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

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.

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Main Author: Spratford, Becky Siegel.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Library Association, 2012.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:ALA readers' advisory series.
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505 0 0 |t A brief history of horror : how the past haunts the present --  |t The appeal of horror : feel the fear, find the readers --  |t Horror 101 : a crash course in today's tales of terror --  |t The classics : time-tested tales of terror --  |t Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream home --  |t Vampires : books with bite --  |t Zombies : follow the walking dead --  |t Shape-shifters : nature morphs into something terrifying --  |t Monsters and ancient evil : Cthulhu comes calling --  |t Witches and the occult : double, double, toil and trouble --  |t Satan and demonic possession : the devil inside --  |t Comic horror : laughing in the face of fear --  |t Moving beyond the haunted house : whole collection options for horror readers --  |t Sowing the seeds of fear : horror resources and marketing. 
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