Holiday

[close] Post recommendations for Christmas Books, new and old. It can be your favorite, one you've just read, one you wrote. As long as it's a Christmas book or a sequel to a Christmas book you can post it here; links, comments, ratings.

[close] A place where you can ask questions about Lisa Crane, her books, her blog and just about anything else you can think of to ask.

[close] Welcome to the 2015 Halloween Challenge! The goal is to complete as many of the following challenges as possible during the month of October. Feel free to go in order, skip around, and/or substitute any other spooky stories for those you've already read. Books in quotes are what we, the moderators, will be reading - you're welcome to read along with us or choose another book, graphic novel, short story, etc. that applies! 1. Dracula - Bram Stoker 2. Frankenstein -Mary Shelley 3. A short Story by Edgar Allan Poe (The Fall of the House of Usher) 4. A ghost story (The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis) 5. A book by Stephen King (The Shining) 6. A book with supernatural creatures (Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice) 7. A Classic Horror Tale (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving) 8. A Neil Gaiman book (The Graveyard Book) 9. A Mystery (Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson) 10. A work of Gothic Fiction (The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux) 11. A story by HP Lovecraft (The Tomb) 12. A story with "Halloween" in the title (The Halloween Tree - Ray Bradbury) 13. A book with Black and/or orange on the cover (Woman in Black - Susan Hill)

[close] What are your favorite fictional holidays? These can be holidays an author or movie-maker (or TV show) made up, or the fictional treatment of a real holiday (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, anyone?)