The Last of 2022

 December is about to come to an end. All the gifts were handed out, all the birthdays have been celebrated and books have been sold.

So what is Shiver and Fears planning to do in 2023?

Well, the first event of course is the Martin Luther King parade. Shiver and Fears 4th parade to attend. as of right now, I am printing banners and fliers to pass around. Next in line will be the 3rd grade writers contest. Last year, 3rd grader just created titles, now I am challenging them to write it themselves. Nothing big, just a short story. This story will not make it to online stores, but it will be given a chance for reading once it's put together.

Another event I am working on is Shiver and Fears valentine card and, new to the list, birthday cards.

What is special about this card is the special little message. It's Shiver and Fears new code! How to solve it, you'll have to wait and find out. But when these fans do solve this code, they will receive a Shiver and Fears prize.

And guess what? I'm planning on coming back from break. 

After taking the whole year off from writing, it's time for me to get back into writing. But what series do I continue with? Shiver and Fears or Magical Times?

If you want a say so, then go to Shiver and Fears YouTube channel. It's not hard to find, just go a vote on the polls. we'll see which book get more interest.

As of now, Hapy New Fears!!

Scary Creepsmas!

 "Phew" It was been a hard working month of December. I have nearly every gift given away!

This year we have a good collection of gifts to give. Visaprint has donated 2 scarfs to new Shiver and Fears fans. (One is actually going to Alburquerque!) There are Shiver and Fears beanies being given away. There was even a gift given to our story tellers nearly a year ago!

If you've seen the YouTube fan art videos you'd recognize these!

There were given to young creative kids who LOVED the videos so much they had no problem finding them a home.

So what was all a part of this give-away? well, we had some beanies custom made by Vistaprint who also donated two scarfs as well! Barnes and Noble donated a collection of books which we gave to 17 excited fans. One being new and another who loves to read a good story!

Another thing I did with our Giveaway is have Creepsmas Elves. Two being Monsters of Shiver and Fears. Yep, Skinny Creeps and Vicious Clown are helping spread Creepsmas cheer by sending a Shiver and Fears Creepsmas gifts to new viewers.

We are now at our last gifts, which will be delivered this weekend. One is actually to a recent fan. Because with his birthday coming soon it fits him well.

Another fan asked to get his first Shiver and Fears book, signed and all! We just couldn't refuse! Now what about this artist winner we posted about on Instagram? They will get a gift too! Don't ask us how. We don't share ALL our secrets!

Scary Creepsmas!

Shiver and Fears has been busy!

It's getting to be that point of the year when I, as the author of Shiver and Fears put my attention to the joy of Christmas, I mean Creepsmas. What is Creepsmas? you might be asking. It's a haunted parody of the holiday thousands of people love. What's so different about the two? You might think that we include more scary gifts into the mix than what's for Christmas.

No, not at all, the difference is that we sent a random set of fans a Shiver and Fears gift. This year our gifts were provided by Barnes and Noble and VistaPrint.  We are given a total of 10 books, 5 winter beanies, and some eBooks. 

Then afterwards, I have my own Christmas shopping to do. for my friends, family, and a little for myself. For the past few months, Shiver and Fears has been grabbing a whole load of attention. I've hosted 2 book signings, presented tons of art work, read madlibs made by kids, passed nearly 100 buisness cards, set up contests, hung flyers, and passed out the remaining color changing pencils. But fans are wanting to know the big story. What is my next book going to be about?

Well, stay tuned, because I made a choice to spend this year focusing on Shiver and Fears attention growth, now that this year is nearly over, my next book will come into mind. Right now, I have a special gift in mind.

But as for now I have to line up my events. The first one to come up is the school Creepsmas giveaway. Who will be the owners of new Shiver and Fears books? Only Santa will know... No, we don't have a horror parody of Santa, he's just Santa Claus! (No, not with a 'W')

 

Nappy Root Book

 So let's talk about this second book signing. Coming this Saturday, Shiver and Fears is making an appearance at Nappy Roots with the book: No Body Park.

I'm very curious on what it'll be like. Apparently, this bookstore is still working to grow attention. What I know about it so far is that they have a tutoring program, and only open till 7 pm. 5 days a week.

So, what is Nappy Roots like in business? I don't know. Guess I'll find out this weekend. Hope you'll be there. 

A few ideas we have for this event is a photo take with Boo the ghost, ebook give-a-way and a few Shiver and Fears books..

Now last book signing at Barnes and Noble we nearly sold out of the collection, but can Shiver and Fears be just as lucky this time as they were before?

Find out in the next blog from Shiver and Fears.

BTW. For those of you who read these blogs, you really need to send them to your friends. Sharing is scaring... I mean caring by the way!

How did the book signing go?

So i will admit, the book signing at Barnes and Noble was a little different than I thought. Maybe it had something to do with how some people got the address wrong. Or maybe it was because so many people had other things to focus on. 

Whatever the reason is, the book signing went great! Although there's a very interesting story to go with this amazing moment:

A guy came in that day and bought a book, after he purchased it he returned to get it signed with some great news! Not only did he buy that one book, but he also bought a total of 10! One for himself and the other 9 were to be given to the next visitors!

Here is the funny part. When he came and told me this. I thought he bought 10 more extra books from the store. That I could have and give to other people... So, what ended up happening is the customers after him were still purchasing books that I didn't know were already purchased!

Now that I realized this mistake, I had to make this right, I called the store and asked for 10 books to be free of charge since the once I sold were already purchased.... hmmm. Tha is correct, right? I mean to have about 16 books (just setting the example) and having 10 of those books bought, then reselling them. But getting 10 books to give away does balance the cost... Right?

Well anyway, now i have to prepare for ANOTHER book signing. This November 12th. If you didn't come to the first one, I suggest you make time for the second!

4th Grade Contest- Shiver and Fears Madlib

 4th grade kids have started entering in Shiver and Fears new contest: It's called The Shiver and Fears Madlib contest. Kids will choose between 4 different MADLIBS I've created and have them read on youtube. 

The most popular one now is "The Mystery Shadow". Here's the original story:

He didn't know a shadow was behind him. Until he walked down the dark alley outside the school. He started to run as the sound of moaning made his heart pound. He turned around, all he saw was a tall shadow. He ran faster, but could not escape the shadow. He tripped on a rock and landed on his shoulder. The shadow laughed as his hand gripped him by his shirt. He wanted to scream, but his scream was silent!

Now when the 4th graders start including their own words, some pronouns might have to change. I'm aware of that. And it might not be that scary in the end, or make a lot of sense. That fine. They aren't really for scarying, just for laughs and giggles.

If you want he hear these stories being read, go to Shiver and Fears youtube page > here< to be exact! Right now we're starting off with our first two entries with their choice "Ghost Eyes". See if you can figure out which words were replaced in this story. Does it make you shiver or just laugh? If you don't comment on the blog, comment on the videos!

Happy Shiver and Fears Day!

 Today is a special day. No, it's not Shiver and Fears Bookaversary, that's over the summer. No, the hliday I'm talkling about is Shiver and Fears author's birthday is today!

 Sorry, you don't get a day off work because of it, but you do get to celebrate with a thriller collection of Goosebumps! That's right, today I'm enjoying my birthday with a marathon of Goosebumps.

But that's not all that's happening on this day. I will be passing around Shiver and Fears ebook stickers to my new fans at work! They are already enjoying Shiver and Fears books placed in their classroom, now it's time they enjoy a gift from the author. That's what makes this day super special!

Now you as a blog reader, might want in on this. If you're there, here's what you can do to join in the excitment. Leave a comment! I know I've told you this many times before, but no, seriously, leave a comment. a little kindness goes a long way, even if you don't know the author that well. 

We may not know each other well, but everyone deserves a happy birthday. Washington gets one, Amelia Airhart surely gets one! Gosh, I know for a fact R.L. Stines gets one. As a published author for 10 years, i deserve one too! 

Just leave a birthday comment, and watch what good it does for you!

Secret Site

 Guess what? Shiver and Fears is found on a secret site! Don't believe me? Want to know how? It's a very interesting story:

A few years ago, around the time Shiver and Fears was first in the making, I had found a website where writers can post their stories for the public to read. It was a great idea at the time. However, things didn't work out well. For one thing, Shiver and Fears was still in work in progress in gaining attention, so the original plot was to write books. 

This would mean no story ideas would be finished because all the attention would go the books, not the stories. Another issue about this site was so many ideas would come to mind all at once, So some ideas weren't published for the public. This means that time on writing had been avoided so much, the process had been forgotten.

This leads to the final reason why this secret site has been kept in the dark. This was around the time that "Magical Times" was beginning to become an idea. First, it was supposedly a story about my family living in my house. This was an idea because at the time, My sister and her daughter moved in with us temporarily. It was an idea that would never make it to books, because it was too realistic and rude to the family. The idea had been scraped!

Shiver and Fears was picking up a few years later, at this point the site was forgotten and was never mentioned again.Once other sites were gaining popular noticed by Shiver and Fears, search sites, such as GOOGLE began finding the most popular sites to mention Shiver and Fears. These sites include: Barnes and Noble,  Amazon,  Blogger, ACX, and the official site: Shiverandfears.com

Can anyone find this said site and recall any AJ Hard originals story ideas? Don't think so! You know why? Because I don't even remember this site. And so this mystery site will remain a story FOREVER!

Let's Find the Best Monster

Baby Ghoul

Well, it's September, which means we have entered all entries. Now we are at the part of this contest where Instagram viewers take a vote every weekend.

As you already know, Scarface is already hanging up his title as monster of the year.💼 Zombie Mouth has already disappeared! Now it's up to you, Instagram users. Who is the scariest monster of them all?

Could it be "Skinny Creeps" an instagramer who has a thing for Goosebumps! So far, he is tied with another monster "Creepy Clown" so they'll have to fun face to face in the polls later. 😮

Skinny Creeps

Here is a nominee from TikTok.👇 Yep, we even accept nominees! One thing that we are working on for this contest is getting contestants to create their own monster! But first, we need to get reconition.

Fang Thriller

I'm sure if you are reading this, you must be on instagram. So I'm letting you know, this Friday morning, be ready to vote for our next polls. You can find it at Shiver and Fears profile stories... If you know where they are!

Sell Books and Give Aways

 Shiver and Fears is working on a new process this year. Not only are we hosting the annual  Monsterfied contest but we are giving away and selling Shiver and Fears to our fans.

So far we are at our 6th book being sold. As for our give away last month, The firefighters and our young winner are both enjoying their copy and shirt from Shiver and Fears.

Now let's tak about the dominoes from before. What are we going to do with those? We're giving those away this Halloween season. How? Well we always keep our contest simple. Either by how many people respond, or just by number pull. But I want to do this one a little different... I got some time to think about it, but if you have any ideas, let me know. It's always good to hear suggestions from fans who like Shiver and Fears merch.

But as of now Shiver and Fears is still collecting entries for the monsterfied contest and introducing Boo the ghost. Hopfully byu the end of the school year we'll have eyes all around wanting more Shiver and Fears!

Maybe you are one now!

Good-bye Monsters

 Now that it's August, it's time to find some new monsters. Are you interested in entering in the monsterfied contest? You have a couple of choices: 1. you can send in a photo of whoever you want to get monsterfied by me. Or 2. You can download a monster app and make the monster youself to send in.

Our old friend Scarface will be missed, but he's had an enjoyable time. Being presented on christmas cards, social media shout outs, and stuff like that.

But now we give that title to another person. Who might it be? If you want to enter the contest go ahead, send your photo of your favorite celebrity, someone in your family, yourself and I'll take to my shop to my monster machine! Just joking. You can do it too! Send your photo to a monster app and start creating, then send in that photo to enter.

As for now, good-bye to Scareface and Zombie Mouth. Your fans will miss you... until our new monsters eat you for dessert!

Is the code working?

 

QR codes are complicated. Right now, I had to create and send a new QR Code invitation to everyone. The other one was expired. Now I've sent this code to dozens of people, and only a few answered and were able to see the invitation.

The Bookaversary! Oh snap, I almost forget to mention the most important thing! We will have gift bags, but we'll only have a total of 40. So our first 40 guests will recieve a giftbag, while guest number 41 (whoever that will be) will sign the card, and enter in the drawing contest- no, not like art drawing!

Each guest who wish to enter in the give-a-way with write down their name and email. then on Bookaversary day, I'll announce the winners on Youtube, and email them to send an address to give the gift to.

Each winner (only 2 winners) will get a hand print of a Shiver and Fears book and a shirt. Woo! I'm tired just from thinking about all that. Another thing I'm working on is getting the two Monsterfied winners to show up.

With our unmasked creature be present? We'll see.

Until then, scan that code and comment if it works.

Bookaversary Set up

It is now June. That means it's time for setup. The bookaversary is in July and invites are being delivered by email this year.

Last year went very well. So well, it has been decided to be the traditional way of Shiver and Fears. This year, the event will be held at the library. The same library that has watched me grow through the years. 

It pays to grow with connections.

Meanwhile things are being put together now. As of now, keychains are being printed, ebook codes have been laminated, and slap bracelets are being delivered soon. But still, gift bags need to be bought, and our monsters still need a talking to- hoping they can make an appearance for the fans.

Not to forget this year there will be a Shiver and Fears sweepstakes. Are you coming to the bookaversary? It's only half-way ready. But if you want to come, just ask for your QR code. My team and I hope to see you there!

Could Shiver and Fears be the Next Goosebumps?

 No one believes me when I say that Shiver and Fears short films are better than Goosebumps. Why do I say that? Well So far Shiver and Fears has published 3 Short film based on Shiver and Fears, views for those videos have grown slowly as time passes. About a month or so ago I posted an episode of Goosebumps on youtube, I shared it to dozens of Goosebumps fans, but numbers have not grown.

Now you might be thinking that maybe my videos are getting a lot of views even with 300 subscribers involved, but here's the thing. Other videos have beaten the Goosebumps videos such as "Theme Song Take Over", "Happy Birthday Remix" and "Love Mistake" Now it is true some of those videos have been around longer than Goosebumps and some have gotten shared to a group of people.

But the thing is, when you share Goosebumps to social media, tagging Goosebumps fanatics you would expect a big crowd of satisfied people. Are you a Goosebumps fan? Let's see what you do. Maybe there's a reason why they have fewer views. If so, leave a comment below!

Goosebumps

The Haunted Cell Phone Blooper and Cast Interview

Now that the video is FINALLY published for youtube, it's time to look at what happens behind the scene. Meet the cast and how humble they can be being in a Shiver and Fear original! What kind of fun did these teens have while skiing over the spring break?

Well you might find out just by watching the video. Recording this adventure was not easy. It was only a 4 day trip and the skiing didn't start until day 2. Not to mention with all the pre-scheduled event for the trip squeezing in filming time was difficult. But what was hard after getting home?

Well, crazy story. So Isaac Grave (a.k.a.) Jeff Davis was only available on Sunday. Which, if you don't know, that's church time. I was a part of the church choir and Isaac had to leave first thing afterwards. So the only time to film was DURING church time. But things kept getting in the way. Isaac would show up late, I would have other responibilities at the church, or even we had other plans.

What was even more challenging was getting to interview the cast. If you notice not everyone got the same questions. There's another story.

Just know, me and the cast all come together at different days of the week. Some show up on Sundays, some on Wednesdays. But we are always together at the church.

The Finished Work

 It's finally happened, Shiver and Fears new book, Terror Tales 2 has been released in hard copy. Meet are stars of this book

 Hard to see, I know, but these kids are the winner of the Shiver and Fears contest! As you remember, Shiver and Fears took 7 stories from 3rd graders and placed their titles into the book. There is actually 8 3rd graders, however our 8th chacter had to play a different part in the story.

While each kid had their own story which interfered with one another our 8th character, Jalynn was the start of it as her story explained how the whole story was put together! So why wasn't she placed in the photo? Well, the truth is Shiver and Fears was only taking 7 stories, but Jalynn's class only had small limit of 3rd graders. With the 7 already chosen, Jalynn's class would have been the only forgotten group of the school. We didn't want to  exclude a class just for their number of students. So the idea was to slide in her story, while telling the others... Think of it as a commercial break.

Well these kids were fanatical when given their copy. Made a few jealous faces. Now, it's only going to get better. This new book will be the first Shiver and Fears book located in a school library! Only thing is, it'll be a total different book set.

Each Shiver and Fears book includes a illustrated cover. Not this one. Since the illustration for this book is late, the book had to be published without it! But a good Shiver and Fears book can not to presented without a good cover. But until the cover has been created the finished book is unable to be published.

That would come to the new partner of Shiver and Fears books, Cameron Dunk. When will he artwork come?

We still await the answer!

The unillustrated edition

Becoming Legends

    It's been a wild adventure for these 7 kids. They are nearly out of the school year and have accomplished so much. More than a few others.

If you haven't yet, meet the amazing 3rd grader from Shiver and Fears: Into the Legendary Store:

Mya Ivory

Carter Fuller

Aria Wilson

Cristal Lopez

Angelique Boyd

Nhayla Garcia

 and Jacob Huerta

     Although Shiver and Fears books had been published based on real people, such as The Secret Saturday featuring Trey Hardwick, No Body Park, featuring Kyle Massey and Boys Don't Play with Dolls featuring Michael Maw. So what makes this book so different?

    This is Shiver and Fears first contest that has reached over 100 pair of eyes and ears. What does that mean? For one thing, this contest actually included readers at the proper age Shiver and Fears books is made for. Secondly, I was able to gain interest to more people.

    I feel that this book might have reached out to more readers than what is questionable on social media.

This is what these kids had to say to show it:

Why did you enter this contest?

This question was asked because nearly every 3rd grader was interested, yet only a few of them turned in a sheet. These are the answers that were given:

Nhayla Garcia: Wanted to write my own book, if I didn't win.

Aria Wilson: It's cool! Books are cool, I love to read.

Angelique Boyd: I like reading books

Jacob Huerta: Don't have a reason

Mya Ivory: Wanted to be noticed by others around me

Carter Fuller: To show it to my family

Cristal Lopez: Not sure why

How did you feel knowing your book is good enough for a book?

The kids' titles were not handpicked. It all depended on the first and last name. So what word best show how much they appreciate being picked?

Nhayla Garcia: Had some doubt

Aria Wilson: Confident

Angelique Boyd: Happy

Jacob Huerta: Excited

Mya Ivory: not sure

Carter Fuller: Proud

Cristal Lopez: Felt Good

Are you interested in reading Shiver and Fears books?

Being placed in a book is one thing, but will these kids spread their interest farther?

Nhayla Garcia: yes

Aria Wilson: yes

Angelique Boyd: yes

Jacob Huerta: yes

Mya Ivory: yes

Carter Fuller: yes

Cristal Lopez: yes

Would you like to learn about the other events Shiver and Fears offers?

I've explained how I am always coming up with something for fans to include themselves into. such as the bookaversary, give-a-ways, and the Get Monsterfied Contest. Would these kids want to try?

Nhayla Garcia: yes, it may require hard work, but I enjoy reading

Aria Wilson: yes

Angelique Boyd: yes 

Jacob Huerta: maybe

Mya Ivory: don't know

Carter Fuller: yes

Cristal Lopez: yes

Is there a chance you'll be entering Shiver and Fears contest next year?

These 3rd graders will be moving up a level to the 4th grade. I might be making another contest at some point. Are they willing to go for another round of excitement?

Nhayla Garcia: yes

Aria Wilson: yes

Angelique Boyd: yes

Jacob Huerta: yes

Mya Ivory: yes

Carter Fuller: yes

Cristal Lopez: I don't know

What will Shiver and Fears provide next year? There's no plan just yet, but I'll know who to turn to when I do!

read this book as the official copy is coming out soon

Shiver and Fears New Book

 

    So Shiver and Fears JUST finished another book. This is the 2nd Terror Tales book written for 8 characters. The book was written to explore 3rd grade kids and their interest in writing. The new Terror Tales: Into the Legendary Store was created to give young readers a feature in the power of creative writing. 

    After making the choice of the 7 best story titles. I wrote the story best to fit the title. The hardest one, I think was The Masked Giant. This was a challenge because the title already reveals the plot. Not to mention there is not a very good plot twist that can lead into a giant wearing a mask. The reason why this book was chosen, was because of the challenge of coming up with a plot. This will show kids that no matter what a story is behind a title.

    Into the Legendary Store has been published but only as a preview edition. This gives our 3rd graders a view of the book before it's officially ready. The reason for this is that although the book is done, there is no cover illustrated for it. When will the cover be ready? Not even the Shiver and Fears artist: Cameron Dunk knowns. But what is important is that the book get done for future projects such as the book written by multiple other 3rd graders called What a Story!

This book will feature the creative minds of the rest of the 3rd graders who didn't get into the Shiver and Fears novel.

    So far The Whispering Box, The Little Neighbor, and The Whispering Monster are the only stories written for the next project What a Story! So although this book will feature a small amount of students tales, it'll also feature artwork based on the tales too. (Once again, made by 3rd grade kids)

When will these books be ready? And what kind of stories are we looking at? It's a surprise, even I don't know!

Exclusive Information on the Proud Family New Series

 I have been so excited about the Proud Family making their come-back. But one thing I have been searching for before others was a view of the the theme song. I tried mentioning it to Joyce Wrice, the singer for the theme song, but no luck. I searched the web for it, but still couldn't discover it.

Proud Family has been posting about toys, trailers and cast interviews. But one thing they seem to be keeping secret is the theme song. Must be trying to save that for February 23. Well, I might get in some trouble showing this to people, but it's something people should hear about! 

I filmed a drawing of Penny Proud that I drew with the new theme song playing. Now, I tried posting it on Youtube, but "copyrights" blocked it. But it's not fair to present clips of the show and intel on footage but hide the theme song, especially since people are all over the net talking about how they can't wait for the show.

Now, about my drawing. No, I didn't trace it. I used a drawing of Penny Proud to create a new Penny Proud drawing. If you can't tell, I gave Penny an earing. and a pair of wrapping heel shoes, with some purple lipstick. Truth be told, maybe she could do better without purple or the pigtails, but I didn't want to change Penny too much. Didn't want to take the chance!

Can't wait for The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. Because to me, the best part is the theme song!

Valentine from Shiver and Fears

 So Shiver and Fears pass out two kinds of card every year: Christmas cards:

 which feature one of our scary posts including Boo our ghost friend, Creeps our ice monster pet, or one of our monsters of the year.

A little too fearsome for Christmas I know, but it's what we use best.

Another card we send out to people is for Valentine's Day:

 This year we are sending those to staff at an elementary school. Why? Because so many of those teacher have enjoyed our company. We have given away a load of audio books, enter students in contests, and are about to have a package sent to the school for the students to all go home with a Shiver and Fears book.

For any teachers reading this, Thank you for your support!!!

At this moment now though, Shiver and Fears is supporting Valentine's Day by joining in a party for young readers today!

Afterwards, Shiver and Fears author... me is going to spend the night on the Mrs. of Shiver and Fears. That's right, if you haven't already known. Although I am not married, there is a someday- future Mrs. Shiver and Fears in my life. Interesting news huh?

Who is this mysterious person? You may be wondering, well that's for me to know and for you to figure out!

The Results are In

 The new book of Shiver and Fears is starting. Meet Carter Fuller, Aria Wilson, Mya Ivory, Cristal Lopez, Angelique Boyd, Nhayla Garcia, Jacob Huerta, and Jalynn These kids are involved in the new book Terror Tales: Into the Legendary Store. 

  Before, it was call The Creepy Store, but I think the Legendary Store is better. I mean each story hosts a legend given to each kid. Now before, I was only going to write 7 short stories. But Jalynn had to be added. Her story "The Loud Giant" was too interesting to pass.

  So how can a story with 7 stories include an 8th person? Well, for one thing; I'm the author, so what I say goes. Secondly, Jalynn story will get a pause within the book. So now and then the book will run back to the story, giving more details on the whole book.

  What's interesting about this book is it is the first book where different stories will connect as one. Kind of like the movie Shorts but only it's in order and not jumbled up.

  Now, another Shiver and Fears book did something different once where the plot split between two people within the entire book. (not to confuse it with The Beast Within the Bed) But that's because of the plot twisted needed in the book.

  Shiver and Fears doesn't do stuff like that often. However, if you go through Magical Times books they split through different characters all the time. Just because so many things are happening between the characters and needs more focus at the time than others.

Back to Shiver and Fears new book. While I work on this book and clean it up afterward, because doing this is going to be a total mess, another book will be worked on called That's a Story! It's about short stories made by 3rd graders. How many 3rd graders will write a story? I guess will have to see. Are you ready for this creative plot?

Magical Times series

The Contest has Started

 The contest is off to a great start.  About 20 3rd grade student have found their book title and have handed their entries to me. After this week I will be announcing the top 7 stories for my new book. I've looked over a few and have come up with some very haunting plots for thes storie.

This edition of Terror Tale will host 6 or 7 kids who are friends an wander themselves into a mysterious shop that they've never seen before. As they explore the store, they each find a piece of old treasure connected to a strange legend. 

Each 3rd grader will star in their story I've written. The titles each include a legend as each one will be titled: The Legend of the - - based on their initials of thei

the contest from last year

r name. I will write these 3rd graders into the story and have the story published to their school. Very exciting.

Now, it's sad to say not all these kids will be written in the new book I'm writing. But, this gives them a chance to write their own edition of the story . Although mine will be horror fiction, it'll be good to see what kind of story you can make about "The Old Alien" or "The Strange With" (Not saying those are contestants) but, by writing their own story based on their title, it gives the kids a chance to grow up knowing they've been in the spotlight.

Want to know what Shiver and Fears next book is about? Find out on social media this weekend. And prepare yourself, as we check to see this spring, what stories the students will write themselves!