The Bram Stoker Awards were established in 1987 by the Horror Writers Association to recognize superior achievement in horror writing. The six original award categories were as follows: Novel, First Novel, Long Fiction, Short Fiction, Fiction Collection, and Nonfiction. Additional categories have been added over the years and now also recognize Young Adult Novel, Graphic Novel, Anthology, Screenplay, and Poetry Collections.
Below are some of the Bram Stoker Award winners in our collection:
Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine by Peter Straub
The Corn Maiden and OtherNightmares by Joyce Carol Oates
A Dark Matter: a novel by Peter Straub
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
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The Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Mayberry
Creepers: a novel by David Morrell
In the night room: a novel by Peter Straub
Lovely Bones: a novel by Alice Sebold
American Gods By Neil Gaiman
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
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Horror fiction is a genre of literature intended to scare its readers or listeners by creating feelings of horror and terror. Much like horror literature, horror films play on the audience’s primal fears. The author/director works to create an eerie and frightening mood or situation. Usually, fear is established with a central menace, which represents the larger fears of a society. Many times the menace of the horror stories/films is a witch, vampire, werewolf, ghost, demonic pact, or inherently malevolent person and the story’s premise is centered on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic, and the principle of the thing embodied in the person. So, if you are looking for a good scare, below is a list of some more horror literature and films available for check out at the Lake Bluff Public Library:
Adult Fiction
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Interview with the Vampire |
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Red Rain by R.L. Stine |
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This book is full of spiders: Seriously, dude, don’t touch it by David Wong | |
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelly |
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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson |
Adult Nonfiction
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Vampires: two centuries of great vampire stories | |
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Spirits of the New Orleans: Voodoo curses, vampire legends, and the cities of the dead by Kala Ambrose | |
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Spooky and Bright: 101 Halloween Ideas from the editors of Country Living | |
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Betty Crocker Halloween Cookbook | |
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Creative Costumes & Halloween Décor |
Teen Fiction
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Thirsty by M.T. Anderson | |
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Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black | |
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan | |
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Nevermore by Kelly Creagh | |
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The Enemy by Charles Higson |
Juvenile Fiction
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Morpheus Road: The Light by D.J. MacHale | |
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Undead by Kirsty McKay | |
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The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith | |
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman |
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Thaw by Rick Jasper |
Adult Graphic Novels
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The Darkness: Origins by Garth Ennis | |
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100 Months by John Hickleton | |
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American Vampire by Scott Snyder | |
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Revival: Vol. 1 by Tim Seeley | |
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Alpha Girl: Vol 1 by Jeff Roenning |
Teen Graphic Novels
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The Littlest Pirate King by David B. | |
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Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino | |
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Black Butler by Yana Toboso | |
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The Sandman by Neil Gaiman | |
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The Walking Dead: Book 1 by Robert Kirkman |
Juvenile Graphic Novels
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Jeff Zornow | |
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Chilling Tales of Horror: Dark Graphic Novel Stories by Ped Rodriguez | |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Jason Ho | |
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Mummy by Bart A. Thompson | |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Daniel Conner |
Juvenile Picture Books
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Splat the Cat: What Was That? By Rob Scotton | |
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Black and Bittern Was Night by Robert Heidbreder | |
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Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween by Mélanie Watt |
Wandering Through the Stacks 