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October 31st marks Halloween, the time when ghoulies and ghosties come out to play, but more importantly, it's All Hallows Read, which was set up by Neil Gaiman as an excuse for people get together and give spooky books to each other. To honour the occasion, I thought I'd give you six recommendations of spinechillers to give to your loved ones.
1. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman. This story of a boy who grows up in a graveyard surrounded and protected by its dead residents is both moving and sweet, creepy and thrilling.
2. Dracula - Bram Stoker. The Daddy of vampire books is still an effective read, scaring the pants off readers over one hundred years after it was written.
3. Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allen Poe. Again, despite being written in the Nineteenth Century, old Edgar knew how to put the willies up a reader. My favourite is the Masque of Red Death.
4. Carrie - Stephen King. The master of horror cut his teeth with this tale of a psychokinetic teenager bullied by her schoolmates and her mother. It's a doozy of a tale, and has all the essential ingredients that King has perfected over his career.
5. The Witches - Roald Dahl. Horror can be for kids too! The delightfully dirty and grubby writing of Mr Dahl never fails to disgust and intrigue a reader.
6. The Walking Dead - Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. The Graphic novel which inspired the hit TV series is a comics milestone, and full of blood, guts and guns. Yay!
October 31st marks Halloween, the time when ghoulies and ghosties come out to play, but more importantly, it's All Hallows Read, which was set up by Neil Gaiman as an excuse for people get together and give spooky books to each other. To honour the occasion, I thought I'd give you six recommendations of spinechillers to give to your loved ones.
1. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman. This story of a boy who grows up in a graveyard surrounded and protected by its dead residents is both moving and sweet, creepy and thrilling.
2. Dracula - Bram Stoker. The Daddy of vampire books is still an effective read, scaring the pants off readers over one hundred years after it was written.
3. Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allen Poe. Again, despite being written in the Nineteenth Century, old Edgar knew how to put the willies up a reader. My favourite is the Masque of Red Death.
4. Carrie - Stephen King. The master of horror cut his teeth with this tale of a psychokinetic teenager bullied by her schoolmates and her mother. It's a doozy of a tale, and has all the essential ingredients that King has perfected over his career.
5. The Witches - Roald Dahl. Horror can be for kids too! The delightfully dirty and grubby writing of Mr Dahl never fails to disgust and intrigue a reader.
6. The Walking Dead - Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. The Graphic novel which inspired the hit TV series is a comics milestone, and full of blood, guts and guns. Yay!
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