Although this story is for all ages, parents are encouraged to listen to the story before letting young children listen, especially if your children are easily frightened.

It's our Halloween episode!  Today's story is "The Halloween Dare" by Billy Burgess read by Katie Massa.

Music for this episode is from http://www.davidbeardmusic.com/ and I've resurrected "Halloween is Awesome" by Hyper Nonsense.

And don't forget to order your copy of the literary magazine! http://www.yaliteraturereview.com/litmag.htm.

Vilate interviews author Stephanie Kuehnert (Ballads of Suburbia and I Wanna be your Joey Ramone).  You can find her at her website:

www.stephaniekuehnert.com

Music for this episode is The Genevieves with "Make them Weep."

Ragu and I talk about Stephanie Kuehnert's most recent release, Ballads of Suburbia.

Music on this episode is "Any Wonder" by Casey Desmond.

And be sure to check us out at www.yaliteraturereview.com as well as our blog at http://youngadultlitreviewblog.blogspot.com.

Vilate interviews Kaleb Nation, author of Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse.  You can find him at www.kalebnation.com and www.branhambric.com.  You can also find the music from the show, which is a free download at branhambric.com.  While you're there, check out previews of all the music and buy the soundtrack to go along with the book!

And check out the book review at http://youngadultlitreviewblog.blogspot.com

What happens in the last three seconds of a football game?  Listen to find out!

Story by EJ Krause, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer.

Music for this episode is 'Ice Cream Day' by Sputnik.

Please visit www.yaliteraturereview.com for information on the writer and the narrator.

Today's StoryCorner episode features a short story by Wayne Scheer.  Music by Ty Hall and the EZ3.

Wayne Scheer has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Web.  His work has appeared in a variety of publications, including The Christian Science Monitor, Notre Dame Magazine, Eclectica, The Pedestal Magazine, flashquake, Smokelong Quarterly, Pindeldyboz, and Flash Me Magazine.  Revealing Moments, a collection of twenty-four flash stories, is available as a free download at http://www.pearnoir.com/thumbscrews.htm.  Wayne lives in Atlanta with his wife and can be contacted at wvscheer@aol.com.

 --Wayne Scheer's Revealing Moments,

available as a free download at http://pearnoir.com/thumbscrews.htm

www.yaliteraturereview.com

http://youngadultlitreviewblog.blogspot.com

Episode 13!  We're finally doing The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak.  Brilliant book...  And today we have a new co-host joining us.

Featuring music from AJ and the Frozen Tundra Blues Band

and "Morning Sun" by Jenny Mayhem

Recorded at Azkatraz, the HPEF conference, in San Francisco with guest hosts Nicole and Ally!  It was really fun to record this.  We discuss Harry Potter's affect on the YA market at large.

This post is unedited - I just posted it up as is... so consider yourself warned. heh.

Be sure to check out the website for my essay on Severus Snape which was almost presented as part of a panel this past weekend.

www.yaliteraturereview.com

In which I speak with the fabulous Bruce Coville!

www.brucecoville.com

Featuring music from Ryan Schmidt: "Invisible."

http://ryanschmidtmusic.com/

My brother, Garspen, and I discuss Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville.

Featuring news by Paul Fredericks.

Also featuring music from Jason Moss.