Just in time to get your library hold in before #Halloween - it's SCARY stories! Across time, genres, and age groups, what makes a good scary story? Why are we drawn to them? Is there real intrinsic value, or is it just for fun? Can't wait to hear your feedback on this one!! Books Mentioned in this episode: Fear Street Books Goosebumps Books Are You Afraid of the Dark Books Dracula by B Stoker Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghostly Gallery Frankenstein by M Shelley Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, and My Cousin Rachel by D du Maurier The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by RL Stevenson The Night Gardener by J Auxier The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by ST Coleridge Edgar Allen Poe’s works The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Various Victorian Ghost Stories and Collections by Edith Nesbit and also Hugh Walpole Dragon Tattoo Series by Steig Larsson The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The 4 Aspects of Victorian Ghost Stories: Atmosphere, Dread, Revelation, Repositioning

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