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I've found an online magazine that seems to be produced specifically for my twisted side. It's titled Underneath the Juniper Tree and is loaded with short stories and illustrations of horror for kids. If the magazine's title seems odd, it might not so much after you've seen where it comes from.

The Halloween issue comes out soon, and I've submitted (and they've accepted) an illustration for the occasion. I'll wait to post what I've submitted after the issue is released. No spoilers!

Something I can show you is the ad I designed and bought in this issue. That's a teeny tiny version above, but you can click on it to see it biggie-size. It's a full page ad, and I hope it sucks in some new readers who otherwise might not have known about the book.

All Hallows Read

In case you didn't know about it, Neil Gaiman had an idea a couple of years ago that he called "All Hallow's Read" where, instead of (or in addition to, it doesn't really matter) giving candy at Halloween, you give a scary book instead. You can gift it, you can leave it somewhere, you can give it to a library. It doesn't really matter. All you really need to do is get people reading!

So, as in the past, I've designed a bookmark for the occasion. It's free to download and print as often as you like, and free to give away with that scary book you're going to give this Halloween. Download the hi-res pdf version on the Hairy Eyeballs Press site.

 

The font I used on the bookmark is called Canker Sore, and it was designed by John Martz.

As for scary books, may I suggest Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1? It's fun, it's scary, and it's just the thing to tuck your little ones in at night.