Check out my paranormal YA titles, perfect reading for this Halloween season.

From The X-Files to Harry Potter, here's the best of the decade.

Hooray! The  internet comes to the rescue in my long search to find a children's book I loved... then forgot about.

The River Years is the true story of how one family’s fantasy of escaping modern society crashed headlong into the realities of the Atomic Age along the muddy banks of an unrelenting river

When T.J.'s house catches fire, it's a tragedy not only for the his family but for Quinton as well.  This "mini read" is taken from My Summer (Under a Crescent Moon), Chapter 12: Ashes.

Encino Man was not a particularly noteworthy movie — but it was part of a tradition of depicting teenagers as monsters, aliens and weird outsiders. 

In celebration of Pride Month 2022, I'm offering up these recommendations for LGBTQAI+ movies that feature and uplift young people.

During its twelve years on the air, the characters on The Big Bang Theory went through many changes. But one character seemed to have a single purpose — Stuart Bloom as the perpetual loser. 

​I had pretty much given up on sports novels — until I found sports graphic novels. Here's how the combination of art and a good story let me find a whole new genre to read. 

Last year presented me with a brand new challenge: editing a memoir written by another author. Here's what I learned from the experience, and some tips for those doing the same.

Before Star Wars was a cultural icon, a 10-year-old fanboy named Marsh Myers had to cling to some photographic crumbs and hope that there would be more to come from a galaxy far, far away...

As soon as I began renovating my house, I began finding old coins in the walls, behind baseboards or wedged in doorjambs. Was this coincidental... or something much older and stranger?

Decades after I last played, I ventured back into the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Here's why I fell in love with RPGs.

For thousands, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a masterpiece of absurdist humor. So why do some people fail to see the humor or even hate it for the attempt?