tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post8723283693870263622..comments2024-03-15T09:26:02.796-05:00Comments on PROJECT MAYHEM: Scary Tales for Summer Nights by Kell AndrewsProject Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154342399869089664noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-3733555423523426802014-07-18T09:30:49.529-05:002014-07-18T09:30:49.529-05:00Kristen, I always thought Jane-Emily was so obscur...Kristen, I always thought Jane-Emily was so obscure, but I've found so many middle-grade writers who loved it. Great book!<br /><br />Thanks for the comments. For Harrison's point, I think scariness in kidlit swings up and down. Fairy tales and Victorian and Edwardian kidlit were often more terrifying than current books.Kell Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089691866850131698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-40329462955958364302014-07-18T08:25:49.106-05:002014-07-18T08:25:49.106-05:00I'm a total wimp usually, but a good fairy-tal...I'm a total wimp usually, but a good fairy-tale-inspired scary story always works for me (like Nikki Loftin's book which I really enjoyed). When people told me my first UnFairy Tale book is a little scary, I was surprised because of my aforementioned wimpiness, but I guess it goes back to the fairy tale thing!Anna Staniszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09316883819771607655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-39088810619114303452014-07-17T10:24:31.885-05:002014-07-17T10:24:31.885-05:00Great list! I was obsessed with Goosebumps as a ch...Great list! I was obsessed with Goosebumps as a child. Stared me stiff!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07964631144693993935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-60695637495818152202014-07-16T21:28:55.989-05:002014-07-16T21:28:55.989-05:00Thanks so much for including WIG! Jane-Emily scare...Thanks so much for including WIG! Jane-Emily scared the pants off of me, too...as an adult! I'm living in the haunted James Thurber house in Ohio this month, and even the thought of it gives me chills.Kristen Kittscherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18443224922309438672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-41641725570902391052014-07-16T10:49:53.793-05:002014-07-16T10:49:53.793-05:00What a great list! I LOVE spooky MG!What a great list! I LOVE spooky MG!Michael G-Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947421844294471304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-10702443571636945232014-07-16T09:30:40.471-05:002014-07-16T09:30:40.471-05:00I remember reading R.L. Stine's Fear Street bo...I remember reading R.L. Stine's Fear Street books and delightfully scaring myself. Great list!Marissa Burthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079821721448782710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-53149260334251881822014-07-16T08:47:10.820-05:002014-07-16T08:47:10.820-05:00There is something so match-made-in-Heaven about M...There is something so match-made-in-Heaven about MG and scary.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-9342461901921315092014-07-16T08:31:36.625-05:002014-07-16T08:31:36.625-05:00When I was a kid, middle grade age or even younger...When I was a kid, middle grade age or even younger, I read the Scary Stories books--Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones. And these were not whimsical tales. These stories by Alvin Schwartz were terrifying, and the illustrations by Stephen Gammell were outright disturbing. They were seared into my memory. They still are.<br /><br />Frankly, I don't think the contemporary book industry would market such stories to children. I do know that the most recent versions of these books feature a new illustrator--a perfectly good one, too, but the intent is clearly to stop scarring children for life. I don't know how I feel about that. I came up on these books, and I turned out okay.<br /><br />Then again, I did end up writing a horror novel, so who knows?<br /><br /><br />Harrison Demchick<br />Developmental Editor, <a href="http://ambitiousenterprises.com" rel="nofollow">Ambitious Enterprises</a>Harrison Demchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18341713037648122172noreply@blogger.com