Thanks to this year's medieval fair, all of the fantasy stuff sent me into super geek mode and I now own a beautiful custom ring inscribed with my own personal thoughts about the power of imagination, written in a mixture of Draconic, Viking Runes and Futhark. Hail the mighty ring of creative inspiration!

Is nothing sacred?? Scary Stories 1, 2 and 3 traumatized me for life, in great part due to the absolutely nightmarish illustrations that Gammell contributed. I STILL see those images in my head decades later; they were truly that effective. Why on earth would anyone ruin the experience for new generations of horror-seekers by replacing the driving creative force of the series with generic Disneyesque drawings? This country's determination to shelter children has become embarrassing. Either let them experience the mind numbing terror or don't let them have the books at all!

Publishers destroy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark's amazing artwork

This is awesome - just try reading the whole thing out loud. I got it all but I can see how some people look at this and think...English, what?

Gotta love how it's all about "gettin' prayer into schools" and mixing god and state...until it's not Christianity. Then suddenly, NO NO!! RELIGION'S GOT NO PLACE IN GOVERNMENT!! It's only cool if it's OUR god, not YOUR stupid god, duh.