THE OVERNIGHT
Fear Street #3: The Overnight © 1989 by Parachute Press. Cover Art by ENRIC. Spoiler-Free Review The Overnight did a really good job of building tension throughout most of the book. It was unfortunate that the climax and conclusion ended up lacking the same...
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THE OVERNIGHT
Fear Street #3: The Overnight made me glad to have read this series out of publication order. It was refreshing to come back to an earlier entry. While imperfect, this book did a great job with developing its characters and building tension.
NEW YORK COMIC CON 2018
I tabled for the first time at New York Comic Con and had a hell of a weekend. I put together some of the highlights with some pictures and observations. This was a great way to close out my cons for the year.
SAY CHEESE AND DIE
Goosebumps #4: Say Cheese and Die is hands down one of the best titles and covers in the original series. I only wish the story was equally as good.
KENYA PART I: NAIROBI
I recently went on a 10 day trip to Kenya. It was a remarkable experience and I am still processing it. For the first post I will focus on my time in Nairobi.
MONSTER BLOOD
Goosebumps #3: Monster Blood is the only book in the original series to get 3 sequels... which is kinda perplexing given that the first installment is a bit of a mess, and not just in the way that the cover implies.
SOME LIKE IT HOT
Living in the moment takes a lot of work for me. Sometimes it takes balancing on one leg for standing bow with sweat dripping from every pore in order to actually feel present.
PARTY SUMMER
Fear Street Super Chiller #1: Party Summer was the book that launched the Super Chillers; my favorite Fear Street subset when I was a kid. It had some good characters and setup, but the execution was disappointing. Don't tease supernatural and give me an over-used trope.
THE APOLLO MIXES
For the last five years, I have been channeling my grief into making mixes.
STAY OUT OF THE BASEMENT
Goosebumps #2: Stay Out of the Basement had some great ideas but wasted a lot of time with fake scares. Margaret was an incredibly dull protagonist, even by Goosebumps standards.
WELCOME TO DEAD HOUSE
Goosebumps #1: Welcome to Dead House is where it all started. It still holds up as one of the more solid and genuinely creepy books in the series.
FLAME CON 2018
Flame Con has moved to Times Square. I had a ton of fun tabling with Lindsay and Dierre helping out.
FITS OF NOSTALGIA
I go through these fits of nostalgia every couple of years, and this time I decided to start reading all 62 original Goosebumps books and blog about it.
KICKSTARTER & THE ANXIETY FACTOR
Thoughts on Pursuing Your Dreams Without Sacrificing Your Own Well Being.