You can Collaborate with Neil Gaiman on a Story!

Author Neil Gaiman recently teamed with BBC Audiobooks America to produce an interactive creative fiction experimental project using Twitter. Gaiman tweeted the first sentence last week, with the rest left to readers like you to further it along, 140 characters at a time. The result will include a published short story, and an audiobook that BBC will offer as a free download. You can participate or follow Gaiman's progress at twitter.com/neilhimself.

Our Heartfelt Thanks to the "The Telltale Heart" Readers

A hearty round of applause goes out to Katie Hazen, Patty Graf, and Ethan Flanagan for the wonderful reader's theater presentation of the The Telltale Heart. I am sure you guys rocked Edgar Allen Poe's world!

Undercover Reviewers

Undercover Reviewers

Meeting on Monday, October 26, at 4 p.m., Undercover Reviewers discuss and anonymously review books. They will be working on creating book trailers and podcasts. Why don't you use your creativity to review books and post them on our blogs?

Cosplayers Ball

Attend the Cosplayers ball on Thursday, October 29, at 7 p.m. Come in costume. I hope you are more creative than Mario! There will be music and refreshments. Designed for ages 12 and up.

The Telltale Heart

On Thursday, October 22, the Forest Park Public Library teens will present Edgar Allan Poe's The Telltale Heart in a Reader's Theater presentation.

Try to find a hiding spot in the creepy Austin room at 7 p.m. Some eerie refreshments will be served to those brave enough to come out in the open!

Read Beyond Reality

Are you tired of watching commercials? For a change of pace, why don't you make one!

During the month of October, get a chance to create your own commercial for our Teen Read Week: Reading Beyond Reality (October 18-23).

Teens can check out our Flip Video Camera for 3 days to work on their Clio Award-winning masterpieces. All videos due October 21 and the winner or winning group will be announced October 23 and WILL RECEIVE A FREE PIZZA PARTY. The winning commercial will be posted on our Teen Blog: The Wire (where you are right now).

Ask a librarian for details or call 708-366-7171.

Writer's Space

Is "Ode to a Trash Bin" all you can come up with? Maybe, you can't come up with that first "pull the reader into the story" sentence? In general, are you having creative problems with your writing? Then visit the Writer's Space on Thursday, October 15, at 4 p.m. to brainstorm and work on your creative writing. Designed for ages 12 and up.

Scratching the Surface With Scratch

Are you this warped? Then you need to be at the Teen Tech Workshop on Tuesday, October 13th, at 7 p.m. Design your own games and computer animations. Targeted for ages 10 and up, this "Working with Scratch" workshop will have you creating your own World of Warcraft. The Forest Park Public Library won't even ask for residuals!

Do You Recognize These Monsters?

Have fun mortifying your friends by casting them in monster mash-up videos that you create yourself at MonsterMashup.com.

Look no further for proof of the madness---click HERE to see how we created our own monster music video thanks to some of our familiar teen faces. You just may recognize some people you know.

Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Marathon

Can you laugh and get scared at the same time? Let's find out on Thursday, October 8, from 4-6 p.m. The Forest Park Library's Youth Services Department is sponsoring a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Marathon. Vote for your favorite story after you are frightened and laughed out!

THE NEXT JIMI HENDRIX!?

The next Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, we saw them all at Forest Park's Tournament of Terror Rock Band contest on Thursday, October 1st. "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor once again proved a very popular song. A very popular song. I mean it was extremely popular. Keep a look out for our next big Rock Band blowout!