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Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be reached at emily.ecm@gmail.com.
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Horror fans, we have made it! It’s October Eve! That means one more sleep until October, Halloween month. My heart can hardly take it. I’m so excited. So let’s prepare by talking about scary things, like we always do. Put on your ghost costume! Don your fangs! Let’s goooooooo!
Bookish Goods
Creature from the Black Lagoon Book Nook by JadeGraphicsDesigns
Okay, I’m kind of obsessed with this. You’re just minding your own business, perusing the bookshelf, and then BOOM! Creature from the Black Lagoon. This hand-painted, hand-sculpted bad boy is also hollow on the inside, so feel free to stash all your secret book treats. Select from two box sizes: Small- 5.25″H x 3.25″W or Large- 6.5″H x 4″W. Black and white or color. Prices start at $40.
New Releases
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
October 1 is tomorrow, and there are so many good new releases I want to share with you to kick off the best month of the year! First up, one of my most anticipated horror novels of the year: Model Home. Back when the Maxwell family moved into a gated community outside of Dallas, Texas, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. Their white neighbors seemed welcoming enough, but immediately upon moving in, strange things began happening all around the Maxwell’s house. Now, years later, the three Maxwell children are adults, and they do their best to stay far, far away from the traumas of their past. But their parents never left the family home, and when the siblings get word that their parents have died, Ezri, Eve, and Emanuelle are forced to return to Dallas and to the home that has always terrified them.
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Jasmine is Haunted by Mark Oshiro
Here’s a new middle grade horror that looks like a lot of fun! Jasmine Garza has been followed by a ghost ever since her Papi died. When she and her Mami move to East Hollywood, Jasmine hopes this will be a chance to escape her ghost and live a normal life. Instead, she meets Bea Veracruz and Jorge Barrera,