Scary New Years! 2015

Happy New Year's everyone!

The last time we posted on the blog was waaaaay back in April 2014- for which I apologize. My job has a pretty irregular schedule, and my hours are odd to boot.

But rejoice! We're back from the dead again, with a plan to bring you the same great content we did before the break... as well as some ideas on how to bring you some other cool stuff over the course of the next year.

And beyond.

For starters, I'd like to welcome three new contributors to "The Corner of Terror"! If you've ever read reviews on "We Came From the Basement", you'll know them: Jason H, Matt B, and Suzanne WC. Starting in February, you can expect to see a couple of reviews each month from them! Yay!

I've placed over on the right a schedule of when reviews, features, etc will be posted each month. This will hopefully make it easier for readers to know when to visit the site for new reading material.

"What Movie Wednesday" is still on hold, due to my work schedule. However, I am setting in motion a plan that hopefully will place in in a situation where I can bring it back and provide you with live Twittertainment. I'll keep everyone updated on that as it develops.

Last year, I hinted that I would be opening an online store to sell t-shirts, etc for the blog. Well... it's happening. I'm in the process of finishing up the store, and it will officially open in February. I have plans for expanding our list of products in the future. I'm looking forward to it!

Over the course of the new year, I will be teaching myself a bit about working with some sound editing software. This is because I'd like to begin posting a podcast in 2016- marking our 5th anniversary! You can certainly expect some teasing and trailering here as the months progress in order to promote it. LOL

Well, I think that pretty much covers things for this update. Our first official review of 2015 will be on the 5th of January- "Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery".

Happy New Year from us here in "The Corner of Terror"!

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