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The readers' advisory guide to horror [electronic resource] / Becky Siegel Spratford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spratford, Becky Siegel.
- Series:
- ALA readers' advisory series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction in libraries--United States.
- Fiction in libraries.
- Libraries--United States--Special collections--Horror tales.
- Libraries.
- Readers' advisory services--United States.
- Readers' advisory services.
- Horror tales, American--Bibliography.
- Horror tales, American.
- Horror tales, English--Bibliography.
- Horror tales, English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : American Library Association, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- A brief history of horror : how the past haunts the present
- The appeal of horror : feel the fear, find the readers
- Horror 101 : a crash course in today's tales of terror
- The classics : time-tested tales of terror
- Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream home
- Vampires : books with bite
- Zombies : follow the walking dead
- Shape-shifters : nature morphs into something terrifying
- Monsters and ancient evil : Cthulhu comes calling
- Witches and the occult : double, double, toil and trouble
- Satan and demonic possession : the devil inside
- Comic horror : laughing in the face of fear
- Moving beyond the haunted house : whole collection options for horror readers
- Sowing the seeds of fear : horror resources and marketing.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 11, 2013).
- Other Edition:
- Revision of: Spratford, Becky Siegel. Chicago : American Library Association, 2004 (x, 161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.) ALA readers' advisory series
- ISBN:
- 0-8389-9449-0
- OCLC:
- 844924494
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