**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2021 ISBN-13 : 978-0062652638 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) In Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales, Soman Chainani brings us tales so sharp they cut, with teen protagonists who seize their agency, and subversive, unexpected re-visionings of 12 familiar stories. The standout story in this collection […]
Category: anthologies/collections
**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Tor.com, 2021 ISBN-13 : 978-1250781505 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) In Burning Girls and Other Stories, Veronica Schanoes brings the present day into a literary and folkloric past that brings fairytales, history, and Jewish tradition together to form something new and unique. I don’t think I have ever […]
Graphic Novel Review: American Cult edited by Robyn Chapman
February 3, 2022**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Silver Sprocket, 2021 ISBN-13: 978-194550963 Available: Paperback ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) American Cult is a graphic history of American religious cults dating from colonial America to the present. According to editor Robyn Chapman, the eighteen pieces in American Cult turn a critical eye to the cults and their behavior, but recognize the very human faces that entered […]
**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Eureka Productions, 2007 ISBN: 0974664898 Available: New Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft is an excellent introduction […]
**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** Slasher Girls & Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke Speak, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-014751408 Available: Slasher Girls & Monster Boys is an anthology of stories by YA authors, including Kendare Blake, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Ryan, Leigh Bardugo, and Marie Lu. Each story is based on a horror movie, television […]
Sterling Publishing, 2006 ISBN: 9781402715150 Available: New This book is a good introduction for the reader getting ready to take on the intricacies of language in the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. The book starts with a brief biography of the author and then leads the reader through five of Poe’s most famous short stories. Each […]
Four of Poe’s classic tales are presented here. In The Black Cat, a man blames his black cat for his descent into murder and madness, The Masque of the Red Death is a tale about nobles who hole up in a castle in an attempt to escape the disease that is ravaging the countryside. Hop-Frog is a story about a […]
Don’t make the mistake of thinking these stories are for children. They’re not (just in case the impressive cover art didn’t give it away). With this collection of short stories, children’s writer David Lubar has crossed into the world of YA fiction with thirteen tales that are vicious, creepy, and will give you the chills. […]
Review: Bloody Horowitz by Anthony Horowitz
January 27, 2015Bloody Horowitz is a collection of short, scary stories by Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Rider books. It is a little dark and, at times, a little gory. But it also had me cracking up. From the forward (“Why Horror Has No Place in Children’s Books”) to the editor’s note at the end detailing all of […]