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Happy Birthday Jenna Lehne!

Jenna is not only a PitchWars mentor, she's a writer, spooky aficionado, and a fun person who gives a lot to other people. Today, we're celebrating her birthday in style with a little haunted house party. We've invited all the ghosts and ghouls, so get ready! That's right. Grab a skull goblet and a few finger appetizers, and let's start to party it up! Jenna, my sweet friend, I hope that this year around the sun is the best yet! You deserve all wonderful things and I see happiness, words, and lots of coffee in your future. I'm so glad that we're friends and[...]

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Happy Birthday Amy Giuffrida!

You know her as the amazing publishing professional, teaching, mother of the year, awesome horror writer, and all around badass. We know her today, as BIRTHDAY QUEEN! Amy, we're not cutting any corners, so get ready for a badass birthday party! Grab a stake and let's go hunt some vampires.   Hey Amy, I think you're so amazing and I'm lucky to be your friend. I love how helpful, brilliant, kind, and awesome you are and I hope we're friends until we die--and that we haunt people together event after that. I hope your birthday is just as special as you a[...]

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Happy Birthday Jolene!

In case you didn’t realize, today is a VERY important day for everyone in The Midnight Society - it’s the birthday of our wondrously fearless leader, Jolene Haley! Jolene, you are the sparkling unicorn every dreamer searches for. You are funny, talented, smart, and supportive of everyone around you! Without your spark, The fire at The Midnight Society would have never gone alight, and with you in our lives, it will never go out. So on this day, we celebrate you, and how lucky we are to have you in our lives! Since you are usually the bartender for ou[...]

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Happy Birthday author ? Mary Rajotte ?!

Happy Birthday Mary Rajotte! Our fearless spooky author friend Mary was born today. You can find her drinking iced coffee from a skull, being a rockstar and a walking database for horror knowledge. She's also wonderful and sunny, and inspires all of us daily. Michael and the Midnight team are celebrating today! Did anyone call for a pizza?   Mary, to kick off your birthday I, of course, made a cocktail for all of us. It's actually a Fantastic Beasts Halloween cocktail that changes colors. Check out the recipe here. Mary, your creativity inspires[...]

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Happy Birthday ? Brian LeTendre ?!

Today is a special day. Why? Because Brian LeTendre was born today! Thank goodness! You know him as an 80's hair metal aficionado, master podcaster, incredible author, and all around good guy. How are we celebrating? With a good, ole monster party! That's how!   To kick off your big day, I'm making cocktails! I found this one called Pool Party Massacre (perfect for a deadly summer) at CakeWolf's horror blog. You can find it here. I'm also bringing a few of our special friends as a surprise. Hope you're ready to see your special friends![...]

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New Years Celebration: Happy Birthday Kathy!

Today is a special day. Why? Our whovian friend Kathy was born today and you know what that means? Party time! Kathy is an author (you can buy her book Twilight Madhouse 4), whovian, trekkie, and potterhead. You can find her here on Twitter, where you can often find her watching movies and tweeting about it. Send her a happy birthday message!   Let's get this party started!   To get this party started, we're going to need lots and lots of snacks! We'll also be needing some delicious cocktails to get the party started! I found this cute tard[...]

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A Very Merry Unbirthday Faith!

It's time to celebrate and today we're celebrating Faith! Do you know Faith? She is one of our longest-standing members, an author, Twitter lover, and co-writer of the Bound by Faerie series. She's also a master of marketing and strategic planning and a wanderlust traveler. In fact, you can keep up with her international travels on Instagram at WanderingWordCreator. Merry Unbirthday to you Faith! To get this party started, we're going to need some drinks! How about a Rotten Pumpkin Cocktail drink to start?! Drinking anything by jack-o-lantern light sounds awes[...]

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Website Revamp: New Midnight Society Website

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call the new website revamp complete! We were gone for a bit and like lots of things in Pet Sematary, we're back! Mary and I have spent lots and lots of time revamping our webpage and making it stronger than ever. Thank you Mary, I couldn't have done it without you! With this we have a brand new look, feel, and an optimized user experience. I hope you take some time to explore, as you would with any haunted house you visit.   SO WHAT'S NEW So glad you asked. Lots of things! Here are a few of my favori[...]

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Very Merry Unbirthday Vicki ( @leavesandcobwebs) – Part Five

As we wind down Vicki's unbirthday today, we can't help but feel so happy to celebrate Vicki every day! If you missed it, check out part one here, part two here, part three,, and part four here! Happy happy Unbirthday Vicki!   Vicki!! I feel so lucky to know you. You a such a kind-hearted, supportive friend, and one of the most talented writers I have ever known. Your work inspires me to dig deeper in my on writing, because everything you write is so rich with emotion and personality. Also, biology is cool. Happy birthday! Brian   Also,[...]

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Very Merry Unbirthday Vicki – Part Four

Today is Victoria Nations very, merry unbirthday! We're celebrating here all day and you can check out part one here, part two here, and part three here. Happy Happy Unbirthday Vicki! Vicki!!! We are SO sisters-from-another-mister. I know if we'd grown up near one another we would totally have rocked out on the dance floor to some good old goth rock. We would have been the envy of all our friends with our stylin' wardrobes. And indulged in our love of things that linger in damp and darkness. Vicki, I'm so happy you joined The Midnight Society. You[...]