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184 pages
6" x 9"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1112-9
Year Published: 2012
AP Categories: A, B, C, D, E, F, Z
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Vampires, zombies, ghosts, and ghoulies: there are more things going bump in the night than ever. So how do you wend your way through all of them to find the ones that interest a particular reader? RA expert Spratford updates her advisory to include the latest in monsters and the macabre, including
- Lists of recommended titles, authors, and sub-genres, all cross-referenced for quick reference
- Tips for effectively practicing horror RA, with interview questions for gauging a reader’s interests
- An expanded resources section, with an overview addressing the current state of horror lit, and suggestions of how to dig deeper
As both an introductory guide for librarians just dipping their toes into the brackish water of scary fiction, as well as a fount of new ideas for horror-aware reference staff, Spratford’s book is infernally appropriate.
Table of Contents
Series Introduction Prelude: Why We Need Horror Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Horror: How the Past Haunts the Present
Chapter 2 The Appeal of Horror: Feel the Fear, Find the Readers
Chapter 3 Horror 101: A Crash Course in Today’s Tales of Terror
Chapter 4 The Classics: Time-Tested Tales of Terror
Chapter 5 Ghosts and Haunted Houses: Home, Scream Home
Chapter 6 Vampires: Books with Bite
Chapter 7 Zombies: Follow the Walking Dead
Chapter 8 Shape-Shifters: Nature Morphs into Something Terrifying
Chapter 9 Monsters and Ancient Evil: Cthulhu Comes Calling
Chapter 10 Witches and the Occult: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Chapter 11 Satan and Demonic Possession: The Devil Inside
Chapter 12 Comic Horror: Laughing in the Face of Fear
Chapter 13 Moving Beyond the Haunted House: Whole Collection Options for Horror Readers
Chapter 14 Sowing the Seeds of Fear: Horror Resources and Marketing
Bibliography Index
About the Author
Becky Siegel Spratford co-authored the first edition of The Horror Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses. She has been a Readers' Advisor since 2000 at the Berwyn (Illinois) Public Library. She graduated with honors from Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Information Science in January of 2001. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at the same school, teaching Readers' Advisory Service two semesters a year. Spratford also contributes Read Alike articles for NoveList, is a member of the Adult Reading Roundtable Steering Committee, and is the author of the blog RA for All: Horror.
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