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!

Creeps Pays a Visit

 A lot of you have seen Creeps, Shiver and Fears mascot. We don't talk about him much, because for those of you who don't know, he's an ice monster.

He enjoys being ice-olated (dumb joke; I know) But he doesn't like to be around people. But this October he decided to pay a visit to Britton Elementary. Right now he's spending the month in Ms. Pollard's class. Why?

 Before we answer that let me tell you why you don't hear about Creeps alot. For one thing, he's an ice monster, so weather here isn't the best for him. Secondly, you don't want to poke the bear (ice monster in this case) with tasks he doesn't want to do. Lastly, he doesn't do too much. 

So that give you the question of Why is Creeps visiting an elementary school? Well, I've asked him to pay a visit to the students and give them audio books. Every school day he gives a audio ticket to good students. 

Now, I told him not to eat anyone. So Ms. Pollard is feeding him ice cubes to keep him calm. I do wonder how the students are treating him. Because if they treat him wrong, he might go balistic! Well I'm sure he'll last a while, I mean we have Fall Break So he only has 3 weeks with those kids. Not too bad!

Creeps will be leaving soon, before Halloween. I thought he'd stay longer. But I guess it's a tradition; come to school for a month and disappear back to your habitat. Where does he live? Shoot, I don't know!

"Love" Horror Fiction

Shiver and Fears are sending love to many fans in different ways. One way we are doing this is by having a giveaway. Fans are commenting "Love That Book" and are receiving audiobook codes. You can get your audiobook code by commenting "Love that book" on the blog.

We are also giving codes to the first 5 birthdays on Facebook. So far we've given over 11 codes so far.
Another way we are sending love to our fans is by having them meet Creeps. Who is Creeps? If you really don't know Creeps, you're really behind. He's our pet mascot, for the 10,000th time:

< This is Creeps!

He's Shiver and Fears mascot, we found him. He may look a little mean, but he's nice.

especially when you give him a Valentine!

This Valentine's Day we are passing out Creeps' cards to a bunch of children at a public school. Shiver and Fears actually will be making a few appearances to a lot of kids for St. Valentine's Day.

Now, you might think Shiver and Fears isn't very scary if the author is celebrating Valentine's Day because Valentine's Day isn't scary. If that's the case, you haven't read: "The Dangers of Love" a valentine favorite from Shiver and Fears <click here

Word of advice, you should wish Creeps a Happy Valentine's Day on social media, He doesn't like feeling alone for Valentine's Day and might go on a rampage if he feels left out. I mean just because he's an ice monster doesn't mean he doesn't have feelings. I mean, he does love his fans... especially for dinner!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!