All writers receive their fair share of rejection letters. Most are fairly impersonal, cold and distant. Even talented and famous writers like horror legend Stephen King get them. But recently, a heartfelt rejection letter has emerged, sent to King by a ‘sensitive and wise publisher at Doubleday’. A rejection letter to Stephen King from a sensitive and wise publisher at Doubleday. pic.twitter.com/4cipTdfDd1 — Laraine Newman (@larainenewman) September 26, 2018 So, it may take a genius like King to illicit such a heartfelt response from an editor, at least we know that even the greats like King get rejected, and …
For those of us who begin to celebrate Halloween starting October 1st, we are always looking for a way to show our appreciation for the scary yet wonderful holiday. Whether it’s carving faces into pumpkins, hanging spider webs or dressing up and dancing around our cauldrons, we love to celebrate it in any way we can. To celebrate the thirty-one days of Halloween, there are few books you can pick up that will surely quicken your pulse, make you sweat and make your hair stand on end. Here’s the Top 7 books on horror/thriller novels you can pick up now are: …
In celebration of National Comic Book Day, we are diving back into the world of Stranger Things. This is the sci-fi horror Netflix series that features a group of friends who will stop at nothing to save their friend from an alternate dimension full of terrifying creatures. Sadly, Season 2 has concluded and it seems like it’ll be eons before we get Season 3. However, in the meantime, comic book writer Jody Houser and artist Stefano Martino and Keith Champagne are bringing the popular show to the graphic novel platform. Image Via Amazon, Comic Book, Digital Spy and …
Slithering, conniving, and downright terrifying: this is how any Potterhead would describe Nagini, Voldemort’s serpent sidekick. One of the most loyal and trustworthy followers of Lord Voldemort’s entourage, Nagini was not only Voldemort’s right-hand snake and faithful companion, but she was also one of his seven Horcruxes. From the very first teaser photo for the second Fantastic Beasts movie, The Crimes of Grindlewald, fans have speculated that there were more major twists to come! The final, full-length trailer has finally revealed Nagini’s history. Listen closely or you’ll miss her name whispered among the gawking and gasping spectators as the Human Maledictus …
Blackmail, murder, and mystery can all be found within a brand new crime novel release. Lethal White (A Cormoran Strike Novel) is the fourth volume of the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith, the pseudonym of the Harry Potter series author– J.K. Rowling. Continuing right from the last volume, we are immediately wrapped up in the deep yet complicated relationship of Strike and Robin. When a young man named Billy approaches them with a possible murder, the clues lead them into the backstreets of London where they face old demons, violence, and threats. Strike begins to struggle with his …
