The readers' advisory guide to horror
By: Becky Siegel Spratford
Edition: Second edition.
Series: ALA Editions' readers' advisory series
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780838911129
Subjects: American Horror tales; Special collections; Fiction in libraries; Libraries; Readers' advisory services; English Horror tales; Bibliography; Horror tales
Work titles: Horror readers' advisory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of horror : how the past haunts the present; title: The appeal of horror : feel the fear, find the readers; title: Horror 101 : a crash course in today's tales of terror; title: The classics : time-tested tales of terror; title: Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream home; title: Vampires : books with bite; title: Zombies : follow the walking dead; title: Shape-shifters : nature morphs into something terrifying; title: Monsters and ancient evil : Cthulhu comes calling; title: Witches and the occult : double, double, toil and trouble; title: Satan and demonic possession : the devil inside; title: Comic horror : laughing in the face of fear; title: Moving beyond the haunted house : whole collection options for horror readers; title: Sowing the seeds of fear : horror resources and marketing.