There’s probably a lot that could be said about the average movie or horror book monster that hasn’t been said before. I myself haven’t been big on writing horror until fairly recently–I primarily read horror. Since devouring the entire Stephen King bibliography in high school I’ve found that most of …
The Beauty (and danger) of the Outdoors! I often go to my family’s cabins in the Rocky Mountains during the summer–unplugging from the Internet and enjoying nature inspires my writing. Respecting nature, however, is something to always keep in mind, for people walk into the wild, ready to take …
TWIST Book Review We here at the Just-Us League love our urban paranormal stories and supporting Indie writers, so The Faceless series by Australian author Rikkaine Thompson is a perfect match. Twist is the second book in The Faceless series, a YA urban fantasy series about an aspiring animation student …
An Abundance of Candy! Beneath the Sugar Sky is the third novella in the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire. For those new to this series, Every Heart a Doorway, the first book and Hugo/Nebula Award-winning novella, features a boarding school for children who have fallen into magical …
Oathbringer Review The Stormlight Archive is intimidating to new readers of the fantasy genre. At a whopping 1,248 pages, Oathbringer is the third installment in Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy epic series The Stormlight Archive. Published in November 2017, Oathbringer follows the newly-founded Knights Radiant as they prepare their world for the …
Many of our members come from all over the world, and all sorts of local lore influence their writing and ignite the imagination. We asked JL Writers to submit their top creepy creature in celebration of the Halloween season. Read on to see a spooky selection of mythological monsters and …
Misery: Stephen King Reread What better horror story for a group of writers than that of Paul Sheldon’s, a romance writer held captive by his number one fan? Misery came to me as my first Stephen King novel right at the beginning of high school. It’s one of …
