"Spring into Terror" horror review project!

We are excited to announce the Spring into Terror horror book review project. Spring into Terror is a collaborative effort presenting reviews of horror fiction that will be available for your reading pleasure this Spring. In addition to providing reviews of horror titles you might be interested in adding to your collection, “Spring into Terror” will highlight participating horror fiction review sites that cover both small press and mainstream horror. Collaborating review sites include: Horrorworld.org, Horror-Web.com, Hellnotes.com, DreadCentral.com, Fearzone.com, HorrorDrive-in.com, MonsterLibrarian.com, and Dark Scribe Magazine. Visit the Spring into Terror to see a list of the titles reviewed at participating sites.

MonsterLibrarian.com has reviews of The Unwanted by Diablo, Mark Michaels, Juan Romera, and Jason Arthur in our adult Graphic Novel section. Bob Freeman reviews Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations ed. by William Jones in the Cthulhu Mythos section and The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff in the adult Something Different section. Michele Lee reviews The Man on the Ceiling by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem in the Something Different section. All these reviews are part of the "Spring into Terror" project.

Michele Lee also reviews J.W. Coffy's A Wager of Blood in the adult Supernatural section. The Monster Librarian reviews Peadar O Guilin's The Inferior in the young adult Dark Fantasy section. Finally, for the kids there is a review of Damien Graves's The Midnight Library: The Cat Lady in the Scary Books for Kids section.
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2/1/08 Reviews of Flesh Feast, History is Dead, and Dark Hollow

Bob Freeman reviews Brian Keene's latest Dark Hollow in the adult Supernatural section. Zombie anthologies The Undead Vol 3: Flesh Feast edited by D.L. Snell and Travis Adkins and History is Dead edited by Kim Paffenroth are reviewed in the adult Zombie section. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases pages has been updated for February and March.
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New Year, New Reviews

Happy New Year from all of us at MonsterLibrarian.com! To kick off the New Year, Bret Jordan reviews Last Dragon by J.M. McDermott in the Something Different Section for adults. There is a review of City Slab magazine in the Horror Periodicals section. Dennis Latham's Michael In Hell is reviewed in the adult Human Horror section. Finally, for the fans of young adult vampire titles there is a review of Marked: House of Night by P.C. and Kristen Cast in the young adult vampire section. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases has been started for 2008 and will be updated as new releases are announced. We are pleased to offer an introduction to Splatterpunk by John Skipp in the Splatterpunk 101 page found in the Book Ends section. We have selected MonsterLibrarian.com's Top Picks for 2007 for adult, young adults, and children's titles.
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11/16/07 New reviews of The Desert, Mister B Gone, and The Blackburn & Scarletti Mysteries, Vol II

I am happy to report that we presented a session at the Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference titled Letting the Monsters Out to Play: Collection Development and Readers Advisory in Horror Fiction. If anyone was looking for the handouts from the conference they are available at the The ILF Presentation page. We had a great crowd and had lots of fun.

In this update Bob Freeman reviews Byron Morrigan's military horror story The Desert and the Monster Librarian reviews Karen Koehler's The Blackburn & Scarletti Mysteries, Vol II both in the Horror Adventure section. Bret Jordan reviews Clive Barker's Mister B Gone in the adult Supernatural section. .

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Halloween update! New reviews

Happy Halloween from all of us at MonsterLibrarian.com. I hope everyone has a happy, safe, and scary Halloween. In this update, new reviewer William Simmons reviews Stephen King's
Salem's Lot in the adult vampire section and The Shining in the adult supernatural section. Michele Lee reviews Rob Rogers' upcoming dark superhero thriller Devil’s Cape. The Monster Librarian reviews Elizabeth Massie's Brazen Bull in the human horror section,
Michael McBride's Chronicles of the Apocalypse: Species in the adult zombie section, and Steven Niles' 28 Days Later: The Aftermath in the adult graphic novel section. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases has been updated for November and December. MonsterLibrarian.com was mentioned in the article "Boo! Focus on Scary Stories" by John Peters in the October issue of School Library Journal as a professional resource for librarians in helping with horror readers' advisory for kids and young adults! Thanks, John! I also wanted to thank the good folks at Horrorworld, Horror-Web, Hellnotes, and Dread Central for participating in our first Halloween Horror Fiction Book Review project. Check out the reviews on our Halloween Page.
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9/3/07 Reviews for adults, y/a, children, contests, and more

I want to welcome two new reviewers, Bob Freeman and David Agranoff, to the staff of MonsterLibrarian.com. We are excited to have them join us. In this update, Bob Freeman reviews Elder Signs Press's periodical Dark Wisdom edited by William Jones in the Horror Magazine section. The Angry Princess reviews Zoe Whitten's The Lesser Of Two Evils in the adult Human Horror section. The Monster Librarian reviews Midlisters by Kealan Patrick Burke also in the human horror section. There is a review for Eric S Brown's zombie chapbook Zombies II;Inhuman in the zombie section. For those who like young adult vampire fiction there is a review of Melissa de la Cruz's follow up to Blue Bloods, Masquerade. For the children The Monster Librarian reviews Mirrorstone Book's A Practical Guide to Monsters by Nina Hess. In the Monster Librarian's Spotlight we focus on book trailers. For the next two months we are running a few Contests, including one surrounding David Morrell's Scavengers and art contests for both children and adults. Finally, there have been new entries added to the World War II Horror fiction list and an update on Rio Youer's End Times.
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New reviews for zombie fiction, horror anthologies, and one for a Cthulhu collection

Bret Jordan reviews David Moody's Autumn: Purification in the adult Zombie section. David Agranoff reviews Tattered Souls edited by Frank J. Hutton and The Monster Librarian reviews A Dark and Deadly Valley edited by Mike Heffernan in the adult Horror Anthologies section. We would like to welcome a new reviewer to MonsterLibrarian.com Bob Freeman, who reviews Horrors Beyond (Tales of Terrifying Realities) edited by William Jones in the adult Cthulhu Mythos section. There is another specialty horror fiction list now posted the Western Horror Fiction List lists horror titles set in the Old West. To go with the list David Agranoff reviews Richard Matheson's horror western novel, Shadow on the Sun in the adult Something Different Section. There are new links added to the Links page including a new section for young adult fiction links starting with the great YA book site YA Fresh. Finally, this month Monster Librarian's Spotlight shines on Permuted Press, publisher of zombie and apocalyptic titles.
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6/15/07 Reviews of books with vampires, zombies, and cryptozoological monsters

Bret Jordan reviews D.L. Snell's zombie/vampire tale Roses of Blood on Barbwire in the Zombie section and the short story collection, Nobody from Dark Hart Press in the Something Different section. Rose Gordon reviews Poppy Z. Brite vampire book Lost Souls in the adult Vampire section. I review Jason Brannon's cryptozoological monster mash The Cage in the Killer Animal section. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases page has been updated with releases for July and August. There is a new horror book list, the Haunted House Fiction List, can be found in the Book Ends section. Finally, new author links have been added to the Links page.
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6/5/07 New reviews for adults,y/a, and one for the kids

Bret Jordan reviews M.F. Korn's Rachmaninoff's Ghost and Swamp Witch Piquante & Scream Queen Bisque (Over a Bed of Rice) in the adult Supernatural section. I also review M.F. Korn's Skimming the Gumbo Nuclear. Two of Julie Kenner's books get reviewed with me reviewing the young adult vampire book Good Ghouls Do and Francesca the Librarian reviewing Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon- Hunting Soccer Mom. In addition, Bret Jordan reviews Gary Braunbeck's Destination Unknown in the Something Different section for adults. I add to this weeks update with reviews of Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft edited by Tom Pomplun for the young adult Graphic Novels section, The Pandora's Box Trilogy: Book One: Into the Void by Adam Teachout in the newly created Horror Themed Adventure section for young adults, and Favorite Scary Stories of American Children by Richard and Judy Dockrey Young in the Scary Books for Kids section.
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5/24/07 New horror fiction reviews for adults and young adults

Bret Jordan reviews Mark Leslie's One Hand Screaming in the something different section for adults. He also reviews the J. Robert King's Ravenloft werewolf book Heart of Midnight. In the adult supernatural section there is a review of Jason Brannon's Winds of Change. For those who like young adult vampire books there is a review of Julie Kenner's The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even . There are new links for small press publishers a horror movie review site that have been added to the Links page. Finally, the Monstrous Music page has been renamed Monstrous Media with the addition of a link to a fun little zombie related library promotion video.
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4/24/07 Reviews for horror for adults, children and kids

Bret Jordan reviews The Blackest Heart by Vince Churchill in the adult something different section. Francesca the Librarian reviews Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret in the newly minted Something Different section for young adults. For the zombie lovers there is a review of Joe McKinney's Dead City in the adult zombie section. There is also a review of S.D. Hintz's The Offering in the adult supernatural section. For the 12 and under crowd there is a review of The Scarecrow's New Clothes by Lisa Thiesing. For those interested in a little musical levity we have added a link in our Monstrous Music section to Librarian by Haunted Love. Finally, we have added a profile to our latest staff member Havoc in the About This Site section.

Remember we are running the Vampire Dawn contest until May 15th go to the Contests page to enter!

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4/15/07 New reviews, upcoming horror releases, and contest

Bret Jordan reviews Rio Youers's End Times in the adult Something Different. Havoc reviews X-Rated Blood Suckers by Mario Acevedo in the adult vampire section, Kimberly Raye's Dead and Dateless in the Horror Romance Section, and starts off with our first young adult graphic novel review with a look at Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight, Volume 1. Finally, a review of horror podcasting site Pseudopod. Additional links have been added to the Link Page, and the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page hass been updated fiwth new releases for May and June. Finally, MonsterLibrarian is having its first contest, go to the Contests page to enter to win a copy of Vampire Dawn by Philip Henry.
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New reviews for adults, young adults, and kids

Bret Jordan reviews The Prison by Patrick Gates in the adult supernatural section. In addition, the horror/humor chapbook Right House on the Left by Steve Vernon, Mark McLaughlin, and L.L. Soares is reviewed in the something different section for adults. Christopher Pike's Slumber Party is reviewed for young adults human horror section. Finally, My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck is reviewed for kids.

Celebrate School Library Media Month !!!!

April is School Library Media Month which is sharing the same there as National Library Week.
Here are resources from The American Association of School Librarians(AASL):

This year's theme is Change your world @ your library(r)Get National Library Week resources athttp://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.htm

Learn more about School Library Media Month at http://www.ala.org/aasl/slmmonth.html

Access all of AASL's advocacy resources fromhttp://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=aasladvocacy

Read about School Library Media Campaign @ your library athttp://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/schoollibrary/schoollibrary.htm

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3/30/07 Reviews of Noir, Zombies, and Dracula vs. Grampa

This week Bret Jordan reviews Richard Matheson's Noir: Three Novels of Suspense. In addition, there are reviews for Permuted Press's latest zombie book Dying To Live by Kim Paffenroth. For those looking for a quick read the Monster Librarian reviews Angela Albee's Wedding Bells, Tortured Souls . A new scary book for kids review for Dracula vs. Grampa at the Monster Truck Spectacular authored and illustrated by Kirk Scroggs. There has been a small update on the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page and a small update for Monstrous Music in the Book Ends section.

In case you missed it The Road by Cormac McCarthy is one Oprah's latest reading picks. Click on the title to read Bret Jordan's take on the book

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3/23/07 New reviews

Bret Jordan reviews Love Bites by James Newman and Donn Gash and Sole Survivor by Dean R. Koontz. There is also a review of Philip Henry's Vampire Dawn in the adult vampire section, which also now sports links to additional online vampire fiction resources The Online Vampire Bibliography and Patricia's Vampire Notes. There has been additional link added to the Online Horror Fiction section of the Links page.

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3/26/07 P.S. The links to this weeks reviews have been fixed.

3/15/07 New reviews and a new sighting

Bret Jordan reviews Angeline Hawkes's The Commandments and Steve Vernon's Nothing to Lose. Francesca the Librarian reviews Tom McCarthy's Remainder. The Monster Librarian reviews David Wellington's Monster Nation: A Zombie Novel. For kids The Monster Librarian also reviews L.M. Falcone's The Devil, the Banshee, and Me. Monster Librarian.com has shown up at Corsinet.com, check out Monstrous Sightings to see what they had to say. If you have any suggestion, comments, or concerns about the site or horror fiction please e-mail monsterlibrarian@monsterlibrarian.com.
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2/9/07 Reviews for zombie title The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth , young adult vampires in Thicker than Water, and Darkness Wakes by Tim Waggoner

This week Bret Jordan reviews zombie book The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth by Vince Churchill. Review of young adult vampire book Thicker than Water by Carla Jablonski has been posted as well as one for Tim Waggoner's Darkness Wakes. Keep reading! ML
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1/25/07 Another zombie review, a first look at Y/A vampire novel Tantalize, and Philip Henry's Mind's Eye

A little bit of cosmetic upgrade on the site today, so minor you might not even notice it. This week Bret Jordan reviews J.L Bourne's Day by Day Armageddon for zombie book readers. In addition, for those interested in the shuffling dead, I provided a link to a great zombie article written by author Shannon Riley on the zombie page. I provide a review of Candlewick's much anticipate vampire release by Cynthia Leitich Smith titled Tantalize. Finally, a review of Philip Henry's Mind's Eye in the supernatural section for adults. In the Book Ends section I added an Ask the Monster Librarian page for all those with horror fiction questions (including collection development and readers advisory). Finally, also in Book Ends there is the World War I and II Horror Fiction List which has horror titles with ties to either World War I or World War II. Keep reading! ML
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1/16/07 Vampire books for Young Adults, Zombie Books for the Adults, and The Last Stand of the Great Texas Packrat

First off I want to officially welcome Bret Jordan on the staff as a regular reviewer. Bret has been busy reading zombie related titles and has reviews for One Rainy Night by Richard Laymon and The Undead edited by D. L. Snell and Elija Hall. For young adult vampire lovers we have The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld and The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce. In addition there is a review of The Last Stand of the Great Texas Packrat Steve Vernon and Illustrations by Keith Minnion. Additional titles have been added to the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page for February. Keep Reading! ML
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1/5/07 Reviews: Vampires, Skeleton Man, and going Blood Crazy

In this update we have reviews for two different vampire books, Weep Not for the Vampire by William A Veselik and the electronic book Everdead by Rio Youers in the adult vampire section. There is a review of Edward Lee and John Pelan's Goon in the adult supernatural section. Bret Jordan reviews Blood Crazy by Simon Clark in the adult zombie section. Francesca the Librarian reviews Return of the Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac and Sally Wern Comport in the supernatural yound adult section and Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes and Yuyi Morales in the Scary Stories for Kids section. Keep reading! ML
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12/27/06 New reviews posted: zombies, vampires, ghosts, and pop up books

In the end of year reviewfest we have reviews for Z A Recht's The Morningstar Strain: Plague of the Dead from Permuted Press in the adult zombie section. A Cemetery Dance Novella by Tom Piccirilli and Edward Gorman titled Cast in Dark Waters is reviewed in the adult vampire section. Harry Shannon's The Pressure of Darkness is reviewed in the adult Horror Adventure section. For the Young Adults there is a review in the Supernatural section for E. E. Richardson's The Intruders. For the 12 and younger crowd the fantastic pop up book Mommy?with art by Maurice Sendak, the scenario by Arthur Yorinks, and the paper engineering by Matthew Reinhart. Finally, Cemetery Dance magazine is reviewed in the horror periodical section. Keep reading! ML

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12/7/06 Reviews, Links, and a Horror Survival Guide

This week there are three new reviews and a few other additions. The first is for John Skipp's The Long Last Call published by Cemetery Dance Publications in the adult Supernatural section. The second is Alabaster by Caitlin Kiernan in the Horror Adventure section for adults. Young Adults have a review for The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick in the young adult teen section. There ahve been additional links for librarian resources added to the Links page. Finally, the Shockline's Horror Survival Guide has been added to the Odds and Ends page, it was created sometime back from various authors it is a fun little read for fans of the horror genre. Sections of the site are undergoing a slight facelift which we hope to have compelted within the next week.

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12/01 New Reviews added

There is a review for The Wolving Time by Patrick Jennings by Francesca the Librarian posted in the Young Adult Werewolves section. Another young adult review has been posted for Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by Gris Grimly. Finally, for the adults there is a review of Norman Partridge's Dark Harvest in the adult supernatural section. Additional links have been added for librarian resources.

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