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The “What Scares You?” blog series ends tomorrow on Halloween with two exciting things: Libba Bray reveals what scares her… and I give away a ton of books!
If you want to catch up on all the guest blogs (and gain extra entries for tomorrow’s giveaway) here’s what scares all these authors so far:
WEEK #1
- Things to Do When You’re Dead (with some wonderful ghost story recommendations!) by Camille DeAngelis…
- A chilling, creepy true story from Nina LaCour…
- Courtney Summers tells us the most terrifying book she’s ever read—bet you it’s not what you think…
- Amy Garvey is scared of the classic Rosemary’s Baby…
- Marianna Baer is scared of Jane-Emily and Go Ask Alice…
- Joëlle Anthony says DO NOT read these scary books; they are way too scary…
- Carrie Ryan talks about what makes a story scary…
- The book that best prepares you for motherhood is Pet Sematary, Stacey Jay explains…
- Kurtis Scaletta talks about the master of scary, H.P. Lovecraft…
- On what scares and the difference between Horror and Terror from Will Klein…
- House of Leaves scares Scott Tracey…
- Michael Northrop is scared of The Little Stranger…
- Something Wicked This Way Comes scares Dawn Metcalf…
- B. Jason Roer recommends a whole host of Halloween movies…
- Aaron Starmer scares you with a story of creepy old farmhouses…
WEEK #2:
- There is a certain movie that terrifies Jeff Hirsch and he tells us why…
- An author and an editor are scared by the same book: check out what Kiersten White and Martha Mihalick both say about Wait Till Helen Comes…
- Mike Mullin explains what makes a story scary and shares some great writing advice…
- Tiffany Trent may write spooky books, but she still gets spooked easily…
- Comic book writer Mike Raicht isn’t going to let his son watch the horror movies he did…
- Karen Kincy reveals three books that scared her…
- The Book of Lost Things scares Victoria Schwab…
- Sonia Gensler was scared by The Turn of the Screw—and shows you where you can read it for free so you can be, too…
- Suzanne Young is scared most of all by heartbreak…
- Dia Reeves points us to some scary short stories…
- Chelsea Campbell is scared by The Monstrumologist…
- Michelle Hodkin was scared very, very recently by Ashes…
- Jon Skovron admits to his own darkness…
- And Micol Ostow shares all her fears… with CREEPY PICTURES.
And I also revealed two books that scared me… one that I read when I was twelve years old, and one that freaked me out just last year.
Check back tomorrow for Libba Bray’s guest blog and the BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Thanks for rounding these up. Looking forward to reading them today…Happy BOO Day!
All great posts! Thanks for sharing all these great spooky “scares”
Happy Halloween
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