Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-156) and index.
Contents
A brief history of horror : how the past haunts the present -- The appeal of horror : feel the fear, find the readers -- Horror 101 : a crash course in today's tales of terror -- The classics : time-tested tales of terror -- Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream home -- Vampires : books with bite -- Zombies : follow the walking dead -- Shape-shifters : nature morphs into something terrifying -- Monsters and ancient evil : Cthulhu comes calling -- Witches and the occult : double, double, toil and trouble -- Satan and demonic possession : the devil inside -- Comic horror : laughing in the face of fear -- Moving beyond the haunted house : whole collection options for horror readers -- Sowing the seeds of fear : horror resources and marketing.