That's especially true during late October, a time when marathon horror flicks fill our television screens. Even as they scare us senseless, they entice closer looks through covered eyes. The time-honored tradition of telling ghost stories has a similar appeal. Likewise, when it comes to printed scary stories, we just can't seem to put them down. It's sort of a safe way to be scared,'' says Delilah Jenkins, a Cabell County Public Library youth services employee who frequently reads to children.
Kids can read it without endangering themselves.
Anne Rice, a best-selling author whose novels tend to be filled with vampires, witches and ghosts, has expressed a similar sentiment. It's that ability to escape which is key. When the terror becomes too much to bear, we can simply turn the television off or put the book down. Edgar Allan Poe, revered by many as the premier author of terror, hampered readers' ability to escape by evoking their deepest fears. His works included tales of people buried alive, and death and madness taking human form.