Horror Readers' Advisory The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses

It's a dark and scary world. Fans are rabid. Blood, guts, and gore are the norm. Welcome to the horror genre. Horror classics have been scaring people for years. Nowadays, who doesn't know about Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Dean Koontz? Profiled in a special section, the "Big Three" have turned horror into bestsellers. For all the horror fans that haunt your library, this is the must-have guide. Readers' advisors and reference librarians will appreciate the key tools provided to expand upon this genre, including listings of top books, authors, and award winners within eleven horror subgenres-like mummies, biomedical, monsters, and splatterpunk. Clear descriptions of characteristics within subgenres are provided throughout. Horror may be an acquired taste, but under the guidance of two passionate aficionados, any librarian can master the basics to add horror into readers' advisory services.Spratford, Becky Siegel is the author of 'Horror Readers' Advisory The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses', published 2004 under ISBN 9780838908716 and ISBN 0838908713.