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Why I love horror : essays on horror literature / edited by Becky Siegel Spratford.

Van Pelt Library PN56.H6 W49 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Keene, Brian, author.
Piper, Hailey, author.
Langan, John (John Paul), author.
Katsu, Alma, author.
Iglesias, Gabino, author.
Due, Tananarive, 1966- author.
McMahon, Jennifer, 1968- author.
Malerman, Josh, author.
Tremblay, Paul, author.
Hendrix, Grady, author.
Pelayo, Cynthia, author.
Chapman, Clay McLeod, author.
Onoh, Nuzo, author.
Harrison, Rachel, 1989- author.
LaValle, Victor, 1972- author.
SanGiovanni, Mary, author.
Demchuk, David, author.
Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972- author.
Contributor:
Spratford, Becky Siegel, editor.
Tremblay, Emma, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Horror in literature.
Horror tales--History and criticism.
Horror tales.
Authors.
Authorship--Collaboration.
Authorship.
authors.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Essays
Essays.
Physical Description:
xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
First Saga Press trade paperback edition.
Other Title:
Essays on horror literature
Place of Publication:
New York, New York : Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2025.
Summary:
"A love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry. For twenty-five years, Becky Siegel Spratford has worked as a librarian in Reader Advisory, training library workers all over the world on how to engage their patrons and readers, and to use her place as a horror expert and critic to get the word out to others; to bring even more readers into the horror fold. Why I Love Horror is a captivating anthology and heartfelt tribute to the horror genre featuring essays from several of the most celebrated contemporary horror writers including, Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Josh Malerman, Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, and Rachel Harrison."-- Publisher's description.
Contents:
Why ask why / Becky Siegel Spratford
Brian Keene's giant-size man-thing / Brian Keene
The giant footprint of horror / Hailey Piper
In the Bermuda Triangle with Sasquatch, flesh smoldering / John Langan
What you can learn from horror: don't run from darkness; it's trying to teach you a lesson / Alma Katsu
Horror is life: a blood-soaked love letter / Gabino Iglesias
My long road to horror / Tananarive Due
Monster girl: how horror gave me a place to belong / Jennifer McMahon
On the Amtrak, heading home / Josh Malerman
Why horror? / Paul Tremblay (drawings by Emma Tremblay)
Why I love horror / Grady Hendrix
My mother was Margaret White / Cynthia Pelayo
Why I am horror / Clay McLeod Chapman
A day in my psychedelic world / Nuzo Onoh
Permission to scream / Rachel Harrison
Horror saved my life / Victor LaValle
Tales from my crypt / Mary SanGiovanni
Of men and monsters / David Demchuk
Why horror / Stephen Graham Jones.
Other Format:
Online version: Why I love horror.
ISBN:
1668205092
9781668205099
OCLC:
1492483233

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