Fear Street Friday-- We Will Go Down With These Ships

Happy Valentine's Day(ish) Fear Street fans!!

We're not the most romance-centric bunch that you'd ever meet, but in honor of the holiday we decided to share with you our ultimate ships (romantic relationships we like) and OTPs (One True Pairs).  We broke it down into Fear Street (which was super hard because these Shadyside High relationships are NOT good) AND our other favorite ships from TV/Movies/Books.

(PS- Click on the book covers for more info about them)

AND if your Valentine's Day didn't rock-- we've got you covered with THESE break-up songs to rock-out to!!

Fear Street Ships

Dawn/Leather Jacket - Prom Queen

• Dawn and that Leather Jacket have been through a lot together. She saved it from a life of the unfashionable and it saved her from a knife.  Plus, in true Fear Street mode, she stole if from her "friend".

Angelica/Simon - The Burning

• Dark powers, evil schemes and more money than they know what to do with. Angelica and Simon were meant to be together. They're two peas in a homicidal pod, except Angelica's better with magic. They should have stayed in New Orleans and continued to force their will on the rest of the high society fodder. 

Other Ships

Joey/Pacey - Dawson's Creek

• The OTP to beat all OTPs. Pacey is still the perfect guy and around him Joey becomes much more bearable. I've been a Pacey/Joey 'shipper since that episode in season 1 where they have to do the horny frog science project together. So romantic. 

Faith/Wesley - Angel the Series

• This 'ship comes with caveats. I only 'ship Faith/Wesley season 3 of Angel and beyond; after Faith and Wesley have both hit rock bottom and are starting to figure out how to make up for the shit they've pulled. They're both angsty and contrite and perfect for each other. 

Chuck/Blair - Gossip Girl

• This one is simple. They're both too smart and too classy for everyone else in NYC. The only good parts of Gossip Girl were Chuck and Blair scheming together. I love scheming Chuck and Blair!

Fear Street Ships

Della & Pete- The Overnight OTP

• These 2 are totally endgame-- I mean it's the least dysfunctional relationship in Shadyside that we've seen so far!

Cory- The New Girl & Lea- The Secret Bedroom

• I'm shipping these 2 because they're both stalkers and probably belong together?  Lea may not have been as straight up stupid as Corey, but she sure was as dense.  Girl was always showing up places thinking she was going to get with Don-- NEWS FLASH, he's just not that into you!!  With that kind of commitment to a non-real romance, I think she's perfect for Corey.

Other Ships

Joey and Pacey- Dawson's Creek OTP

• Is there a fictional character better than Pacey Witter??  When there is a love triangle, I'm usually on the wrong side of it-- so when this actually happened?!?!?!?  Well, let's just say the series finale is one of my most watched episodes of any show ever (that and, of course, the K-Mart lock-in episode).

Movie Katniss & Peeta- The Hunger Games

• Book Katniss and Peeta did not do it for me.  In the book, Katniss is SO understandably messed-up and emotionally closed off.  In the movie, Katniss fucking LOVES Peeta and it is NOT an act for the capitol.  I felt that love.

Dylan & Brenda- Beverly Hills 90210

• Brenda and Dylan forever.  If you shipped Dylan & Kelly or Dylan & whoever else on this show, you were wrong and I will fight you over it :)

Cinder & Thorne- The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer

• If you read the Lunar Chronicles series, you know that Cinder is meant to be with Kai and Thorne is meant to be with Cress.  And to that I say: NO!!  Cress is SO annoying and definitely not socially ready to be in a relationship.  And Cinder had so much more chemistry with Thorne than she did with Kai.  I knew it wasn't going to happen, but in my head it did!!

Fear Street Ship

Corky and Ricky- The New Year's Party

• I know you both hate me for this but I seriously do ship them, not even joking.  One thing you will notice in a lot of my ships is that I like when they play with the trope and the girl is the heroic one and I feel like these two fall into that. Plus I like the idea that they met in a Fear Street support group where they were like "BITCH, I GOT FUCKED UP IN TWO BOOKS!"

Other Ships

Veronica and Logan in Veronica Mars

• This is another example of the female being the hero. But also, their love story is epic spanning years and continents, ruined lives and bloodshed, because they don't write songs about the ones that are easy.

Leslie Knope & Ben Wyatt- Parks and Recreation

• I identify hardcore with these two, like I am a weird combination of Leslie and Ben. So them getting together felt like validation. Plus they are just so damn cute.

Kaz & Inej- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

• In terms of most romances, I like a slowburn. And this relationship is quite the slowburn. These two had me wanting them to get together for so long that even them holding hands felt like the sweetest and most romantic thing.

Katniss and Peeta- The Hunger Games

• I'm adding this one to the list because because there was so much discussion of Team Peeta or Team Gale and this was a time where it was so rare for me to ship a couple that is actually endgame. I've blocked out all my ships that never sailed but this one I remember.

Ronan & Adam- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Steifvater

• This one is fresh in my mind because the title and cover for the new Ronan book was just released. But I was not initially a shipper of these two but then when I saw the subtle clues of their feelings I was in it hardcore. So much so that I even fell down a fan art rabbit hole.

Talk to us!!  What are your OTPs??  Do you have any non-canon ships??  Are you a Pacey/Joey, Dylan/Brenda person?? (Hahahah, what am I saying, of course you are!!).

Broken Hearts Playlist

• Happy Fear Street Friday!!  The 3 of us may not be the most **swoon** romantic types of gals, but that doesn't mean we're like Josie McClain-- heart of stone anyone??  We've had our share of heartbreak, and what do you do when your heart is broken?  Listen to epic break-up music of course!!
• Here is a playlist we put together to celebrate our book for February: Broken Hearts (Superchiller #4).  Maybe Luke and Jerry Jenkman should have had a mixed tape of these songs and they would've been more chill...

Fear Street Playlist-- Broken Hearts
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Fear Street Final Girls

In honor of Women in Horror Month, us girls at WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID ON FEAR STREET are going to be doing some womenly horror posts-- starting with our favorite FINAL GIRLS on Fear Street (so far).

Not everyone makes it off Fear Street alive. For those that do they find themselves in the most exclusive club. These women are wiser, stronger and more traumatized than any of us, but which ones are the best? Which do we look up to as true Final Girls?

1. Nikki Meyer from The Halloween Party

• Nikki was the only one to keep calm during Justine’s terrifying remake of the car crash her parents died in, mostly because she couldn't actually hear any of the terrible noises. Still, it’s Nikki who first suspects something weird is going on, Nikki who investigates and begins to put together the clues, and Nikki who gets them the majority of the guests out of the murder party alive. She’s smart, cool in a crisis, and has some sort of magic eyesight that let’s her lip-read through walls. She’s definitely on my “survive a night in Fear Mansion” team.

2. Reva Dalby from Silent Night

• Reva’s terrible. She’s mean and bitchy and selfish, but she’s also not a pushover. She’s smart and honestly, I’d rather have her with me than against me. Don’t mess with a mean girl. She will end you.

3. Cara Burroughs from Missing

• When Cara’s parents go missing she doesn’t lose her cool. She teams up with her brother to find them and save the day. Cara must have read a lot of Nancy Drew growing up and it paid off. She is determined to solve the mystery, save the day and reign in her brother all without breaking a sweat. Oh, and she doesn’t take any of your gaslighting BS. You’re lying and she knows it.

1. Corky Corcoran from Cheerleaders: The First Evil

• Obviously, I had to go with Corky. She is probably the most final girl of all the characters in this series that I have met. Not only is making sure she’s trying solve the mystery but she also has to deal with the loss of her sister. And she kicks some serious Ancient Evil ass in the first of what I assume is many dirt tornados.

2. Dawn Rodgers from The Prom Queen and Bad Dreams

• We joke about Dawn being in all the clubs and not really having any boyfriends but she’s freaking resilient. Not only did she survive one attempted murder, but multiple attempts.She survived being pushed down the stairs in Bad Dreams and in The Prom Queen they tried to kill her like five times. Plus for one of them, she only survived because she stole a leather jacket. Much respect for that.

3. Lisa Blume from The New Girl and like all the books

• Lisa was like the only character I liked in The New Girl. She was the only one who had her head on straight. Plus she totally got the brunt of the shit in that book. There were dead cats in her locker and she got pushed down the stairs. But she came out of it (relatively) unscathed and was even elected student council president at one point. Her only issue is that she’s still dating Cory. I hope he becomes a villain in a later book and she has to cut him loose.

1. Lizzie McVay- The Prom Queen

• She didn't fall for Justin Stiles crap, and remember when that creepy guy Lucas tried to mess with her??  She rolled the window up on his fingers and kicked his ass out of her car.  She also gave a hell of a fight at the end of Prom Queen, and held the murderer down until the cops arrived.

2. Della O’Connor- The Overnight

• When dude tried to attack her, she pushed him down a ravine.  Sure, she made some bad decisions after that, but in the end she did NOT need Gary or Pete to save her, she saved herself... oh and she'll shoot you in the face with a ZAP gun with zero fucks given.

3. Kimmy Bass-- Cheerleaders Trilogy

• I don’t like her, okay??  But she survives a lot of ancient evil shizzzzzz.  Including…. Well, I don’t want to spoil books 2 & 3 for Cassi, but she fucking GETS it in those books.

Who are your fave Final Girls in Shadyside??

Summer Jobs: Best and Worst

Happy #FearStreetFriday podcast friends!!  In honor of our latest episode, THE DEAD LIFEGUARD, we're talking about summer jobs.  In high school and college, we've all had jobs for the summer, some we liked, some we loathed-- and we're going to tell you about the best and worst of them.

Of course, our jobs were no North Beach Country Club-- which was both awesome and terrible at the same time (awesome because they got to LIVE there with a personal chef and limited supervision, terrible because.... well, the body count). For more about just how terrible NBCC is check out this month's podcast. For more on our favorite and least favorite jobs, keep reading.

Best:

Gen Con 

•  I'm not sure if this counts as it's only a week long, but volunteering at Gen Con used to be the highlight of my summer. A week long gaming vacation in milwaukee (currently in Indianapolis) where I was the kid willing to do all the crap jobs just for the chance to play some games or hang out with the special guests (like the time I got to hang out with James Marsters!). I wouldn't give up those exhausting, hella fun weeks for anything.

Worst:

Server at Denny's

• My summer jobs were also my after school jobs and my first was enough to turn me off restaurant jobs forever. I was a server at the Denny’s in front of the under 21 club, Jetz. Between knife fights, working through Christmas, and working the Sunday after church brunch crowd I never want to step into a Denny’s again.

Best:

Six Flags Ride Operator

• I worked at a Six Flags for five summers so I must have liked it. My first summer was after my senior year of high school and I got a job as a ride operator. You know, those people who check your seat belts and come over the speaker to say a whole thing about how you should be careful that no one ever listens to? Yup, that was me. They originally put me on the wooden roller coaster and it was an all girls crew and then the boys on the Superman got in trouble so we had to switch rides. My final summer I worked as a team leader in the children's part and all I did was teach teenagers how to run the rides and make sure they didn't mess up. I did clean up a lot of puke though. And I got heat exhaustion once. That wasn't fun. But there were also good perks. Like free  admission to the park, a guest pass with every paycheck, and our Six Flags had a preforming arts center so I got to meet a lot of musicians. Like two members of the Backstreet Boys. I checked Howie's seat belt. 

Worst:

Day camp counselor

• I didn't have any really terrible jobs. One year after college I worked for an after school program and they had a summer camp that I had to work at. Basically there were hundreds of kids that we would have to entertain for the afternoons after some of them went to summer school and others just showed up. Mostly it was a lot of board games, kickball, and trips to educational things they had no interest in like science museums and botanical gardens. But I did get to go to the zoo twice. 

Best:

Pittsburgh Pirates customer service rep

• One summer I worked for the Pittsburgh Pirates (the major league baseball team in Pittsburgh), and I gotta tell you it was pretty fun.  I got to see a lot of the players behind the scenes and worked over every inch of the park.  PNC Park has some of the best city views in sports period.  It's consistently ranked in the top of "Best Baseball Stadiums" lists from Travel and Leisure and USA Today.  It's just a really nice place to be.  Plus, fireworks nights, and we got free stuff a lot, and almost all of the fans I interacted with were awesome.

Worst:

Wal-Mart cashier

• Meh.  I'm sure there are MUCH worse summer jobs out there, but I wasn't that fond of being a cashier at Wal-Mart for that one summer in college.  I mean, nothing bad happened, and the people I worked for were (for the most part) really nice.  It's just PEOPLE, ya know??  Customers at Wal-Mart are all types of people-- and some of them are RUDE.  And some of them have 9999999 coupons.  And some of them buy roasted chicken at 8 A.M. when I'm hungover.

But that's just our terrible jobs. To find out more about why working at North Beach Country Club would have been so terrible, what we mean when we say she was "hot dead," and what Cassi thinks happens to every character who has the same name as her, check out this month's podcast for our thoughts on THE DEAD LIFEGUARD!

Fave 90's books besides Fear Street

Happy #FearStreetFriday podcast friends!!  This week we're talking about our favorite 90's books-- or basically what we were reading in the 90's.  Most of them were published in the 90's, but we have a few late 80's books that crossed over.

**don't judge our taste in 90's books-- we were mostly tweens while reading this stuff!!

• Forbidden Games by LJ Smith -  A game that comes to life, German mythology, cyberpunk bad boy gods, and the last book takes place in Kennywood, what more could you want in a YA trilogy? How about a MC who goes from subdued doormat who defines herself by her boyfriend to total independent BAMF who saves her friends and doesn’t sacrifice her empathetic nature to do it? Yeah, it’s got that. It’s also got creepy fey, bugs, evil clones, and a whole host of other disturbing imagery to keep you going. Seriously, there is a reason why this is still one of my favorite trilogies of all time.
• Nightmare Hall by Diane Hoh - I love horror and stories that are set in the same place with a cast of different characters every time. Add in a few Easter eggs from previous books and I’m sold. These books took place at Salem University so you know everyone’s doomed from the beginning. Add in a haunted dorm, several serial killers and chemistry experiments that go horribly wrong and you’ve basically written my all of my favorite things. I’ve recently been re-reading these books and some of them hold up very well 20 years later.
• Trick or Treat by Richie Tankersley Cusick - Technically this book was published in 1989, but I read it for the first time in the 90s and I was hooked. The delightfully old-fashioned named Martha has just moved into the creepiest house ever and is quite content to spend her days making friends and avoiding her new step-brother. Then the phone calls start and she swears someone is in her room at night. This book has all the classic horror tropes and I love all of them.
• The Babysitter's Club by Ann M. Martin - Does this one even need an explanation? It was a right of passage for tween girls (and boys!) in the 90s to declare that they were a Stacey or a Kristy or a Claudia and to try to start their own BSC even though nobody ever called the number they dutifully printed onto 100 flyers and then stapled them to every phone poll in the town without their parents’ permission. Don’t lie. You did it too. And just so we’re clear, I wanted to be a Stacey, but I will never be as NYC Cool as she is.
• The Immortal Series by Tamora Pierce - Listen, I understand Allana is the end-all be-all and I agree. She’s BAMF as hell, but I love Veralidaine Sarasi. She is my favorite Tamora Pierce heroine (Tess is a very close second. I love ginger’s with bad attitudes) and I’ve read this quartet so many times they’re falling apart.
• The Carnival Ghost (Sweet Valley Twins Super Chiller #3) by Francine Pascal - I read every Sweet Valley series from Kids to University (and even the Sweet Valley Senior Year), but this book was a particular favorite of mine. It was one of the scariest books I had read at the time. Elizabeth meets a girl at a traveling carnival and ends up spending all her time with her. Little does Elizabeth know that Claire is a ghost who wants Elizabeth to be FRIENDS FOREVER...mwuahhahaha. 
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer by multiple authors - Buffy was the defining series in my life. It helped make me into the feminist I am today so of course I read the books! These books started as short little episodes that fit neatly into the Buffy series wherever you wanted them to, but as the show developed so did the books. Some of my favorites are the Slayer Anthologies and With Malice, the Faith book, but there’s a special place in my heart for the one where Pike returns! 
• California Diaries by Ann M. Martin - This was the edgier, more realistic spin-off to the Babysitter’s Club. It takes place after Dawn moves back to California, but the We <3 Kids Club is dead and the girls are dealing with sick mothers, anorexia, and new friends. I don’t think this series lasted very long, but I loved it. Maggie was my favorite.

• American Girl books by Many - what adolescent girl in the 90's didn't love the American Girl books and dolls. These were the books that made me a reader. I was obsessed with them. I read every last one. And of course I owned a doll. Kirsten. My sister had Molly.
• Dear America series by Many - These were similar to American Girl but each book was a different character and a different time period. I very specifically remember the one of the Mayflower, Oregon Trail, and Titanic. Apparently as a kid I liked journeys.
• Babysitter's Club by Ann M. Martin - Obviously I loved the Babysitter's Club. I wanted to start a babysitter's club, or just babysit which was not as fun as this book made it out to be. But I never started any club because I thought I was a Kristy but really I'm a Mallory.
• Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Walker - I was obsessed with this books. Whenever I went exploring in the woods behind my house I always hoped I would find an abandoned boxcar that I could live in and solve mysteries.
• Goosebumps by R.L. Stine - I may not have read any Fear Street books but I did read plenty of Goosebumps. I remember checking every last book out of the public library and being so entertained by them. I remember Welcome to Horrorland, Scarecrow Walks at Midnight, and The Horror at Camp Jellyjam to this day because I think they gave me irrational fears.
• Choose Your Own Adventure by Many - I mean these were the best. It was so fun following the directions and turning to different pages, only to die because a dinosaur ate you, then turning back to that other page, and then getting annoyed and just giving up. That was reading in the 90's.
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen - I LOVED this book. I think I had to read it for school but I thought it was totally fascinating and then I chose to read the next books in the series, The River and Brian's Winter. How did Brian survive on his own? I don't know but much respect to him for that. Do you think today Brian has his own Survivor Man type show because I'd watch that.
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton - I very specifically remember reading this book in 6th grade as we drove two hours to get our new puppy. I think my teacher was like "you can't read that book, it's too advanced." I was like "shut up, I do what I want" but maybe a little less aggressive. 

• The Face on the Milk Carton series by Caroline B. Cooney-- I loved the premise of these books-- basically that Janie sees herself as a small child on a milk carton and realizes her parents may not be her parents for real.  It was intense and addicting.
• Witch Saga by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor-- This series was TECHNICALLY published in the late 80's, but I didn't read it until the early 90's.  It's about 2 girls that are trying to prove that their neighbor is a witch.
• the Making Out series by Katherine Applegate-- Okay, so the name is weird... but this series was a total guilty pleasure for me.  It's about this group of kids that live on an island which you need to ride a ferry to get to from the mainland.  It was super dramatic and awesome-- and it was even relaunched a few years ago under the name The Islanders.
• Fabulous Five series by Betsey Haynes-- This is another late 80's series that crossed over into the 90's and I LOVED it.  It was a spin-off from the Taffy Sinclair books (which I also loved) and Jana Morgan was legit.
• Beverly Hills 90210 book series by various authors-- I was Beverly Hills 90210 obsessed in the early 90's.  So obsessed in fact, that I adored these books written about the series .  I can only imagine how terrible they probably were.  Brenda & Dylan FOREVER.
• Glass Slippers Give You Blisters by Mary Jane Auch-- This was one of those Troll Book Order or Book Fair books that I fell in love with.  It's about a girl who is trying to find her place by being involved in the school's production of Cinderella.  I remember being in LOVE with the descriptions of the set and lighting design that she works on.
• Where the Heart is by Billie Letts-- So, I'm skipping ahead to the late 90's when my mom bought this book because it was one of Oprah's Book Club books.  I fell in love with the girl who had her baby in Wal-Mart and then when the movie came out, I was even more OBSESSED.
• Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by Jack Canfield--  Like I said above, don't judge, but I was INTO these books.  Actually, they inspired me to want to put together my own anthology of teens' stories that were a little more dark & edgy.  Although, I had no idea how to go about doing that and no one would help me :(

Thrillers

• The Prom Dress by Lael Little
• Point Horror- Fun House, The Lifeguard
• Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan

What books did you enjoy reading in the 90's??  Were any of these your faves?

Our Ultimate 90's Prom Looks

Because we read THE PROM QUEEN as our June book-- we decided we needed to share with the world our Ultimate 90's Prom Looks!!  There's pretty much nothing we love better than reminiscing about 90's pop culture and fashion, so creating book looks for a 90's prom book was a no-brainer!

• Cassi's look gives us such 90's vibes.  The acid washed jean jacket??  The cut of that black dress.  Iridescent fabric??  Silver sparkles?  SO 90's.
• Also, see that brass knuckles clutch? Not only can it hold your wallet and extra makeup but it doubles as a weapon which is essential in Shadyside.
• Note: Cassi actually wore a jean jacket to her prom, so this look is semi-autobiographical :)

• Mia's look definitely gives us 90's prom horror vibes!!
• What 90's prom look would be complete without the mini-butterfly claws for your hair?
• And platform heels with the thick heel are SO 90's.
• Ahh the tube dress-- such a 90's staple.

• Okay, so MAYBE Michelle was inspired by Bianca's dress in 10 Things I Hate About You??  (Psst-- she totally was!!)
• Do you even see that hairstyle??
• And more platform heels. A 90's girl can never have too many platform heels.

So, what would your 90's Prom Look look like??

PS-- Our PROM QUEEN EPISODE is currently available for listening!!  It was our fave book so far, and it was a lot of fun to talk about.

The Rules

So your parents forced you to move into an old house with hidden passages and there's a burnt out mansion outside your bedroom window. Or maybe you grew up in a small house at the beginning of Fear Street and the dark and terrifying has just started to worm it’s way into your life. Congratulations, you’re the protagonist in a Fear Street novel!

I know what you’re thinking, how do I make it out of this alive and with all my body parts intact? The real answer is, you probably don’t have a chance, but there are a few precautions you can take to survive a Fear Street novel. On this edition of Fear Street Fridays, we present to you...

The 5 rules one must abide by to survive a Fear Street Novel

1. Never date the mysterious newcomer
   The guy or gal you see in the hallway that always seems to appear out of nowhere and nobody else has ever heard of is not the person of your dreams! They are either a) dead b) a murderer c) both. Just spend some time with your next door neighbor or maybe ask out someone from the chess club. They never seem to be involved in satanic rituals or dares that go horribly wrong.


2. Don't have a younger sibling
   If you already have a younger sibling you may want to consider locking your door at night because said younger sibling is jealous of you and will try to murder you. Honestly, it’s better just to not have one in the first place. Maybe there’s an old cuckoo clock in your new house that can help you take care of that?


3. Don't go on any trips or vacations
   So it’s been a few weeks on Fear Street and all the weird shit is starting to get to you. You start to think, “I need to get out of here for a while and clear my head. Nothing could go wrong if I’m not even on Fear Street, right?” WRONG. You’re tainted now. There’s nothing you can do to get away from it. If you go on vacation or up to visit your significant other at school everything will go batshit while your guard’s down. It’s better to stay home where at least you know to be cautious.


4. Don't join the cheerleader squad
   I know the pom poms and lifts look fun. Everyone, once in their life, wonders what it’s like to be the girl at the top of the pyramid, but don’t give into temptation. Sure, at a normal school you’d have to worry about becoming one of the bitchy popular girls or being peer pressured to take diet pills to lose those last pesky 5 lbs, but this is Shadyside High. Here it’s all demon possessions and dead bodies in the locker room. Not something that looks good on a college application.


5. Don't go to Shadyside University
   Are you kidding? You managed to survive 18 years on the most terrifying street, in the most terrifying town in America and instead of getting out as fast as you can you choose to stay local for college? Are you nuts? This is your last chance! Get out now! Run as fast as you can and never look back!

One last piece of advice: stay away from anyone named Fear or Goode. Those relationships never end well.

Those are the rules. Follow them and maybe today won't be your last. Good luck!

The Geography of the Fear Street Series

Welcome to Shadyside: 

Pro Tip... Stay off of Fear Street. But to be entirely honest, you're not much safer anywhere else.

Happy Fear Street Friday! We are trying a new thing here on the blog where we post something on Fridays. It probably won't be every Friday because we're busy and have jobs, kids, other blogs, boyfriends, cats to worry about. But check back on Fridays for fun posts and other content.

So there is something you should know about me. I love maps. Like seriously. More than the average person. I once joked to a friend that I would be perfectly happy wallpapering my apartment with maps. And honestly, I've kind of low key done that. I have about six maps taking up one wall in my apartment.

So in preparation for our future podcasts and to help you all (and myself) get accustomed to the town of Shadyside, Ohio I thought I would share this map and some of the landmarks from the Fear Street series. This is not the best map and it's kind of hard to make everything out but here it is in all it's glory.

Source: robinfear.tumblr.com

Some places of note...

1.) Fear Street
Obviously we have to start at Fear Street. The namesake of the series can be found on the south southwestern part of town. In case you didn't find it right away by the fact that it's COLORED RED! It's that evil I guess. They really leave little to the imagination. Also important to note, the cemetery isn't the entire street. It's actually pretty small. My favorite part about it though is that at the very end of the street is a pretty sweet covered bridge. HISTORIC!

2.) The Burned Out Fear Mansion
Do you see if there in the top left corner? The home of the Fear family that is heavily featured in the Fear Street Saga. In the first book they give the impression it's basically a heap of ashes but in this picture it is literally on fire. They do say there's a fire that won't go out on the street so is that the mansion? Now I'm with Michelle, where is the Unsolved Mysteries guy?

3.) The Old Abandoned Old Abandoned Mill
Wow, that is super close to Fear Street. No wonder shit goes down there. In one book this abandoned mill close to Fear Street is a cool teen hang out probably because R.L. Stine had just watched Footloose and was like "wow, those dance moves are top notch." Then in The Overnight the town has decided to make it a legit dance club because, why no? Although I do appreciate their consideration to reuse abandoned buildings.

4.) North Hills
I know it's confusing because it's pictured in the bottom right but that is the north side of town. North Hills this is the fancy neighborhood where basically all our protagonists live. Because so far only bad things have happened to rich kids. Which honestly, I'm not arguing with. Plus North Hills is another Pittsburgh place that makes us feel like it takes place here.

5.) Shadyside High School
Located just outside of North Hills, this is a fixture in most of the books because they are about teenagers. It is the location of feats of gymnastic prowess, dead cats in lockers, school dances where people get pushed down stairs, Outdoor Club meetings, and play practices where dead bodies appear. Just to name a few. I'm sure there will be me more to report later.

6.) Fear Island
There it is just behind the Fear Mansion and in the absolute middle of nowhere. As we know from The Overnight it's in the middle of the woods, in the middle of a lake which holds up on this map. Plus it's full of maybe not so deep cliffs and is an Indian burial ground. Perfect place for a camping trip, amiright? In a town full of mysterious happens who thinks to go to the most secluded part of time? These dummies I guess.

7.) Division Street Mall
Wow, the mall is super close to the high school. That is either a really good decision or a really bad decision. If I could walk to the mall in high school I probably would have spent way more time there than I already did. But it makes sense that these characters do just that.

That's all the key locations I have for now. There are at least two pizza places lurking around the town but it's hard to zoom in to find them. I'm sure more interesting places will pop up as we read more books. There has to be some sort of beach or pool based on the upcoming summer reads we have planned, and I'm intrigued by what they have labeled the "Old Village."

I hope you enjoyed this proverbial stroll through Shadyside as much as I did. And I hope now, like me, you have a better understanding of what Shadyside looks like and where everything is. Now when they mention stuff we can refer back to this map. That'll be cool, right? No? It won't be. Whatever.

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