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Title The horror readers' advisory : the librarian's guide to vampires, killer tomatoes, and haunted houses / Becky Siegel Spratford, Tammy Hennigh Clausen.
Author Spratford, Becky Siegel.
Publication Info. Chicago : American Library Association, 2004.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  028.9 SPR    Check Shelves
Description x, 161 p. ; 23 cm.
Series ALA readers' advisory series
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-147) and index.
Contents The evolution of horror literature and film -- The readers' advisory interview : matching horror novels with readers -- The classics : time-tested tales of terror -- Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream, home -- Mummies, zombies, and golems : the walking dead under wraps -- Vampires : Dracula will never die -- Werewolves and animals of terror : the beast walks among us -- Maniacs and other monsters : the killer lurking in the corner -- Black magic, witches, warlocks, and the occult : double, double, toil, and trouble -- Demonic possession and Satanism : the Devil inside -- Scientific and biomedical horror : the doctor will see you now -- Psychological horror : mental mayhem -- Splatterpunk or extreme horror : horror's cutting edge -- Horror resources : how to hunt for the haunted -- Collection development : cultivating the seeds of fear -- Marketing your horror collection : make them come back to your lair of horror.
Subject Fiction in libraries -- United States.
Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Horror tales.
Readers' advisory services -- United States.
Horror tales -- Bibliography.
Added Author Clausen, Tammy Hennigh.
ISBN 0838908713 : $32.40
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