{"id":3732,"date":"2014-10-30T07:31:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T11:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2015-01-03T07:33:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T12:33:06","slug":"halloween-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3732","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3074\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/scary_70004_640_converted.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3074\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3074\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/scary_70004_640_converted-300x211.jpg?resize=300%2C211\" alt=\"pumpkin, Halloween\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/scary_70004_640_converted.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/scary_70004_640_converted.jpg?resize=424%2C300&amp;ssl=1 424w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/scary_70004_640_converted.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(photo: pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Book lovers have been compiling their favorite scary reads for this season, and here are 10 culled from <a href=\"http:\/\/bookriot.com\/2014\/10\/20\/oh-horror-scary-reads-season\/?utm_source=Book+Riot+Subscriptions&amp;utm_campaign=3a525caa54-RSS_EMAIL_WEEKLY&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_ffcca77bbb-3a525caa54-320350249%20\">Book Riot<\/a> and various other sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snowblind-Christopher-Golden\/dp\/1250015316\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414664821&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=snowblind+christopher+golden\">Snowblind<\/a><\/em> by Christopher Golden \u2013 phone calls from dead people, missing children<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Winter-People-Novel-Jennifer-McMahon\/dp\/0385538499\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414664772&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Winter+People\">The Winter People<\/a><\/em> by Jennifer McMahon (this one was on some other lists, too) \u2013 poor housing choice<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Woman-Black-Ghost-Story\/dp\/0307745317\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414665616&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=The+Woman+in+Black\">The Woman in Black<\/a><\/em> by Susan Hill \u2013 (film starred Daniel Radcliffe) stay away from Eel Marsh House<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Supernatural-Enhancements-Edgar-Cantero\/dp\/0385538154\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414664674&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+supernatural+enhancements\">The Supernatural Enhancements<\/a><\/em> by Edgar Cantero\u2013 from gothic to \u201cwickedly twisted treasure hunt\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Booster-Reeves-The-Night-Revenants\/dp\/1492821594\/ref=tmm_pap_title_0\">Booster &amp; Reeves: The Night of the Revenants<\/a><\/em> by Troy Blackford \u2013 both terrifying and laugh-out-loud funny<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/We-Are-All-Completely-Fine\/dp\/1616961716\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414664592&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=we+are+all+completely+fine\">We Are All Completely Fine<\/a><\/em> by Daryl Gregory \u2013 a support group of survivors of stuff \u201ctoo crazy to be true\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-King-Yellow-Robert-Chambers\/dp\/1497442966\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414665573&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+King+in+Yellow\">The King in Yellow<\/a><\/em> by Robert W. Chambers \u2013 classic inspiration for much that has come after, including last spring\u2019s tv series <em>True Detective<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Song-Kali-Dan-Simmons\/dp\/031286583X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414665721&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Song+of+Kali\">Song of Kali<\/a><\/em> by Dan Simmons \u2013 on several lists, takes place in the dark (in every sense) setting of Calcutta<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Boy-Who-Drew-Monsters-Novel\/dp\/1250057159\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414664494&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=boy+who+drew+monsters\">The Boy Who Drew Monsters<\/a><\/em> by Keith Donohue \u2013 art not only imitates but becomes life<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pet-Sematary-Stephen-King\/dp\/0743412273\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414665657&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=Pet+Sematary\">Pet Sematary<\/a><\/em> by Stephen King \u2013 a horror classic; even King thought it \u201ctoo scary\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And here&#8217;s a bonus link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/92611_b92611?utm_content=post2-title&amp;utm_source=galleycat&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20141027\">Neil Gaiman<\/a> talking about the value of scary stories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The links are to Amazon.com for convenience, but, as always, I encourage you to do business with your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/indie-store-finder\">local independent bookstore<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>11-1-14 A Mysterious Conversation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book lovers have been compiling their favorite scary reads for this season, and here are 10 culled from Book Riot and various other sources: Snowblind by Christopher Golden \u2013 phone calls from dead people, missing children The Winter People by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=3732\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Halloween Reads","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[122,40,104],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-3732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","category-fiction","category-the-morgue","tag-reading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NkiT-Yc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3734,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions\/3734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}