Award-Winning Best-Selling Author
Kristen
Houghton
NEW RELEASE! A Hauntingly good read!
Skylight-NYC Publishing division of Macmillan
TEETH: The Haunting of Dansbury Plot
“Nothing grows on Dansbury Plot—almost everybody simply calls it The Plot—where it sits on the very edge of the Township of Bridge Crossing,
across a really wide street from the Little League fields. It’s a square of land about the size of two town blocks and it is barren and dry and dead-looking. Everything for miles around our town is green and flowery pretty much all year long, even during the kinda mild winters we have here in Bridge Crossing, Delaware, but not Dansbury Plot. I mean even with the little bit of snow we get, there’ll be winter flowers poking up all over. And talking about the snow—there’s never been any snow on The Plot. Not ever. Snow on everywhere else but not there. It just looks dead and brown when everywhere else has a nice little cover of snow. What does that tell you about Dansbury Plot, huh?
“A lot of scary stories have been told about The Plot and stuff that’s happened. Little kids call it ‘Bury-the-Dead-Dan’s Plot’ but won’t go anywhere near it, not ever. Even animals keep clear of it. Hell, if a mouse was being chased by a cat, it would go clean out of its way and take a chance on getting caught rather than run across Dansbury Plot.
“And speaking of cats, dogs too, they don’t go anywhere near that place. If dogs are outside their house they’ll stand a good distance away from The Plot, just shivering and sometimes they’ll raise their heads and howl a kind of unearthly howl at nothing anyone can see. Cats, jeez, well, cats get their backs up and hiss if they’re even facing in that direction. And you never ever see birds flying around there neither. Me, I hate the fact that that my bedroom window faces towards Bury-the-Dead-Dan’s Plot almost as much as I hate Billy Sarlewski. Billy almost got me to step foot on that cursed plot of land. No fooling, he really almost did.”
--Eleven-year-old Christopher Hopper
“Kristen Houghton really knows how to write! Could not put it down!”
— Jeani Rector, Editor, The Horror Zine
“Fun, murder-mystery perfect! Houghton is a wonderful storyteller!”
— Bob Woods, Criminal Element Magazine
“If you like Stephen King, you’ll love Kristen Houghton. Excellent reading!”
— Greg Archer, author and journalist
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About Kristen Houghton
Kristen Houghton is the author of nine novels, two nonfiction books, a collection of short stories, a book of essays,
and a children’s novella.
TEETH: The Haunting of Dansbury Plot is her newest release
She is also the author of the Horror Writers of America
award-winning Quick-Read, Welcome to Hell.
Kristen Houghton has covered politics, news, and lifestyle issues as a contributor to the Huffington Post. Her writing portfolio includes Criminal Element Magazine, a division of Macmillan Publishing, Hartford Woman, Today, Senior Fiction Editor at Bella Magazine, interviews and reviews for HBO documentaries, OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, and The Style Channel.
Kristen is a member of the following professional organizations:
-Mystery Writers of America
-American Crime Writers League
-Treasurer Emerita & Member of
the Board of Trustees for Project Literacy
She lives in NYC and on Sanibel Island with her husband, baseball historian, Alan William Hopper.
Events
- Thu, Oct 19RiverdaleOct 19, 2023, 7:00 PM – Oct 20, 2023, 3:05 PMRiverdale, Riverdale, NJ, USA
- Sun, Nov 27West Orange High SxchoolNov 27, 2022, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PMWest Orange High Sxchool, 51 Conforti Ave,. West Orange, NJNov 27, 2022, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PMWest Orange High Sxchool, 51 Conforti Ave,. West Orange, NJI will be signing books for the Cate Harlow Private Investigation series, as well as Lilith Angel and Welcome to Hell. I will also be giving a talk on writing books with strong female characters. Come and join the Fall fun!
- Fri, Oct 11Stony Hill InnOct 11, 2019, 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM EDTStony Hill Inn, 231 Polifly Rd, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA
- Fri, Aug 30Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning CenterAug 30, 2019, 6:00 PMPhilip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, 355 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USAAug 30, 2019, 6:00 PMPhilip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, 355 Main St, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USAAuthor Kristen Houghton: "When I was a teacher I told my high school students the person who taught them to read, whether a teacher, relative, or friend, gave them a priceless gift. My grandmother did not know how to read or even write her name.".
- Tue, May 01New YorkMay 01, 2018, 7:00 PMNew York, New York, NY, USA
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"I am available as a speaker for "book club style talks, presentations/lectures about writing, publishing, and books, as well as a variety of hands-on creative writing workshops. I can speak to groups in schools, libraries, or at private events/foundations. References available from similar visits upon request.
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