1. Horror Readers’ Advisory August 18 th , 2004 and September 9 th , 2004 Your hosts: David “Dr. Evil” Lockwood-Lass and Amy “Vampira” Hartman

2. Alighiere Dante (1265-1321) writes “The Divine Comedy”, 1307-1321.

3. Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, 1430 or 31-1476 or 7 a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler and/or Dracula

4. “ Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymous Bosch (c.1450-1516), c. 1504

5. Exterior of “Garden”(triptych folded shut) and detail from right panel (c. 1504)

6. Central panel from “Garden of Earthly Delights” (c.1504)

7. Detail from right panel of “Garden”

8. Salem witchcraft trials, 17th century

9. Inspired by a dream, Walpole writes “The Castle of Otranto” in 1765.

10. Mary Shelley “Frankenstein” 1818

11. Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849

12. Hans Christian Andersen, 1805-1875

13. Robert Louis Stevenson writes “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, 1886

14. Jack the Ripper leaves a gruesome trail, 1888

15. Bram Stoker writes “Dracula”, 1897

16. Gaston Leroux writes “The Phantom of the Opera”, 1910

17. “ The Mummy” premieres, 1932

18. Charles Addams, cartoonist 1912-1988

19. Orson Welles scares the pants off America with his “War of the Worlds” broadcast, October 30, 1938

20. The 1950’s: Post-war paranoia and B-movies

21. The 1960’s: Hitchcock, Roger Corman, Hammer Films

22. Horror films and books of the 1970’s and 1980’s: REALITY BITES

23. 1980s & 1990s Humor enters the picture. Trapped in time, surrounded by evil, low on gas.

27. Check Boundaries: Important to ask horror readers how they feel about violence, gore and sex in their stories. Horror runs the gamut from extremely tame to the deliberate gross-out. Also check for a particular sub-genre the patron may enjoy, such as vampire fiction or ghost stories, etc.

28. DO NOT LET PEOPLE WALK AWAY WITH ONE BOOK! EVER! Refer to web page and bookmark RA tools. Even when you’re busy, they can guide patrons. Keep a display of current genre and by-the-numbers bookmarks handy for both staff and patrons. (preferably near to where the books are located and at the Reference Desk).

30. Horror for people who don’t like horror: Ray Bradbury Something Wicked This Way Comes Daphne DuMaurier Rebecca Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House Edgar Allan Poe Tom Tryon Harvest Home Oscar Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray see also Ghost Stories authors list

32. Dark Fantasy/SF “ The New Weird” Neil Gaiman China Mieville David Weber

34. The End. . . . . . or IS it?