the dread crew meme: stories that stick

Roald Dahl made an impression on me as a kid. His books were so compellingly black, so unafraid of weirdness and twistedness, I wondered about the mind that made them up. The good kind of wonder. If I’d ever met him, I would have found something to hide behind. And he would have waggled his eyebrows at me. He would have moved elsewhere in the room. And I would have moved from behind a large plant to behind the buffet to behind the fat man with the tuba in order to be close to him in case he waggled his eyebrows at me again.

Starting today at my other blog, share the stories and characters that have moved you.

On Halloween night, I'll randomly choose five participants to receive their own signed copy of The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods a few days before it hits stores. Go check out the questions. My answer to the first one?

James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series for naughty backrubs, Phillip Pullman’s subtle knife for passage into alternate worlds and Willy Wonka’s glass elevator for transportation. As long as I can get it customized to accommodate a heart-shaped jacuzzi and a mirrored ceiling.

C'mon. Play along.