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She has been a readers’advisor since 2000 at the Berwyn (Illinois) Public Library. She graduated with honors from Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science in January 2001. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at the same school, teaching Readers’Advisory Service two semesters a year. Spratford also contributes content to NoveList, is a member of both the Adult Reading Round Table Steering Committee and the Horror Writers Association, and is the author of the blog RA for All: Horror.  \n© 2012 by the American Library Association. Any claim of copyright is subject to applicable limitations and exceptions, such as rights of fair use and library copying pursuant to Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act. No copyright is claimed for content in the public domain, such as works of the U.S. government.  \nPrinted in the United States of America 16 15 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1  \nExtensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of the information in this book; however, the publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.  \nISBNs: 978-0-8389-1112-9 (paper); 978-0-8389-9449-8 (PDF); 978-0-8389-9450-4 (ePUB); 978- 0-8389-9451-1 (Mobipocket); 978-0-8389-9452-8 (Kindle) . For more information on digital formats, visit [the ALA Store at alastore.ala.org](the ALA Store at alastore.ala.org) and select eEditions.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nSpratford, Becky Siegel.  \n[Horror readers’ advisory]  \nThe readers’ advisory guide to horror / Becky Siegel Spratford.—Second edition. pages cm.—(ALA Editions’ readers’ advisory series)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-8389-1112-9  \n1. Fiction in libraries—United States. 2. Libraries——United States—Special collections—Horror tales. 3. Readers’ advisory services—United States. 4. Horror tales, American—Bibliography. 5. Horror tales, English—Bibliography. I. Title.  \nZ711 .5.S68 2012  \n026'.80883—dc23 2011043954  \n This paper meets the requirements ofANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper) .  \nALA Editions purchases fund professionals worldwide.  \nadvocacy, awareness, and accreditation programs for library  \n[www.alastore.ala.org](www.alastore.ala.org)  \nCONTENTS  \nSeries Introduction vii  \nPreface: Why We Need Horror ix  \nAcknowledgments xi  \n1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF HORROR How the Past Haunts the Present  \n2 THE APPEAL OF HORROR  \nFeel the Fear, Find the Readers  \n3 HORROR 101  \nA Crash Course in Today’s Tales of Terror  \n4 THE CLASSICS  \nTime-Tested Tales of Terror  \n5 GHOSTS AND HAUNTED HOUSES Home, Scream Home  \n6 VAMPIRES Books with Bite  \n7 ZOMBIES  \nFollow the Walking Dead  \n8 SHAPE-SHIFTERS  \nNature Morphs into Something Terrifying  \n9 MONSTERS AND ANCIENT EVIL Cthulhu Comes Calling  \n[www.alastore.ala.org](www.alastore.ala.org)  \n1  \n13  \n31  \n49  \n57  \n65  \n75  \n83  \n91  \nv  \n10 WITCHES AND THE OCCULT Double, Double, Toil and Trouble  \n11 SATAN AND DEMONIC POSSESSION The Devil Inside  \n12 COMIC HORROR Laughing in the Face of Fear  \n13 MOVING BEYOND THE HAUNTED HOUSE Whole Collection Options for Horror Readers  \n14 SOWING THE SEEDS OF FEAR Horror Resources and Marketing  \nBibliography 153  \nIndex 157  \n101  \n111  \n119  \n127  \n139  \n[www.alastore.ala.org](www.alastore.ala.org)  \nPREFACE  \nWhy We Need Horror  \nReaders love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror.  \nTruthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world.  \n—Brian K. 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