#paranormal YA

[jolenes-book-journey]

CL Roman Clay County Florida Author

Interview Questions What’s your favorite and least favorite part of publishing? My favorite part is plotting the stories and then bringing them to life. There is so much scope and joy in the writing process for me. My least favorite part is marketing, but without it, the books don’t get discovered, so I do my best. How important was professional editing to your book’s development? A professional…

[wistfullyidle]

still can’t believe my debut novel is finally out

[marshmyers]

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen. 

That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right. 

Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here — it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up. 

https://bookshop.org/a/95413/9781250135025

[desdasiwrites]

– Victoria Fulton & Faith McClaren, Horror Hotel

[stardustandrockets]

What are you starting the month reading?

I'm #CurrentlyReading an advanced copy of The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore. It's a dark academia ghost book perfect for fans of The Whispering Dark, The Dead Romantics, Cemetery Boys, and Julie and the Phantoms. I am absolutely loving it and can't wait til my physical copy arrives!

I have also joined the world of kindle readers. I'd been reading more ebooks lately since joining the reading team for Rainbow Crate and figured the bigger screen would help with my eye strain/fatigue. Sticker makers are tagged.

[flaviathebibliophile]

The Deck of Omens by C.L. Herman (Review)

Title: The Deck of Omens Author: Christine Lynn Herman Type: Fiction Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Horror Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Date published: April 21, 2020 A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The teenagers of Four Paths must save their home. Though the Beast is seemingly subdued for now, a new threat looms in…

[belle-keys]

Exhibit A: here

Exhibit B: here

[ekbelsher]

Nev and Cal from THE LIES OF ALMA BLACKWELL by Amanda Glaze, (coming 27 August 2024) 🖤🖤

[collagedotorg]

Lockwood and co pls

RIP Lockwood & Co Netflix you will always be famous

Lockwood & Co

[karouvas]

I can understand someone not liking Gansey that much but I Can Not imagine calling him boring. Sir that’s President Freak of Clowntown right there…

[studiolemonboy]

Mutants of Cherry Creek (pt 2)

Some MORE mutated critters from my YA lovecraftian horror comic set in 90s New England.

Mutagenic ooze is seeping into the town of Cherry Creek and mutating normal New England wildlife into terrifying monsters. The Cherry Creek Middle School Paranormal Investigation Club sets out to discover, catalogue, and tame all of the mutated cryptids and hopefully find the source of the toxic ooze before it permanently infects everything (and everyone) in town.

Northern Short Tailed Shrew — one of only a few venomous mammals

Brown and Black Bears - walk on two legs, climb trees, intelligent

Eastern Crayfish - present in the fossil record for at least 300 million years Eastern

Moose - huge but stealthy

Eastern Newt (Red Eft) — can secrete a strong smelling chemical from glands in its skin

At first, the animals just seem weird, strange, a little “off”. Over time, exposure to the ooze causes these creatures to get bigger, meaner, and much more dangerous. (all the beginning stage creatures shown here are newly mutated, their final stages are after only a few weeks of exposure)

I also love folklore and cryptids and I really love the idea of this club of dorky middle school cryptid hunters assigning names like “bigfoot”, “mothman”, and “hodag” to these monsters so can try and contextualize something they don’t really understand. Soon the club realizes these aren’t fun isolated critters but symptoms much larger impending ecological disaster!

I picture it like pokemon evolution, going from a cute water turtle to a kaiju which is a lot for a ten year old to handle.

Which is your favorite? What cryptid would you wanna see? What animal should I “Cryptify” next? lmk what you think!

[paintingdragonfeathers]

YOOOOO—CryptoZoo’s spawning book clubs! :D So happy to hear people are enjoying the story and characters. You can find paperback and ebooks wherever you book shop.

#booktok #ya #youngadult #paranormal #cryptid #cryptids #cryptozoology #cryptozoo #cryptozoobook #chupacabra #jerseydevil #sasquatch #bigfoot #funny #humor #paintindragonfeathers #indiewriter #indiepublishing

[paper-cities]

Do you think it hurts? When they file your halo?

[vendriin]

Poltergeist (1982)

[desdasiwrites]

– Jenna Levine, My Roommate Is a Vampire

[ya-world-challenge]

Fantasy Series by European Authors

The Mirror Visitor Series by Christelle Dabos

Magical floating arks, court politics and arranged marriages

The Reckless Series by Cornelia Funke

Mirror portals, curses, and shape-shifting foxes

The Engelsfors Trilogy by Sara B. Elfgren & Mats Strandberg

Teen witches, ancient demons, and the end of the world

The Raven Rings Trilogy by Siri Pettersen

Norse myths, an outcast heroine, and... tails?

The Arcadia Trilogy by Kai Meyer

Mafia romance, shapeshifters, and Greek mythology

The Watch Series by Sergei Lukyanenko

Paranormal people, magic organizations, and Dark vs Light

The Gifts Series by Caroline O'Donoghue

Tarot cards, psychic cults, and queer rights

Lockwood & Co. Series by Jonathan Stroud

Ghosts, paranormal detectives, and British humour

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(*some series are longer but I limited the images to 3 books)

(*All YA except the Watch series but I wanted diversity in location)