Hill, Joe.
Summary: Following a shocking death that dredges up memories of their father's murder, Kinsey and Tyler Locke are thrown into choppy emotional waters, and turn to their new friend, Zack Wells, for support, little suspecting Zack's dark secret. Meanwhile, six-year-old Bode Locke tries to puzzle out the secret of the head key, and Uncle Duncan is jarred into the past by a disturbingly familiar face. Open...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW 2009
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HILSummary: Award-winning horror film director, writer, producer, and actor Eli Roth brings together the masters of horror, the storytellers, and stars who define the genre, to explore its biggest themes and reveal the inspirations and struggles behind its past and present. Each one-hour episode will take viewers on a chilling exploration of how horror has evolved through the years and examine the genre's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ELISummary: The evolution of Hollywood horror films gets an affectionate appreciation from one of the recent genre maestros, as the AMC documentary series by writer/director Eli Roth slashes into the on-screen odysseys of zombies, vampires, ghosts, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.0872 DANPoe, Edgar Allan
Summary: Thirteen of Poe's terrifying works are reimagined in new and unexpected ways for modern readers. Poe's own stories are included, so readers can compare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HISHarkup, Kathryn
Summary: The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often used in derogatory terms to describe scientists who have overstepped a perceived moral line. But how did a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 HARLubar, David
Summary: Watch out for the road weenies! A town is overrun by road weenies-a.k.a. joggers-who never smile. A girl thinks she's too old for Halloween ... until she finds a special pair of gloves. A boy takes a shortcut to an unexpected place. A mummy takes his revenge, one little piece at a time ... Welcome to the weird and wacky world of award-winning storyteller and master of the macabre, David Lubar....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUBVarley, Dax
Summary: In the four months since his mother was taken by demons, Max has been studying and perfecting a means of killing them with a slingshot, witch hazel, and an arcade token with a sunburst emblem--but now other women have been disappearing and finding out what the demons are up to has become a matter of increasing urgency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC VARSummary: An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FLIGaneri, Anita
Summary: Teaches young readers how to write horror stories, covering such topics as developing ideas, setting spooky scenes, and building drama and suspense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Heinemann Library 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808 GANPoe, Edgar Allan
Summary: Features a comprehensive collection of the author's works, including such classics as "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Raven" and lesser-known works such as "Loss of Breath" and "Spirits of the Dead."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Castle Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.3 POEShearer, Wendy
Summary: "This spook-tactular collection features more than 20 fright-filled stories from around the globe. Retold with ghoulish relish by professional storyteller Wendy Shearer and beautifully illustrated by Teo Georgiev, these hair-raising tales are sure to send shivers down your spine."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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Summary: From a boy determined to teach the school bully a lesson to a novelty toy that brings good luck with monstrous consequences, this terrifying trio of tales will have FNAF fans on the edge of their seats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 FIVCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC FIVSchwartz, Alvin
Summary: More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1991
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCHOlson, Arielle North.
Summary: Can you escape from an evil wizard? Can you outrun a corpse? Can you learn secrets from a severed head? These terrifying questions, and many more, enliven twenty-two tales collected from around the world and retold. From China to Egypt, and Spain to Hawaii, people have gathered for generations to listen to spooky stories that make the backs of their necks prickle. You can share their nightmares...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
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Summary: Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1984
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE SCHSchwartz, Alvin
Summary: Features twenty-five chilling tales of prophetic dreams, feral children raised by wild animals, swamp creatures, and other terrifying phenomena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.25 SCHSummary: Eli Roth explores the dark power and wicked fun of scary movies, the craft that went into making them and the ways that horror films reflect the anxieties of their times. The themes include Houses of Hell, Monsters, Body Horror, Witches, Chilling Children, and Classic Horror. Interviewees include Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, Jordan Peele and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Columbia professor and cultural historian Jeremy Dauber takes readers to the startling origins of the horror genre in the United States, from the lingering influence of the European Gothic to the enslaved insurrection tales and the apocryphal chroniclesof colonial settlers kidnapped by Native Americans"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4309 DOUNelson, Victoria.
Contents: White dog, the prequel : between imagination and belief -- Faux Catholic : a Gothick subgenre from Monk Lewis to Dan Brown -- Gothick God : the worshipful world of Horror Fandom -- Decommissioning Satan : in favor of his man-god whelps -- Gothick romance : the danse macabre of women -- The bright God beckons : the new vampire romance -- Postapocalyptic Gothick : that means zombies (and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 NelsonSchwartz, Alvin
Summary: Features twenty-five chilling tales of prophetic dreams, feral children raised by wild animals, swamp creatures, and other terrifying phenomena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.25 SCHWeinberg, Robert E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collectors Press 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 809.387 WEIHendrix, Grady
Summary: A nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970's and 1980's, complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017