#point horror

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Had a great time this weekend rediscovering the 90s teen horror fiction of LJ Smith! My only prior experience was reading - I'm semi sure at a holiday camp library - one of the The Forbidden Game books and I feel like that became supremely influential on my own juvenalia and the beginnings of my writing ideas.

I haven't found that one again yet, but I've been reading another series starting with The Strange Power and it's delightfully 90s. I wish I'd read this one as a kid because I think it's slightly more age-appropriate (I vividly still remember in the one I read as a kid there's a blood sacrifice scene where a character I think bites herself to bleeding in order to provide the sacrifice) and exciting in how it's written too. Not unlike a proto-Runaways.

It's also very diverse for its time! That said, I think Gen Z (-led) discourse is guilty of making the 90s sound like the distant past and far more conservative than it actually was. Here, the main character is a white girl, but of her companions, one is Native (and treated without any heavy stereotyping or microaggressions that I picked up), another is East Asian, another is from the foster care system, and the fifth has a learning disability. Later on a character with punk style and a character who uses a wheelchair are introduced as well.

I'm getting these from the library and archive.org which is a great resource for a lot of children's and teen fiction you might not want to buy if you're just using it for research or reference! (Although I'm enjoying this on its own merit! It is I think perhaps unintentionally very funny at points)

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Hussein Al-alak's Halloween monster mash

Here's hoping you all had a Happy Halloween, where among the highlights; I was the guest spooker on Manchester's Radio Offbeat, had the pleasure of watching An Inspector Calls and spent Halloween night in a haunted house.

Whilst doing the monster mash live on air, it was a delight to also talk about books like Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula, along with the legendary 90's teen classic Point Horror series.

Away from the talk of glowing pumpkins, we also shed light on the fabulous work of the AMAR International Charitable Foundation, Wood Street Mission and Iraqi Children Foundation (ICF), and gave a shoutout to our friends at the Tales From Point Horror book club.

Overall, it has been a spooktacular few days and with Christmas coming up, there are going to be plenty of treats to get involved in and these may see us through until the next Halloween.

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ReikoMizutani Fanfic Master List

A Master List of all fanfics publicly available written by me, ReikoMizutani

Archive Of Our Own: Total Works- 12

Song Of The Sea: Inspired by Part of Your World by Isabeau

A dark Little Mermaid fic where Ariel is locked up in a bedlam house

Turn It Down: An Encanto one-shot inspired by the fan song Turn It Down by OR3O.

Tres Oruguitas: The longest story I've ever written. An Encanto fic in which Bruno runs off with Mirabel and Dolores on the night of the failed ceremony, and after receiving help from a friendly villager, they receive another miracle. Spans the course of ten years. Complete at 49 Chapters

Tres Oruguitas: Past, Present and Future: A series of oneshots taking place before, during and after the main Tres Oruguitas storyline.

If You Would Listen: An Encanto fic where instead of telling everyone about the cracks, Mirabel storms out after an argument with Isabela. Thus, there's no longer a rush to save Casita, and the story changes slightly.

Whatever It Takes: A Encanto darkfic where Julieta snaps two years after Mirabel's ceremony, sick of the treatment the family receives from the village and Alma. There's murder and torture and revenge!

The Butterfly Witch: An Encanto fic where on the night of Antonio's ceremony, Mirabel plans to run away and try to survive in the rainforest. She meets a witch who has history with her family, and the mysterious woman offers to teach her about magic.

Bad Miracle: Inspired by Her Baby by Anonymous. An Encanto darkfic where after resurrecting Mirabel from the dead, the young girl starts to develop a craving for flesh and blood.

Metamorphosis: A sadfic where Mirabel commits su*c*de and instead of letting her die, Pedro gives the family another miracle, returning Mirabel to eight months of age and making it clear that the family needs to raise her right this time

Be Brave, Tally: An Uglies what-if fic where Tally climbs the Valentino Mansion transmission tower with Shay instead of Zane. Because SHALLY FOREVER

Fanfiction.net: Total Works- 3

The Accident-Alternate Ending: An alternate ending to the novel 'The Accident' by Diane Hoh

Understanding: An Uglies fanfic where Tally and Shay reconcile shortly after their bonfire argument. Born of my frustration with the Zane/Tally/Shay/David love square because I've shipped Shay and Tally together since day 1

Tattoo Re-Inked: A slightly darker retelling of the novel 'Tattoo' by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. The slowest to update of all my fanfics and likely to undergo a slight rewrite

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Eve Bunting's The Ghosts Of Departure Point (1982)