I remember this being one of my favorite books in the series, and the reread did not disappoint! I remember loving this story so much as a kid; in fact, it may have been the first book in the series that I read (after borrowing - and potentially stealing! - The New Girl from my best friend. Two friends are making prank phone calls to boys in their class, when one of the girl's ne'er-do-well brother catches them and decides to up the ante. He dubs himself the Phantom of Fear Street and calls...

The fourth book released in the Fear Street series keeps its mystery grounded in reality, but things still go a little crazy! I remember the Fear Street books being more of a mix of grounded mysteries with supernatural events, but as I'm starting to work my way through the series, I think that the supernatural stuff started to come later when Stine began exploring the history of Fear Street. I know that the Cheerleaders series includes so wacky spirit stuff, but so far the first four books...

A new book with ties to North Dakota, written by a queer author, and with plenty of sci-fi/horror? Yes, please! I've always said that the only thing worse than North Dakota is South Dakota, and this book by Minot-based author, Cody Blotter, hasn't done anything to change my mind. When I heard that one of my "theatrical colleagues" had written a new novel, I knew that I wanted to pick it up to support them. Lucky for me, this roller coaster of paleontological research and mythical creatures...