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presents:

Scary (and not so scary) Stories for Kids

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Boy With A Thousand Faces by Brian Selznick

The House with a Clock in the Walls by John Bellairs

The Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine

Horror at the Haunted House by Peg Kehret

The Halloween Mouse by Richard Laymon (small press)

The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine by Diane Stanley

Dogzilla and Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey

The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn

The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright

A Beasty Story by Bill Martin and Steven Kellogg

The Lima Bean Monster by Dan Yaccarino

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series by Alvin Schwartz

The Ghost Eye Tree by Bill Martin and John Archambault

Feliciana Meets d’Loup Garou by Tynia Thommasie and Cat Bowman Smith

The Ghost of Sifty Sifty Sam by Angela Medeairis and Jacqueline

Rogers

The Dark Thirty by Patricia McKissack

The Frightmares series by Peg Kehret

Bunnicula and sequels by James and Deborah Howe

Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes and Yuyi Morales

I Spy Spooky Night by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo

A Monster in the House by Elisa Kleven

The Hallo-wiener by Dav Pilkey

The Golem by David Wisniewski

The Viper by Lisa Thiesing

Creepy Cuisine by Lucy Monroe

Fear This Book by Jeff Szpirglas

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|Clues for Readers Advisory in Horror Fiction |

|Storytellers- The Stephen King Effect |Media Tie-Ins |

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|These authors are all good storytellers, |Media based on the book |

|but they vary in style and in their approaches to sex, violence, and | |

|gore. |Jaws (movie based on the book by Peter Benchley) |

| |Blood and Chocolate (movie based on the book by Annette Curtis |

|Dean Koontz |Klause) |

|Steve Vernon |30 Days of Night (movie based on the graphic novel) |

|Brian Keene |The Dresden Files (television series based on books by Jim |

|Tim Waggoner |Butcher) |

|Richard Laymon |Blood Ties (upcoming television series based on books by Tanya |

|Ray Bradbury |Huff) |

|Richard Matheson |True Blood (upcoming television series based on the Southern |

|Ramsey Campbell |Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris) |

|Ray Garton |Neverwhere (BBC miniseries based on the book by Neil Gaiman) |

|James Herbert | |

|Peter Benchley |Books and graphic novels based on other media |

|Elizabeth Massie | |

|Christopher Golden |Buffy the Vampire Slayer (books and graphic novels based on the |

|Neil Gaiman |television show) |

| |28 Days Later: The Aftermath (graphic novel based on the movie 28 |

| |Days Later) |

| |Ghosts of Albion (books based on the BBC animated web show) |

| |Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness (ties into the Evil Dead |

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|Four Popular Subgenres |

|Zombies |Vampires |

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|Mainstream Titles |Mainstream Titles |

|The Cell by Stephen King |30 Days of Night by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith (graphic novel) |

|World War Z by Max Brooks |Dracula by Bram Stoker |

|The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks |Salem’s Lot by Stephen King |

|The Rising by Brian Keene |The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice |

|City of the Dead by Brian Keene |The Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton |

|Dead Sea by Brian Keene |Anno Dracula by Kim Newman |

| |Buffy the Vampire Slayer series by Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, et al. |

|Small Press Titles | |

|Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines by D. L. Snell |Small Press Titles |

|Dying To Live by Kim Paffenroth |Blackburn and Scarletti Mysteries and Slayer by Karen Koehler |

|Down the Road: On the Last Day by Bowie Ibarra |Vampire Apocalypse by Derek Gunn |

|The Undead: Zombie Anthology edited by D. L. Snell and Elija |Vampire Dawn and Vampire Twilight by Philip Henry |

|Hall The Morningstar Strain: Plague of the Dead by Z A Recht | |

|Mondo Zombie edited by John Skipp Autumn series by David Moody |YA Titles |

|The Monster Trilogy by David Wellington |Twlight series by Stephenie Meyer |

| |Peeps by Scott Westerfield |

| |Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan |

| |In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes |

| |Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruzl |

| |Thirsty by M. T. Anderson |

| |Sweetblood by Pete Hautman |

| |Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith |

| |Fray by Joss Whedon(graphic novel) |

| |Buffy Season 8 by Joss Whedon and Georges Jeanty(graphic novel) |

|Werewolves/Shapeshifters |Killer Animals |

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|Mainstream Titles |Mainstream Titles |

|Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King |The Rats, Lair, Domain by James Herbert |

|The Howling by Gary Brander |Slither by Edward Lee |

|Night of the Wolf, The Wolf Kin, The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt |Jaws, The Beast by Peter Benchley |

|The Mammoth Book of Werewolves ed. By Stephen Jones |Meg, The Trench by James Alten |

| |The “Crabs” books by Guy N Smith |

|Small Press Titles |Cujo by Stephen King |

|Call to the Hunt, Shara, Murdered by Human Wolves by Steve Wedel |Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene |

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|YA Titles |Small Press Titles |

|Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause |Clickers by J. F. Gonzalez |

|The Wereling Series by Stephen Cole |Clickers 2 by Brian Keene |

|Lone Wolf, Wolf Pack by Edo Van Belkom | |

But there’s more!

|Other Subgenres of Horror Fiction |Cross-Genres |

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|Human Horror and Psychological Terror |Chick Lit with Fangs |

|Science Gone Awry |Urban Fantasy |

|Cthulu Mythos |Dark Fantasy |

|Apocalyptic Horror |Supernatural Mysteries |

|The Supernatural and Occult |Paranormal Romances |

|Bizarro |Western Horror |

| |Military Horror |

| |Anthologies |

Still Feeling Lost?

Bewildered by the maze of small presses or frustrated in the search for reviews?

can give you the information and the tools to build a great collection of horror fiction and scary stories.

|Small Presses |Collection Development Resources |

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|Check out the Links page at for a more complete listing of |Check out ’s page for Collection Development Resources and |

|small presses, and links to their websites. |our Links page under General Horror Fiction for a listing of review sources and|

| |current information on horror fiction. |

|Some of our favorites | |

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|Permuted Press | |

|Elder Signs Press | |

|Cemetery Dance | |

|KHP/Black Death Books | |

|Subterranean Press | |

|Delirium Books | |

|Cutting Block Press | |

|White Noise Press | |

|Raw Dog Screaming Press | |

|Biting Dog Press | |

Can’t find what you need?

Email Dylan Kowalewski at:

MonsterLibrarian@

is seeking volunteer reviewers!

Interested?

In submitting book reviews to   you are giving other readers of horror fiction a chance to discover a book that they might have overlooked.  

 

The format for the reviews that I am looking for is:

 

 

Title by Author

Publisher and release date

ISBN

    A short description of the story without giving away any surprise twists or spoiling the ending.  Include your thoughts on or observations about the book. In other words, is it well written? Does anything particularly grab you about the book (Plot? Characters? The author's ability to create atmosphere?). Would you recommend this book for a library to purchase or a fan of the particular subgenre? Please include any attributes of the story that a reader or librarian recommending the book should be aware of, ie. Explicit gore, Explicit sex scenes. A final fun thing to add  is if there are any movie or video game tie-ins worth noting. Finally, please indicate how you would like to be credited. 

 

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