By Robin Stewart
Western Sun staff writer
For those of you who would like to be terrified and kept up late by something besides essays and algorithms, we at the Western Sun have compiled a required reading list that is perfect for the Halloween season.
For Ghost Hunter junkies:
“The World’s Most Haunted Places,” Jeff Belanger
“Real Hauntings,” Hans Holzer
“Holy Ghosts: How a (Not So) Good Catholic Boy Became a Believer in Things That Go Bump in the Night,” Gary Jansen
For those sick of vampires:
“The Werewolf Book,” Brad Steiger
“Lockdown,” Alexander Gordon Smith
“Fenrir,” M.D. Lachlan
“The Monstrumologists,” Rick Yancy
“Mind Over Monsters,” Jennifer Harlow
For the impending zombie apocalypse:
“Zombies VS. Nazis,” Scott Kenemore
“World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War,” Max Brooks
“Zombies Christmas Carol”, Jim McCann
“Dust,” Joan Frances Turner
For the gothic classics lover:
“Dracula,” Bram Stoker
“The Island of Dr. Moreau,” H. G. Wells
“The Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allen Poe
“The Castle of Otranto,” Horace Walpole
“Wuthering Heights,” Emily Bronte
For the Short Stories Lover:
“I am Legend,” Richard Matheson
“The Living Dead” (including Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Laurel K Hamilton, Stephen King, George R.R. Martin)
“Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense,” Jack Dann, Nick Gevers
For little ones
“In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories,” Alvin Schwartz
“No More Monsters for Me”, Peggy Parish
“Zombigamy,” Duy Nguyen
