Carie Juettner

Let’s Investigate That Strange Sound! (And Other Bad Choices During the Month of October)

October is here, and that means one thing: neck aches. Why? Because if you’re smart, you’ll constantly be looking over your shoulder. October is the month of Halloween. It is the month when spirits roam the earth, and the dead play tricks on the living, and creepy crawlies have their fun. October is also theContinue reading “Let’s Investigate That Strange Sound! (And Other Bad Choices During the Month of October)”

Book Review: The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

Title: Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave Author: Jonathan Stroud My Rating: 5 stars Rarely do I find a book or a series of books that I love as much as Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud. This weekend, I finished The Empty Grave, the fifth and final book in the series, and the feelings I have aboutContinue reading “Book Review: The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud”

Underneath

I spent the weekend grading my students’ journals, and it made me want to post this poem, which was published in Encore: Prize Poems of the NFSPS in 2015. Underneath I straightened the mirror a couple of times, so I have OCD, then got distracted by a dog, so you added ADD. I washed my handsContinue reading “Underneath”