Monster Librarian went online for the first time on January 1, 2006, just about three months after our first child was born. Said child is now in preparation for his driver’s test, with his last in-person lesson (hopefully) tomorrow. And thus a whole new set of nightmares for me begin.

It’s been quiet here for the last few weeks but I am gearing up to go again with the new year! What would you like to see here? We started out as a resource for librarians (who mostly didn’t know or care much about horror fiction, something that has changed a lot since then) to help them find new books and authors and make reader’s advisory suggestions for readers of all ages. Now there are a number of great resources out there, so my question is, what is it that we can offer to make the site more valuable for readers?

As we go on into another year with an ongoing pandemic, I hope you’ll find some good reads to escape it, whether you find them reviewed here or elsewhere.

Here’s to a healthier 2022.

Kirsten Kowalewski, Editor

Monster Librarian