distraction no.99

(Design & illustration by Robert Roxby)

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!