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Author:

Spratford, Becky Siegel.

Title:

The readers' advisory guide to horror / Becky Siegel Spratford.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publisher:

American Library Association,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xi, 170 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Fiction in libraries--United States.
Libraries--United States--Horror tales.--Horror tales.
Readers' advisory services--United States.
Horror tales, American--Bibliography.
Horror tales, English--Bibliography.

Other Titles:

Horror readers' advisory

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-156) and index.

Contents:

A brief history of horror : how the past haunts the present -- The appeal of horror : feel the fear, find the readers -- Horror 101 : a crash course in today's tales of terror -- The classics : time-tested tales of terror -- Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream home -- Vampires : books with bite -- Zombies : follow the walking dead -- Shape-shifters : nature morphs into something terrifying -- Monsters and ancient evil : Cthulhu comes calling -- Witches and the occult : double, double, toil and trouble -- Satan and demonic possession : the devil inside -- Comic horror : laughing in the face of fear -- Moving beyond the haunted house : whole collection options for horror readers -- Sowing the seeds of fear : horror resources and marketing.

Series:

ALA readers' advisory series

ISBN:

0838911129 (pbk.)
9780838911129 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)761481981

LCCN:

2011043954

Locations:

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)