Eoin Dennis asked Edgar Cantero:

We're reading The Fall of the House of Usher in my English class, and I was wondering if you used it writing TSE? As my favorite book, I was also wondering if there was to be a sequel??

Edgar Cantero Hi, Eoin. I am a big fan of Poe, but I am not sure how much I knowingly borrowed from him while writing TSE—especially from "Usher", which I haven't reread in a long time. But sure, they both share a few cliches. The most obvious would be the haunted house, often humanized by the narrator in description, so as to turn it into a distinct character. Another would be the cursed family: both Roderick and Ambrose Wells were ill because of a history of illness in the family. Both are aware of it, and yet they cannot prevent their doom; their death is in some way a self-fulfilled prophecy.

I hope this helps; I know I'm just scratching the surface here, but feel free to e-mail me if you have any follow-up questions. Regarding sequels, there's ideas for them, but I'll only write them if TSE proves popular enough. Thanks for reading it.

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Hi, just finished reading Meddling Kids for the second time and love it!! Will there be a sequel or any more books involving Andy and Kerri?

Adam Walser asked Edgar Cantero:

In The Supernatural Enhancements (2014), Niamh utilizes an explosive blast of punk music (the Dead Kennedys if I remember correctly) to alert A. about an intruder in Axton House. I am curious, did you have a particular song in mind when you wrote this scene?

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Hi, just finished reading Meddling Kids for the second time and love it!! Will there be a sequel or any more books involving Andy and Kerri?

In The Supernatural Enhancements (2014), Niamh utilizes an explosive blast of punk music (the Dead Kennedys if I remember correctly) to alert A. about an intruder in Axton House. I am curious, did you have a particular song in mind when you wrote this scene?

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