt at writing a novel-in-a-month, I searc[...]
Creepshow is one of my all-time favorite '80s horror flicks, for a number of reasons. The movie was a love letter to the old EC horror comics. It was the brainchild of Stephen King and George Romero. And as I wrote about last year, it features one of the greatest soundtracks of all time. And the fact that Father's Day is this weekend gives me another great reason to revisit this class[...]
I started a book, and I haven't finished it yet, but I have to tell you about a girl named Sunshine. The Haunting of Sunshine Girl is a young adult horror book by Paige McKenzie, the first in a series. You can find it on Amazon. Blurb: "Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, Sunshine Griffith and her mother, Kat, move from sunny Austin, Texas, to the rain-drenched town of Ridgemont, W[...]