“This is completely relevant to Bob’s interests.After all, what pirate isn’t interested in the lore of sea monsters?And what pirate doesn’t secretly want an excuse to read Jane Austen?Perfect!”
We don’t know if you already saw this on Flickr or Facebook, but we’re so proud of it, we want to show you again:
Our good friends at Hardie Grant in Australia made their very own Sea Monsters and Zombies T-shirts! See other pics of the shirts in action on our photostream.
We asked our Facebook fans to send in their T-shirt ideas for Sea Monsters. Read their entries…here and here.
Quirktober
October is our favorite month, and Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. Help Irreference.com celebrate Quirktober: a month-long Fest of all things spooky, creepy, adorable, and sugar-coated.
Because it always tastes better when it’s free, we are running frequent giveaways of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, as well as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Deluxe Heirloom Edition, so check Irreference.com daily.
To find out more about the crocheted Quirktober Reaper, scroll down just a bit...
Here are just a few of the features from Quirktober, already in progress:
Death, Personified and Crocheted What could be creepy-cuter than a crocheted harbinger of death? Not much. All through Quirktober, we’ll be posting from Creepy Cute Crochet with patterns and adorable images of little monsters like zombies, vampires, and robots.
Get the pattern for this cute little reaper here. And please—don’t fear him.
Quizzing Your Horror Movie Survival Skills
From one of the geniuses who brought us Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith, we bring you a Facebook quiz based on his enlightening guide, How to Survive a Horror Movie.
Will you be the last person standing, or will you be first in the body count?
History: Candy corn was invented in the 1880s by George Renninger of the now defunct Wunderlee Candy Company. It was handmade from sugar syrup, fondant, and marshmallows. The manufacturing was taken over in 1900 by the Goelitz Candy Company, today known as the Jelly Belly Candy Company.
In the US, October 30 is National Candy Corn Day. For the recipe, serving info and helpful tips, click here.
CSI: Interactive Mystery
And now, on to the other hallmark of Halloween besides sugary treats: blood-splattered crime scenes! Who doesn’t love an old-fashioned, gory whodunit? CSI: Interactive Mystery is not designed with the faint of heart in mind.
To read a sample of the first chapter and get a taste of an interactive mystery, click here.Be prepared to get drawn in. That’s where they always get you— when they find the body, right before the first commercial.
New on Irreference TV: Signing Their Lives Away Book Trailer The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence. This newest book trailer in the Quirk Books YouTube portfolio strikes a perfect balance of hilarious, patriotic, and spooky. We bet that's the first and last time you'll see those three words together in a sentence.
Calling all Indie Bookstores!!
Just a reminder to our friends at Indie Bookstores everywhere: the Quirk Classics Monster Mash-Up Display Contest ends November 1.
To enter, send in pics of your zombified & sea monster-fied storefronts (with Quirk Classics displayed prominently!) to: Quirkclassicsdisplay@gmail.com
Did we mention there's $500 and 10 signed copies of Sea Monsters at stake?
Happy Halloween, everyone! And remember: Wait at least 30 minutes after eating Swedish Fish before you eat a Fun-Size Mr. Goodbar.
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