A 16th century Japanese medical text explains how diseases were caused by tiny bugs that entered the body and were known as creepy germs or mushi. One of these was known as kosho, an odd, bearded, snake-like, sake-drinking creature whose hat protects it from medicine. #MythologyMonday#JapaneseFolklore#yokai#folklore#spookyseason@folklore
When Clive’s cousin, Wallace, invites an estate agent in to assess the home’s value, the agent is later found poisoned, throwing all of the Castle’s guests into suspicion. Clive and Henrietta are soon drawn into an investigation, which is slowed by an incompetent local inspector and several unexplained phenomena?
We have TWO life-size Michael Myers in our neighborhood, one gigantic 12 foot skeleton, an assortment of giant spiders, witches, and wraiths, and I've never felt such affection & kinship to my neighbors before.
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With its friendly monsters, The Monsters of Marymount Mansion is the perfect middle grade book for #spookyseason ! Toby is a sweet monster, but with a scary apparence : he has skin like a fish, fur like a dog, and smells like cotton candy when he gets excited ! Courageous and curious, the young monster has a lot of adventures on Halloween !
I had planned to move onto more scary books and #DarkRomance at this stage in #SpookySeason, but the world right now is a nightmare and I don't need more horror in my life at this time... #CurrentlyReading "Watt and Bothered" by Fiona Davenport - a "shocking" tale of electric attraction between the MCs.
For fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers comes a supernatural horror that reminds us family can be our saving grace or our biggest curse. Set one-hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive thriller imagines what a similar trial might look like today.
The multimillion-copy bestselling story of Wicked comes full circle in The Witch of Maracoor, the final installment of Gregory Maguire’s Another Day series.
Before there was Frankenstein, a young Mary Shelley, her stepsister Jane “Claire” Clairmont, and poet Percy Bysshe Shelley are drawn into a shocking murder investigation in this deliciously captivating new historical mystery revolving around the real-life trio who would later scandalize 19th century England even as they transformed the literary world.
It is still #hispanicheritagemonth for a few day, and it is also #spookyseason ! Let’s combine the two and check these adorable boardbooks that were #gifted by #candlewickpress ! They are colorful. They are fun. Young readers will love them for sure ! All these little monsters just make me smile !
The #SpookySeason has finally arrived! This month is gracing us with the thrills and chills that are perfect for the #HalloweenSeason. Not in the mood to read anything scary? No worries! October brings readers fantastic new releases love and inspiration.
US Releases: https://bit.ly/3PIfffX
UK and Irish Releases: https://bit.ly/3ry5MQp
The #Kindle edition of "Shards" is now available for #free on Amazon's various international storefronts. This will be the case until October 4th, so get while the getting's good.
We're just a day away from the start of my latest book giveaway, so I wanted to share the following image, which shows how the stories in "Shards" relate to the other works from "The Nod/Wells Timelines." Hopefully, this will give everyone some useful context, and some ideas about which other books of mine to explore if they enjoy their time with "Shards."
Note that you can always find the most up-to-date version of "The Nod/Wells Timelines" via my official web site: