How Dark is Too Dark for YA?

What scary YA novels still haunt you? I’m moderating a panel at Convergence, Dark Fantasy for Young Adults: How Dark is Too Dark? We’ll explore writing about blood, guts and gore; and things that go bump in the night. It should be fun.

What’s Your Favorite SFF Island?

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Mists of Avalon, Mysterious Island

Is it Avalon? Atlantis? The Island of Dr. Moreau? The Lord of the Flies island? I will be on the Islands in SFF panel at Minicon, a science fiction and fantasy convention in Minneapolis. Give me some suggestions for islands to talk about.