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Spiller Alert: the Suck It Up sequel is in the pipeline! Yes, the saga of the Blood Lite drinking vampire, Morning McCobb, and his mortal girlfriend, Portia Dredful, the filmmaker who’s not afraid to put her neck on the line, continues. A year after the end of Suck It Up, all Morning wants is 1) [...]
The Genizah Riddles Bad luck they cannot shake Once Huck and Jim embrace The skin of ___________. Even though they could have sued, Grangerfords and Shepherdsons Much prefer a good ol’ ____. He gives his all, a mighty try, But Huck can’t pray A simple ___. Father and son Never in sight. This is day [...]
Geocache Site #4 N 41° 42.081 W 111° 48.249 Geocache Clue Poem Now that Huck has set his waypoint, And goes on down to Satan’s joint, Do consider what he might drive, If he wishes to survive. Look for fuel to throw on fire, There you’ll find your heart’s desire. His Father’s Card Clue Poem [...]
Geocache Site #3 N 40° 33.183 W 102° 49.146 Geocache Clue Poem Upon the raft four sinners dwell, But only one is bound for hell. To find out which will take some tricks, Although your crick’s no River Styx. You’ll find no crossing on Charon’s boat, Not a single troll or Billy goat. At trail’s [...]
Geocache Site #2 N 40° 33.183 W 102° 49.146 Geocache Clue Poem Just as Huck took Bible in hand, Causing dead boys to fill the land, Take up your quest to holy St. Pete, Then find letterboxes trim and neat. Look for a family, the house of Huss, Whose four little angels never fuss. “Cramped [...]
Geocache Site #1 N 39° 14.011 Latitude W 098° 23.679 Longitude Geocache Clue Poem When Huck slips into girls’ attire, Things really begin to misfire. He’s such a mess as a miss, You can’t trust ‘im to take a piss. He would forget to take a seat, But stand and shoot like Piss Pot Pete. [...]
The First Clue Poem: Huck might judge that Tom S. lies, But “genies” live in da skies. They fly in “lamps”—more or less— Satellites with GPS. Get a device, your “iron ring,” Then geocache, that’s the thing. Read Huck Finn to map and measure, And Genie-PS to find your treasure.
The origin of Suck It Up? Teeth-grinding frustration. When I was writing lots of kids TV for PBS back in the 90s I was often told by politically correct TV producers that I couldn’t put such and such in a show because it might offend so-and-so. I couldn’t put angels on a wedding cake because [...]
What the reviewers are saying Suck It Up Meehl’s contribution to the growing subgenre of YA vampire novels is very, very funny—similar to M.T. Anderson’s Thirsty, but less twisted and heavier on the humor. Morning McCobb, a recent graduate of the IV (International Vampire) League, is the vampire as superhero, geek and lonely boy all [...]
Sixteen-year-old Billy Allbright is about to bust out of his sheltered cocoon and go on a gonzo road trip. He just doesn’t know it yet. His ticket to freedom? A mysterious Bible containing two resurrection stories. The second is about a man Billy’s never met, and is supposedly dead: his father. But the road to [...]
