House of Leaves is an indescribably surreal read. N0S4A2 can veer perilously close to nonsense, but Joe Hill is in top, weird form in this fantastic horror/thriller about the terrors of youth and the monstrosity of Christmas. Now, Victoria (astride her magic motorcycle) will need to tread with care if she wants to stop the horrific madness of Manx and his army of children irreparably twisted by Christmasland. N0S4A2 | Joe HillĬharles Talent Manx kidnapped Victoria McQueen when she was only a child and tried to take her to his fantastical otherworld of terror known as Christmasland. A masterful tapestry of fear, woven with childhood innocence and the paranoia of the 1980s, It will keep you up at night, forever. It | Stephen Kingīoth a coming of age story and a terrifying journey into the bizarre, Stephen King's It cemented his place as godfather of the weird and taught the world to be afraid of clowns. A list of horror anthologies and some recent arrivals follows Liam's recommendations. For more Halloween reading, see this blog post from October 2015 and this 2010 newsletter article by NYSL Librarian Emeritus Andrew Corbin spotlighting ghost stories. With Halloween fast approaching, staff horror aficionado Liam Delaney presents a frightening short-list of horror fiction recommendations.
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