Since it’s Halloween weekend, what better way to head off into the sunset, equipped with stakes, ouija board, silver bullets, garlic, etc., than a list of top ten favorite classic horror writers?
But not just any list. Most of us know those: Stoker and Shelley and Poe and Lovecraft, etc. etc. No, how about a top ten list of forgotten, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Horror’
October 30, 2009
Top 10 Forgotten Classic Horror Writers
October 22, 2009
Harrowing Halloween Horror
We’ve recently added some great new books to our horror collection, just in time for Halloween! Check them out:
Frostbite: A Werewolf Tale by David Wellington – Since vampires are currently everyone’s favorite creature of the night (thanks a lot, Stephenie Meyer), we don’t see many books about werewolves these days. Fortunately, Frostbite fills in the gaps pretty well [...]
July 14, 2009
Scary Summer Reading
Vampires and post-apocalyptic fiction are figuring heavily in my reading list lately. I’ve been revisiting some of the classics, as well as exploring some of the newer books in the genre, like:
Dracula, by Bram Stoker: I only recently got around to reading the classic of all vampire novels, and was delighted to find that it’s [...]
May 8, 2009
Things Could be Much, Much Worse
Worried about the swine flu? Read some of these novels about horrific plagues to remind yourself that things could be much, much worse!
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson – The classic novel about a plague that causes vampirism. Apocalypse ensues.
World War Z by Max Brooks – There’s nothing more terrifying than a zombie plague, unless [...]
October 24, 2008
Congratulations!
A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of meeting the American “scary fantasy”/horror novelist Frederick Durbin. Mr. Durbin was visiting Pittsburgh from Japan, where he has been teaching English at the university level for almost 20 years. My friends contacted him after reading and loving his best-known work Dragonfly, a Christmas Carol-like homage [...]
October 3, 2008
The Horror in the Library: A Lovecraftian Tale* Featuring Fantastical Books, Films, and More to Get You Through October
(A very old journal was recently found in a box of books given to our library by an anonymous donor. This is the first time the journal’s contents have been released to the public.)
July 14, 1936 — Great news! I have secured a job at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. I am certain that my skills as an antiquary and paper conservator helped me acquire [...]
August 18, 2008
Shelf Examination: GLBT Fiction
Today’s installment of Shelf Examination highlights the GLBT fiction collection, which combines genres to please the various reading tastes within the spectrum of people who identify as lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, intersexed, or otherwise queer. So, whether you’re looking for a good mystery, an inspirational heart-warmer, or a supernatural thriller, you’ll find it here, written by, for, and [...]
August 1, 2008
Shelf Examination: Horror
“Begone, foul demon!” Frantically, I waved my library card at the hideous creature that blocked my path.
The fiend wasn’t buying it. “I scoff at your literary hall pass, librarian,” he hissed, briefly baring a mouthful of razor-sharp fangs.
The smell of sulfur grew stronger as Boredom approached me. The CLP staff had defeated this particular demon [...]
June 6, 2008
Pulp Fiction: H. P. Lovecraft
Back in the day, libraries, like dictionaries, were prescriptive rather than descriptive. Dictionaries, such as Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language and the Oxford English Dictionary, told you what words to use and how to use them. Slang, when not excluded entirely, was largely discouraged, grammar just so, and obscenities were verboten.
No longer. [...]
