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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!