| International Standard Book Number |
9781668205105 ebook
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| International Standard Book Number |
1668205092 paperback
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781668205099 paperback
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| Title Statement |
Why I love horror : essays on horror literature / edited by Becky Siegel Spratford.
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| Edition Statement |
First Saga Press trade paperback edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, New York : Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Why ask why / Brian Keene's giant-size man-thing / The giant footprint of horror / In the Bermuda Trianlge with Sasquatch, flesh smoldering / What you can learn from horror: don't run from darkness; it's trying to teach you a lesson / Horror is life: a blood-soaked love letter / My long road to horror / Monster girl: how horror gave me a place to belong / On the Amtrak, heading home / Why horror? / Why I love horror / My mother was Margaret White / Why I am horror / A day in my psychedelic world / Permission to scream / Horror saved my life / Tales from my crypt / Of men and monsters / Why horror / Stephen Graham Jones. David Demchuk -- Mary SanGiovanni -- Victor LaValle -- Rachel Harrison -- Nuzo Onoh -- Clay McLeod Chapman -- Cynthia Pelayo -- Grady Hendrix -- Paul Tremblay (drawings by Emma Tremblay) -- Josh Malerman -- Jennifer McMahon -- Tananarive Due -- Gabino Iglesias -- Alma Katsu -- John Langan -- Hailey Piper -- Briane Keene -- Becky Siegel Spratford --
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry. For twenty-five years, Becky Siegel Spratford has worked as a librarian in Reader Advisory, training library workers all over the world on how to engage their patrons and readers, and to use her place as a horror expert and critic to get the word out to others; to bring even more readers into the horror fold. Why I Love Horror is a captivating anthology and heartfelt tribute to the horror genre featuring essays from several of the most celebrated contemporary horror writers including, Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Josh Malerman, Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, and Rachel Harrison."-- Publisher's description.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Authors.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Authorship.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Horror tales History and criticism.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Horror in literature.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Spratford, Becky Siegel, editor.
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