Things That Go Bump in the Night 🎃

   

The time has arrived for creepy stories, and embracing the monsters that walk the pages of our books and roam in the supernatural world. October is the time for crunchy fall leaves, Halloween costumes, and staying indoors and reading a horror book or two. 

Immerse yourself in the spooky, from the gothic novel by Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived in the Castle, which follows the tale of a young girl and her rather dark and creepy family, to the classic horror of Edgar Allan Poe in his tale The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings. There is the horror in Junji Ito's graphic novel Lovesickness about the mysterious deaths of young girls after meeting a charismatic young man. In Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic, enjoy reading a modern gothic horror novel set in a mansion in 1950s Mexico. 

If non-fiction is more palatable to you, Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey J. Kripal's book The Super Natural is an exploration of the strangeness that inhabits our world, with the conviction that the things that go bump in the night are real. Or, check out Erika Engelhaupt's Gory Details: adventures from the dark side of science, which spans subjects from the gross to the creepy. 

And of course, check out our awesome One Book for this year, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley!

Happy Reading!