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Tag: Horror

September 6, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

In Defense of Scary Reads, a guest post by Mark Fearing

The imaginative and fantastical landscapes that horror germinates in are great fun. And when done right they are: scary, exciting, revealing, unnerving, unexpected, funny, dramatic…you know, like life.

August 31, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

The Role of Horror in Life and Kid Lit, a guest post by Ciera Burch

Fear plays a role in life. It keeps us safe. It keeps us on our toes. And sometimes...it's just fun

August 15, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Through the Gateway: On Horror for Young Folk, a guest post by Dan Poblocki

If there is such a thing as “gateway horror,” I’m proud to be one who stands sentry by the darkest doorways, coaxing young souls to be brave enough and step on through.

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Why Horror For Kids is Important, a guest post by Sarah Allen

August 10, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

It’s not about giving kids nightmares—it's about showing them that when they encounter real life horrors, they can still be brave. They can win.

Scared into Storytelling, a guest post by Rob Renzetti

July 28, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Hopefully, The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things scares young readers just enough that, left alone in their darkened bedrooms, they will invent their own stories to soothe themselves to sleep, and perhaps, launch them on their own storytelling journeys.

When You Prescribe Pain for the Pain, a guest post by Joelle Wellington

July 25, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Treating residual pain with humor, making a joke out of the terror and turning it on its head, feels powerful.

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Book Review: You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

June 20, 2023 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen reviews the YA horror novel YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE TONIGHT by Kalynn Bayron

Fear Itself: How Anxiety and Horror Walk Hand in Hand, a guest post by Kyrie McCauley

June 12, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

When I began to write All the Dead Lie Down, I was imagining what it would be like to have anxiety and be dropped into the middle of an actual Gothic novel.

Book Review: She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

February 24, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Come for the cover, stay for the spooky story full of atmospheric weirdness, ghosts, and bugs. Don't forget the bugs.

He Couldn’t Read It, So He Wrote It, a guest post by Justin Arnold

November 11, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I wanted to write a party mix of all of it, those things that I love, in a story world where I and everyone else exists, because that’s the book I wanted to read as a teen but couldn’t find.

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