Over two years ago, before The Only Ones came out, I did a countdown of 99 things (books, movies, art, places, etc.) that inspired it. It was a fun way to revisit some stuff I was actively thinking about when I wrote the book, as well as some stuff I didn’t realize influenced me until I had some time to reflect.

Well, it’s 99 days until The Riverman hits shelves and I figured, why not do it all again? So, without further ado, here is my list of #99inspirations that I’ll be counting down daily on Twitter. This doesn’t represent all of my favorite things (sorry, no bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens here), though it does include some stuff that I truly love. And hopefully it sparks some conversation about the stuff you love and the stuff that leaks into your creations.

• 99: Some Things Last a Long Time by Daniel Johnston
• 98: Adam based on the Adam Walsh story
• 97: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• 96: Eraserhead directed by David Lynch
• 95: Fayetteville, New York
• 94: Myst by Cyan
• 93: The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
• 92: Orange Crush by REM
• 91: The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
• 90: The Scroobius Pip by Edward Lear (completed by Ogden Nash)
• 89: Heavenly Creatures directed by Peter Jackson
• 88: Kid Icarus by Nintendo
• 87: Luka by Suzanne Vega
• 86: 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
• 85: Yuma, Arizona
• 84: Ranger Rick magazine
• 83: Christmas at Ground Zero by Weird Al Yankovic
• 82: Beverly Cleary
• 81: Breaking Away directed by Peter Yates
• 80: Misguided Angel by Cowboy Junkies
• 79: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think by Dr. Seuss
• 78: Nøkken
• 77: Balance directed by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein
• 76: The Shankill Butchers performed by Sarah Jarosz (covering The Decemberists)
• 75: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• 74: Old Forge, New York
• 73: River’s Edge directed by Tim Hunter
• 72: I’m Your Man by Leonard Cohen
• 71: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
• 70: The McMartin trial
• 69: Charon
• 68: Castlevania by Konami
• 67: Iron Maiden
• 66: Captain Hook
• 65: River Man by Nick Drake
• 64: Requiem directed by Hans-Christian Schmid
• 63: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
• 62: Mischief Night
• 61: My Drug Buddy by the Lemonheads
• 60: Halloween directed by John Carpenter
• 59: Dark Castle by Silicon Beach Software
• 58: Friendly’s
• 57: The Far Side by Gary Larsen
• 56: Riverman by Errol Le Cain
• 55: Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
• 54: Tour of Duty
• 53: I’ll Be You by The Replacements
• 52: The Burnet Park Zoo
• 51: The Blue Lagoon directed by Randal Kleiser
• 50: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
• 49: I Can’t Make You Love Me performed by Bon Iver (covering Bonnie Raitt)
• 48: Capturing the Friedmans directed by Andrew Jarecki
• 47: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• 46: Metroid by Nintendo
• 45: Lamborghinis!
• 44: Anything, Anything by Dramarama
• 43: Cropsey directed by Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman
• 42: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd)
• 41: Salt potatoes
• 40: Zip City by The Drive-By Truckers
• 39: SimCity by Will Wright
• 38: The Independence River
• 37: The Abyss directed by James Cameron
• 36: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
• 35: Lake-effect snow
• 34: Jaguar by Mogwai
• 33: A Nightmare on Elm Street directed by Wes Craven
• 32: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• 31: Pitfall! by Activision
• 30: In Your Room by The Bangles
• 29: The Berlin Wall
• 28: Jacob’s Ladder directed by Adrian Lyne
• 27: Kilgore Trout
• 26: Panasonic RQ2102
• 25: Dispatches by Michael Herr
• 24: Barnaby, Hardly Working by Yo La Tengo
• 23: These movies
• 22: Visit Scotland’s email newsletter
• 21: The Red Notebook by Paul Auster
• 20: So Long, Lonesome by Explosions in the Sky
• 19: Dreamscape directed by Joseph Ruben
• 18: Coming tomorrow…