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 and Jamaica Inn and My Cousin Rachel by D Du Maurier
• The Strange Case of Dr Jeckle and Mr Hyde by RL Stevenson
• The Night Gardener by J Auxier
• The Rhyme 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
• Edith Nesbit
• 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