books for halloween: classic stories
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BOOKS FOR DARK NIGHTS
GHOULS, GHOSTS, VAMPIRES AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
Halloween
Special
Book Guide schedule
Spend your Halloween week with some of the most terrifying and best loved books across the various paranormal and horror genres. I’ve really enjoyed compiling the lists and hope you enjoy reading them.
Paranormal Romance 26
Occult Genre 27
Vampires & Werewolves 28
Ghost Stories 29
31 Horror Festival
Classics 30
October
October
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October
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
BOOKS FOR DARK NIGHTS
Classics
The legend of Victor Frankenstein and his unholy creation, and their obsessive, murderous pursuit of each other from Switzerland to the North Pole, has been the stuff of nightmares for nearly two centuries. A masterpiece of Romantic literature, it is also one of the most enduring horror stories ever written.
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Frankenstein Mary Shelley
As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
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Phantom of the Opera
A terrifying figure emerges from the depths of the glorious Paris Opera House to take us into the darkest regions of the human heart. After the breathtaking performance of the lovely Christine Daae and her sudden disappearance, the old legend of the “opera ghost” becomes a horrifying reality as the ghost strikes out with increasing frequency & violence—always with the young singer at the center of his powerful obsession.
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Gaston Leroux
Rosemary’s Baby
Rosemary & her actor–husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours, Roman & Minnie, soon come to welcome them; despite Rosemary’s reservations her husband starts spending time with them. Rosemary becomes pregnant, and the Castavets start taking a special, unwelcome, interest in her welfare
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Ira Levin
The Shining
Danny is only five years old, but he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of an old hotel, his visions grow out of control. Cut off by blizzards, the hotel seems to develop an evil force, and who are the mysterious guests in the supposedly empty hotel?
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Stephen King
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Set near the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town in the secluded & mysterious glen of Sleepy Hollow, Icabod Crane competes with Brom Bones for the attention of the beautiful Katrina. As Icabod heads home, he is hunted by the Headless Horseman. This creature may be the ghost of a Hessian soldier or something else altogether. Written in 1820, the haunting narrative describes the schoolmaster whose lonely journey home turns into a night of terror when he’s met by the Headless Horseman.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving
A lawyer, Gabriel Utterson, investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, & the evil Edward Hyde. There are two personalities within Dr Jekyll, one apparently good and the other evil; completely opposite levels of morality. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
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Haunting of Hill House
It’s the story of 4 seekers who arrive at the notoriously Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his assistant; Eleanor, a young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; & Luke, the heir of Hill House. Their stay seems destined to be merely an encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers…..
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Shirley Jackson Mountains of Madness
The Barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless - or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found the strange fossils of unheard-of creatures...& the carved stones tens of millions of years old... &, finally, the mind-blasting terror of the City of the Old Ones. 3 additional strange tales, are also included in this collection.
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H. P. Lovecraft
The Turn of the Screw Henry James
A governess arrives at an English estate to look after Miles,10, & Flora, 8. At first, everything appears normal but then events begin to weave a spell of psychological terror. A ghost appears before the governess. It’s the lover of Miss Jessel, the former governess. Later, the ghost of Jessel herself appears before the governess & Flora. The governess suspects that the spirits have some sort of evil communication going on with the children.
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This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.
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Complete Stories & Poems Edgar Allan Poe
Dracula Bram Stoker
Told in a series of first-person missives & reports, & set in 1890s Transylvania & England, Count Dracula — as Jonathan Harker, Lucy Westenra, Mina Murray, & Dr. Von Helsing learn — is a dangerous & powerful creature who’s lived for hundreds of years & possesses powers no mortal can claim. Bent on creating legions of Un-Dead followers in London, Dracula must be stopped—but how?
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