Yeah, I am Gorey4Life, but I'm pretty sure that was the cover that got me to check my first Bellairs book out of the library.

Yeah, I actually stopped reading them around the time he died and never got to any of the Strickland collaborations or originals. The Johnny Dixon series was always my least favorite anyway, though I don't remember exactly why.

Yeah, I actually stopped reading them around the time he died and never got to any of the Strickland collaborations or originals. The Johnny Dixon series was always my least favorite anyway, though I don't remember exactly why.

The Trolley to Yesterday! A Johnny Dixon book. I think it's still in my parents' basement.

The Trolley to Yesterday! A Johnny Dixon book. I think it's still in my parents' basement.

I still maintain that Stephen Gammell's illustrations for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series are the best horror art ever. I seriously want prints of some of those.

I still maintain that Stephen Gammell's illustrations for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series are the best horror art ever. I seriously want prints of some of those.

There was a TV version of it in the '70s, apparently as part of a horror anthology. I was never able to track it down, though. (Maybe for the best?)

There was a TV version of it in the '70s, apparently as part of a horror anthology. I was never able to track it down, though. (Maybe for the best?)

Oh man, thanks for this. John Bellairs was my favorite author for several years, and I remember The House With A Clock In Its Walls as one of the best ones. (My other favorite was The Lamp From The Warlock's Tomb; I always liked the Anthony Monday series because of the Minnesota setting.)

Oh man, thanks for this. John Bellairs was my favorite author for several years, and I remember The House With A Clock In Its Walls as one of the best ones. (My other favorite was The Lamp From The Warlock's Tomb; I always liked the Anthony Monday series because of the Minnesota setting.)

Those are actually humans in their larval stage.

Those are actually humans in their larval stage.

I'm both disappointed and relieved that this apparently turns out to have nothing to do with little people.

I'm both disappointed and relieved that this apparently turns out to have nothing to do with little people.

AAAAAAAA

Now, now, we shouldn't quarrel.

Now, now, we shouldn't quarrel.

There was a time, once, when songs would actually tell you who she was and why she was banging.

There was a time, once, when songs would actually tell you who she was and why she was banging.