The Sparrow's Nest

Yesterday, my story "The Secret Locket" came in the mail! See, isn't it so pretty? Just in time for Valentine's Day. All the proceeds go to the American Heart Association. You can buy this book  here . This is my first romance story, with nothing freaky attached. It came about because one night, my mom and I were joking around about people with crushes, and what if this happened, but it was really this way. I can't say the joke, because it would give away the whole story. As for the song Thomas was listening to, I heard that from a person who swore me to silence. Here it is!

I've been running into some seriously weird stuff, so here they are. We can be weirded out, or amazed, together. 1. The Aztecs used to turn their babies into jerky, and then live off of them when they crossed deserts. 2. Seven people fainted in France when "Eyes Without A Face" debuted in theaters in 1960. 3. Micheal Meyer's mask was inspired by the mask in "Eyes Without A Face." 4. When Giotto painted, he used egg yolk to make gold paint. 5. In one of the versions of Sleeping Beauty, there were vampires. 6. There is a version of Cinderella in almost every country. 7. Victor Hugo's "The Man Who Laughs" inspired DC's Joker. 8. Danvers State Hospital, also known as The Danvers Lunatic Asylum, inspired H.P. Lovecraft's "The Thing On the Doorstep," which in turn inspired Arkham Asylum in the Batman universe. 9. The tattoo across John Wick's back is Latin: "Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat," meaning Fort...

"The Cowboy Cabin" started out nothing like what it is today, and it even had a different title. It went from a ghost story to a monster story, and from there, it went from a haunted house to a cowboy cabin. I went to a cornfield to receive inspiration for a Bigfoot story, and ended up with a scarecrow. The scarecrow did many things before it did what it does in "The Cowboy Cabin." The ending was different, too. In fact, I rehashed the ending so many times that if I told you all of them, this post would take at least an hour to read. And that sucks, so I'm not gonna say. I'm just gonna say that James ended up very differently. If you really want to know, ask me on twitter. My handle is @SparrowCove. Anyway, "The Cowboy Cabin" is connected to "Toni's Land " and "The Hairy Man." I was so thrilled when "The Cowboy Cabin" was accepted, that meant my trilogy was completed!