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Professional Articles
Campbell, Patty, “Should Kids Read Goosebumps?” Horn Book Magazine, 70, 2, March/April, 1994
Carroll, Noel, The Philosophy of Horror, New York, Routledge, 1990
Dickson, Randi. “Horror” To Gratify, Not Edify,” Language Arts, 76, 2, November, 1998.
Fonseca, Anthony J. & Pulliam, June Michele. Hooked on Horror: a guide to reading interests in horror fiction: 2nd ed. Greenwood/Libraries Unlimited, 2003. An annotated bibliography of 800+ horror titles for librarians and readers.
Gehring, Wes. “Frankenstein and Friends,” USA Magazine Today, 128, 2652, September, 1999.
Kan, Kat. "The Horror!" Voice of Youth Advocates v. 25 no. 6 (February 2003), p. 462-3.
“Mysteries, Thrillers Are Top Choices For Pleasure Reading Among Teens, Reading Today, 14, February/March, 1997.
New Paperback Book Lists,” Emergency Librarian, 20,4, March/April, 1993.
Smith, Greg, "The Literary Equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries?: Academics, Moralists, and the Stephen King Phenomenon." The Midwest Quarterly, Summer 2002, v43, i4, p329(18) Can King be considered a "great" American literary figure?
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Book Awards
YALSA's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults committee has chosen horror as a categorie for 2005. See the nominations.
http://www.mysterywriters.org/awards.html The Edgar Allan Poe Awards(sm) (the "Edgars(sm)") are named after Mystery Writers of America's patron saint, Edgar Allan Poe, and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the genre.
http://www.horror.org/news.htm#stokerrecipients Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The awards are presented in twelve categories: Novel, First Novel, Short Fiction, Long Fiction, Fiction Collection, Poetry Collection, Anthology, Nonfiction, Illustrated Narrative, Screenplay, Work for Young Readers, and Alternative Forms.
http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathapast.htm The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery—-books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The genre is generally characterized by mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore, or gratuitous violence; usually featuring an amateur detective, they have a confined setting and characters who know one another.
http://www.literature-awards.com/anthony_awards.htm The Anthony Awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911 - 1968), considered the foremost mystery critic in his time. Boucher helped found the organization Mystery Writers of America. Mr. Boucher was also the author of several novels.
http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/files/awards.html Each year, the Crime Writers of Canada presents the Arthur Ellis Awards, Canada’s national awards in the crime-writing field.
http://www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in four categories.
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Novels
Anderson, MT. Thirsty. Mood swings, pumped up energy levels, sleeplessness, all typical of adolescence. Chris keeps trying to reassure himself. But when they are combined with constant terible thirst, a lust for flesh and an ever fading reflection, Chris finally admits that this is not normal adolescence. He is becoming a vampire. Chris notices disquieting changes in himself: violent mood swings, sleeplessness, relentless thirst, and a tendency, when agitated, to fade out of mirrors and other reflections.
Bradbury, Ray. Something Wicked This Way Comes. Terrifying things begin to happen when two adventurous boys in Green Town, Illinois stumble onto Mr. Dark’s Pandemonium Carnival and its deadly, destructive secret.
Brockman, Robin, ed. Great Ghost Stories: 34 classic tales of the supernatural. Thirty-four spooky tales from British and American masters of literature such as Edgar Allen Poe, Henry James, Charlotte Bronte, Sir Walter Scott, O. Henry, Oscar Wilde, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Cormier, Robert. Rag and Bone Shop. When twelve-year-old Jason is questioned as a witness in a young girl's murder investigation, he doesn't realize that his interrogation in the hands of a skilled detective will become a matter of life and death.
DeFillipis, Nunzio and Christina Weir. Skinwalker. Art by Brian Hurtt and Arthur Dela Cruz. An FBI agent and a Navajo Reservation Officer track an unusual killerfrom a Navajo Reservation to Washington, D.C.
Fuqua, Jonathon Scott with photographs by Steve Parke and Stephen John Phillips. In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe. When a lost diary purported to be written by Poe falls into the hands of Sterling Tuttle, the Poe scholar uncovers a side of the writer that few people ever suspected.
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman: King of Dreams. Ten stories from the Neil Gaiman series.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. When Coraline steps through the locked dooes in her family's new flat, she finds a world which caters to her every whim. But when she wants to leave, things turn unpleasant.
Griffin, Peni R. The Ghost Sitter. Susie's been dead for fifty years, but doesn't know - she's been waiting for her family and her younger sister to return to their home in a San Antonio subdivision.
Heinlein, Robert. Stranger in a Strange Land. Meet Michael Valentine Smith--earthling who grew up on Mars. What did his Martian family teach him?
Heinlein, Robert. The Door into Summer. Electronics engineer Dan Davis has finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot with extraordinary abilities, destined to dramatically change the landscape of everyday routine. And then the 30 year sleep. Read how he fights back from the future.
Heinlein, Robert. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. A small band of disgruntled loonies , including a one-armed computer jock, a radical young woman, a past-his-prime academic and computer named Mike, (precursor to # 5 is alive) ignite the fires of revolution despite the near certainty of failure and death.
Jackson, Shirley. Haunting of Hill House. What is it about Eleanor that makes it hard to leave the cold dark place that is Hill House?
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror edited by Stephen Jones. Five of the best new horror stories.
King, Stephen. Pet Cemetery. "Sometimes Dead is better." The Creeds were an ideal family. When they found the old house in rural Maine, they thought it was too good to be true. It was.
King, Stephen. Carrie.
Menaced by bullies at school and her mother at home, Carrie strikes back,with a vengeance.
Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood and Chocolate. A sensual exploration of Vivian's longing for a calm life beyond her wolf pack.
Lovecraft, H.P. Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft.
25 short stories to keep you up all night.
Niles, Steve and Ben Templesmith. 30 Days of Night. This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. The Body of Christopher Creed. Did Christopher really disappear? His classmates might know.
Pockell, Leslie, ed. The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time. From Edgar Allan Poe to Shirley Jackson, there is something for every horror fan. Includes such masterpieces as: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," W.W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw," H.P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu," and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."
Shelly, Mary. Frankenstein. A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
Van Belkom, Edo. Be Afraid: tales of horror.
Features fifteen tales by international award-winning and bestselling authors, including Robert J. Sawyer, Monica Hughes, Tim Wynne-Jones, Ed Greenwood, Nancy Kilpatrick, Joe R. Lansdale, Ed Gorman, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Richard Laymon. Ghosts, witches, and otherworldly beings are featured, along with connections to teen angst.
Vande Velde, Vivian. Companions of the Night. Thinking she's stumbled into a crime scene, Kerry, 16, helps Ethan escape from the seemingly crazy men who claim he is a vampire. But soon after her family is kidnapped, Kerry realizes that maybe they weren't so crazy after all. Worse, she can't think of anyone better to help her find vampires than a vampire himself. But will Ethan turn into the love of her life or the creature who takes it?
Windsor, Patricia. The Blooding. When Maris decides she's had enough of her mother's constant picking, a summer au pair job seems like a perfect escape. But she quickly finds that the Forrest house isn't as peaceful as it seems.
Weissman, Steve. White Flower Day. This graphic novel has been compared to a 'dark side' Peanuts! Art work is in black and white.
Yolen, Jane. Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories. 12 original tales about all kinds of vampires: mall-rat vampires, pious Jewish vampires, squeamish vampires, and shaman vampires.
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Nonfiction
Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves . Nina Auerbach shows how every age embraces the vampire it needs, and gets the vampire it deserves. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Auerbach locates vampires at the heart of our national experience and uses them as a lens for viewing the last two hundred years of Anglo-American cultural history.
Baden, Michael M. and Marion Roach. Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers. Read more about the art and science of forensics.
Bugliosi, Vincent. Helter Skelter: The True Story of Manson Murders. True crime fans wil learn details from an insider on the Manson case.
Campbell, Bruse. If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor: An Autobiography. From the star of the legendary "Evil Dead" movies comes the raucous, sardonic memoir of his life as a "B" movie king in an "A" movie world. Deeply earnest and fiercely funny, this book tells the story of an unlikely star who leads a double life as cult movie icon and regular Joe.
Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood: A True Account of Multiple Murder and its Consequences. It took 5 years to bring the Clutter's killer to justice.
Cornwell, Patricia. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper- case closed. Cornwell presents strong, albeit largely circumstantial, evidence as to the true culprit in the unsolved case of Jack the Ripper.
Deary, Terry. True Horror Stories.A collection of horror stories from around the world based on experiences that someone has claimed are factual. "Fact File" sections provide supplementary information.
Evans, Colin. The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes. Learn about cases solved using everything from psychological profiling to ballistics.
Farrell, Harry. Swift Justice: Murder & Vengeance In A California Town. An award winning account of a town that took justice into its own hands.
Genge, N.E. The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation. In addition to a comprehensive overview of forensic science, this book includes information about career opportunities and training.
Holt, David and Bill Mooney. Spiders in the Hairdo: Modern Urban Legends. Did you hear the one about the vanishing hitch hiker? It's here along with 49 other fabulous tales.
King, Stephan. On Writing. Rarely has a book on the craft of writing been so clear, so useful and so entertaining. A series of vivid memories from King's adolescence to his struggling years affords readers a fresh and often funny perspective on the formation of a writer's character. King takes readers through crucial aspects of the writer's art and life, offering practical and inspiring advice on everything from plot and character development to work habits and rejection.
Madison, Bob. American Horror Writers. Profiles the lives of 10 authors, all of whom have left a definite impression on the modern horror novel: Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Shirley Jackson, Rod Serling, Dean Koontz, R. L. Stine, Anne Rice, and Stephen King.
Miller, Hugh. What the Corpse Revealed: Murder and the Science of Forensic Detection. Fifteen forensic triumphs from all over the globe.
Owen, David. Hidden Evidence: Forty True Crime Stories and How Forensic Science Helped to Solve Them. Explains the scientific procedures that helped crack of 40 infamous headline grabbing crimes, from the gathering of physical clues, to the examination of weapons and bodies and the use of sophisticated scientific analysis. Includes the history of forensic science and the technologies that support it, including such things as gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Peeples, Scott. The Afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe. Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
Penzler, Otto, ed. Best American Crime Writing: 2003 Edition : The Year's Best True Crime Reporting.Highlights the best crime reporting for 2003. Includes Maximillian Potter’s “The Body Farm” from GQ, a portrait of Murray Marks, who collects dead bodies and strews them around two acres of the University of Tennessee campus to study their decomposition in order to help solve crime.
Rickels, Laurence A. The Vampire Lectures. A collection of essays and lectures given by a specialist in German literature and psychoanalytic theory on vampirism.
Rule, Ann. Small Sacrifices: a True Story of Passion and Murder. The tragic story of a mother's love gone horribly wrong.
Treadwell, Ty and Michelle Vernon. Last Suppers: Famous Final Meals from Death Row. Details the last meals served to various death row inmates.
Vieira, Mark A. Hollywood Horror: From Gothic to Cosmic. Populated with vampires, monsters, mummies, zombies, werewolves, sinister scientists, aliens, and psychopaths, horror films are permanently imprinted on our culture. Hollywood Horror celebrates this ever-popular and enduring cinematic genre, providing an entertaining narrative and pictorial history of the classic American horror film from the silent era to 1968.
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