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H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabreedited by Stephen Jones H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural is a collection nineteenth-century horror stories. Even if you don’t like horror, keep reading. These stories are not the kind of things that Steven King or Clive Barker write. This book includes short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Washington Irving, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. These stories are much more about developing an eerie atmosphere than they are about violence, blood, and terror. H. P. Lovecraft was one of the most famous and influential horror writers in the United States. In addition to short stories and novellas, he wrote “Supernatural Horror in Literature,” an essay about the history of horror stories. For this book, Stephen Jones has collected nineteen of the stories from Lovecraft’s essay. These are some of the best short horror stories of the past 200 years: if you want to know who influenced your favorite horror authors, or if you dislike modern horror but enjoy weird stories, this might be a good book to read. This is actually the second one of these collections that Stephen Jones has done. The first is called H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of Horror. Where to Find ItYou can get it from the public library.
This list was last updated May 11, 2012 at 12:25 pm UTC. Click here to see newer information. July 20th, 2009
 Tags: collections, gothic, murder, super, supernatural |  Category: Fiction, Horror
|  Write a comment | The Haunting of Alaizabel CrayAlaizabel Cray isn’t exactly haunted. Ghosts don’t follow her around and cause trouble. She’s more possessed. Sometimes. Plus, monsters are drawn to her. The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray is set in London during the Victorian period, although they never say what year. The Victorian period feels right because houses and streets are still lit by gas lamps and horse-pulled carriages are still the main form of transportation. However, history doesn’t exactly match up. In this world, the United Kingdom lost a war with the Prussians and, not too long after that, monsters called wytch-kin started taking over part of London. Two of our main characters, Thaniel and Cathaline, are professional wytch-hunters who run around London at night and do their best to kill wytch-kin. While hunting a Cradlejack, a wytch-kin that abducts babies, Thaniel stumbles across a dirty, crazy woman who doesn’t seem to mind hanging out near the Cradlejack. Feeling sorry for her, Thaniel takes her home and, much to his surprise, nurses her back to sanity. Not too long after that, Thaniel and Cathaline discover that they are all in the middle of a supernatural plot that threatens to destroy the entire world. One thing I have always wanted to see in a book is a villain who says something like, “Yeah, I’m evil, but I don’t want to destroy the world. I live there!” We get one of those in this story. However, despite the fact that he sounded like he was off to save the world, I found his actual role kind of disappointing. Some people put this book under horror. I don’t think that’s quite right. It’s more along the lines of supernatural investigation. It has monsters and a serial killer, and there a couple of slightly gruesome scenes, but nothing that bad. If you want, you can read an excerpt from it that the author has posted on his web page. Where to Find ItYou can get it from the public library.
This list was last updated May 4, 2012 at 8:37 am UTC. Click here to see newer information. June 17th, 2009
Tags: airships, conspiracy, england, gothic, magic, monsters, murder, nestle award winner, strong female characters, supernatural, victorian | Category: Alternate History, Fantasy, Fiction
| Write a comment | Emily the Strange: The Lost Issueby Jessica Gruner and Buzz Parker Emily the Strange is kind of like Wednesday Addams. She’s got black hair, pale skin, a fondness for dark clothes, and a gloomy, gothic, warped outlook on life. Plus, she’s strange. And funny. Where to Find ItYou can get it from the public library.
This list was last updated May 12, 2012 at 11:12 pm UTC. Click here to see newer information. June 12th, 2009
Tags: cats, gothic, morbid, sarcastic, surreal | Category: Graphic Novels, Humor
| Write a comment | Tarot Caféby Sang-sun Park Originating in Korea, this lavishly-drawn gothic fantasy series tells both the overall story of an mysterious tarot-card reader and self-contained mini-stories about the mysterious creatures whose fortunes she reads. Her clients include demons, werewolves, vampires, dragons, and even cats. Where to Find ItTarot Cafe is not available in Contra Costa public libraries. You can request it through Link+. You get the book through your local library, so you will need to have a library card.
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on the book or cancel your order, go here. June 10th, 2009
Tags: gothic | Category: Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Manhwa
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