While our Kickstarter for Pinebox Middle School & The Horror Companion still has a little time left (it wraps up next Thursday, November 9th), we wanted to update you on all the latest developments including the recent unlocking of our 10th Stretch Goal: “More Middle School Monsters!”

Boasting a half-dozen new beasties and big bads including the dreaded Doberman Pincher (why yes, it is a pooch with giant clampy crab claws (try saying THAT five times fast)), these additional adversaries are ready to provoke your pre-teen heroes!

When we cross $138,000, you’ll unlock the Horror Archetype Card Box Casket for safely storing all those mad monsters from the new Horror Companion!

Lastly, over the past couple weeks, we’ve had a number of people asking about inspirational materials for Pinebox Middle School. While it is far from complete, Pinebox writer Scott A. Woodard has compiled a list of movies, TV shows, and books that should inspire your future Pinebox Middle School adventures!

What are your favorites?

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Inspirational Movies (in chronological order):

• Village of the Damned (1960)
• Children of the Damned (1964)
• Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
• Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
• The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
• The Pit (1981)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• Firestarter (1984)
• Gremlins (1984)
• D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
• Explorers (1985)
• Goonies, The (1985)
• Silver Bullet (1985)
• Weird Science (1985)
• Stand by Me (1986)
• Gate, The (1987)
• Lost Boys, The (1987)
• Monster Squad, The (1987)
• Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
• Teen Witch (1989)
• Sandlot, The (1993)
• Matilda (1996)
• Halloweentown (1998)
• Sixth Sense, The (1999)
• Monster House (2006)
• Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• Coraline (2009)
• Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
• Attack the Block (2011)
• Super 8 (2011)
• ParaNorman (2012)
• Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
• It (2017)
• Rim of the World (2019)
• Spontaneous (2020)
• Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)
• Nightbooks (2021)
• Matilda the Musical (2022)

Inspirational TV (in alphabetical order):

• Adventures of Pete and Pete, The
• Animorphs
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
• Eerie, Indiana
• I Am Not Okay with This
• Journey of Allen Strange, The
• Misfits of Science
• Mysterious Benedict Society, The
• October Faction
• Paper Girls
• Pup Named Scooby-Doo, A
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• Secrets of Sulphur Springs
• Small Wonder
• So Weird
• Stranger Things
• Tales from the Loop
• Tomorrow People, The

Inspirational Books (in alphabetical order):

• “Animorphs” Series by K. A. Applegate and Michael Grant
• BOY’S LIFE by Robert McCammon
• THE BOYS OF SUMMER by Richard Cox
• CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF by Stephen King
• “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” Series by Jeff Kinney
• “Gone” Series by Michael Grant
• “Goosebumps” Series by R.L. Stine
• “Origami Yoda” Series by Tom Angleberger
• SUMMER OF NIGHT by Dan Simmons