Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Acknowledgments	p. ix
	Preface	p. xi
	Introduction	p. xvii
Part 1	Introduction to Horror Fiction
Chapter 1	A Definition of Horror	p. 3
	The Definition of Horror as Used in This Book	p. 3
Chapter 2	How to Use This Book	p. 13
Chapter 3	A Brief History of the Horror Genre and Its Current Trends	p. 17
Part 2	An Annotated Bibliography of Horror Novels and Films
Chapter 4	Ghosts and Haunted Houses: Dealing with Presences and Absences	p. 23
	Film	p. 35
	Our Picks	p. 37
Chapter 5	Golem, Mummies, and Reanimated Stalkers: Wake the Dead and They'll Be Cranky	p. 39
	Film	p. 44
	Our Picks	p. 46
Chapter 6	Vampires and Werewolves: Children of the Night	p. 47
	Film	p. 84
	Our Picks	p. 87
Chapter 7	Demonic Possession, Satanism, Black Magic, and Witches and Warlocks: The Devil Made Me Do It	p. 89
	Film	p. 113
	Our Picks	p. 115
Chapter 8	Mythological Monsters and "The Old Ones": Invoking the Dark Gods	p. 117
	Film	p. 134
	Our Picks	p. 134
Chapter 9	Telekinesis and Hypnosis: Chaos from Control	p. 135
	Film	p. 140
	Our Picks	p. 140
Chapter 10	Small Town Horror: Villages of the Damned	p. 141
	Film	p. 151
	Our Picks	p. 151
Chapter 11	Maniacs and Sociopaths, or the Nuclear Family Explodes: Monstrous Malcontents Bury the Hatchet	p. 153
	Film	p. 178
	Our Picks	p. 181
Chapter 12	Technohorror: Evil Hospitals, Military Screw-Ups, Scientific Goofs, and Alien Invasions	p. 183
	Film	p. 195
	Our Picks	p. 197
Chapter 13	Ecological Horror: Rampant Animals and Mother Nature's Revenge	p. 199
	Film	p. 205
	Our Picks	p. 205
Chapter 14	Psychological Horror: It's All In Your Head	p. 207
	Film	p. 231
	Our Picks	p. 232
Chapter 15	Splatterpunk: The Gross Out	p. 233
	Film	p. 240
	Our Picks	p. 240
Chapter 16	Comic Horror: Laughing at Our Fears	p. 241
	Film	p. 250
	Our Picks	p. 252
Part 3	An Annotated Bibliography of Horror Short Story Collections
Chapter 17	Collections and Anthologies	p. 255
	Collections by Individual Authors	p. 257
	Anthologies of Stories by Multiple Authors	p. 284
	Our Picks of Collections	p. 300
	Our Picks of Anthologies	p. 300
Part 4	Further Reading on the Genre
Chapter 18	Resources	p. 305
	Ready Reference	p. 305
	History and Criticism	p. 312
	Periodicals: Journals, Magazines, and E-Zines	p. 323
	Horror-Related Organizations	p. 327
	Horror on the World Wide Web	p. 329
Chapter 19	Major Awards	p. 331
	The Bram Stoker Awards, Winners, and Nominees	p. 331
	The International Horror Guild Awards	p. 343
Chapter 20	Publishers and Publishers' Series	p. 347
Appendix A	Stretching the Boundaries: Cross-Genre Horror Fiction	p. 353
	Action Adventure	p. 353
	Christian Fiction	p. 355
	Classic Fiction	p. 355
	Detective Fiction	p. 356
	Gentle Reads	p. 358
	Romance	p. 360
	Western	p. 360
Appendix B	Collection Development: A Core List	p. 361
	Individual Works	p. 362
	Authors	p. 365
	Series	p. 365
	Nonfiction	p. 366
Appendix C	True Ghost Tales	p. 367
	Subject Index	p. 369
	Index of Authors and Titles	p. 385
	Short Story Index	p. 405

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