You have banned and challenged To Kill a Mockingbird due to offensive language and racism. But what have you done to discourage offensive language and racism from being tolerated in our country? You have banned and challenged The Giver because it normalizes violence. But what have you done to help prevent violence in our everyday…
Carter and the others had already left her behind, of course. There was only so much of her the cousins could take in one day; being the baby of the family she knew this intuitively. But whenever her brother and the boys ran off, she was still likely to follow. “Just keep an eye out…
Still not entirely sure how I feel about this one… What works in this story works well, and what doesn’t, doesn’t. But whatever my overall opinions, one thing is certain: this book has just enough creepiness to usher us into Halloween season.
Brief caveat to this post: I do not consider myself a horror writer. In fact, I have only ever written maybe two or three stories that had any horror elements within them whatsoever. But as an audience member, I frequently experience horror. And artful storytelling has gifted me with enough experience to know that true…
I once heard the difference between these three facets of the horror genre described thusly: “Fear is knowing that a werewolf is hunting you. Terror is when you see it and it charges at you. Horror is realizing that your feet are stuck to the floor.” Obviously, good horror manages to spread a mixture of…