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Bag of Bones Read-Alikes

Are you having a rush on Stephen King at the library this week? It could be because of the A&E miniseries based on his book Bag of Bones. However, Bag of Bones is unlike much of King’s other work, so if you don’t have enough copies to satisfy your patrons, and they’re looking for read-alikes rather than books by the same author (and King’s works run the gamut- not all of his work is going to appeal to everyone) here are some stories of ghosts and the supernatural that might appeal.

The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert
So Cold the River by Michael Kortya
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff

You may also want to check out our Haunted House Horror Fiction List or our reviews on the Supernatural and Occult section of the site

Happy haunting, and enjoy the show!

Posted on December 13, 2011 by , Reply

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to give thanks for here, and at the top of the list are all the talented volunteer reviewers and contributors who make it possible to keep the site going. That’s right, every single one of them is a volunteer, committed to encouraging literacy, supporting libraries, and raising awareness of horror and paranormal fiction for all ages.

We are thankful as well that so many people, and so many libraries, find the site to be a useful resource for the often underserved community of horror fiction readers.  I am especially excited whenever I see a school library has linked to us!   Thank you all!

Beyond that, we are so thankful to have a tradition of free public libraries in this country, and an excellent one in our own community.  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

 

Posted on November 24, 2011 by , Reply

Thank You, Will Manley!

Will, a longtime columnist for American Libraries and well known humorist (at least in the library world) poses an excellent question here: Exactly why is it that children’s librarians aren’t running the world?

Well, what are you waiting for? Go find out!

Posted on October 27, 2011 by , Reply
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