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Barbara's wants to warn you that the goblins will get ye if you don't read up on them; or, try these tales on a cold night beside the fire. Or on the bus...

In the Night Room
Chicago Haunts
In the Night Room

By Peter Straub

Peter Straub is one of the great masters of modern horror. From classic ghost stories, to alternate realities, to dark magic, everything he writes is worth the read.

By Ursula Bielski

Want to know the real history of our beautiful city by the lake? Even if you don't believe in ghosts this wonderful book is both a pleasure and a treasure.

Chicago Haunts
The Bones of Fred McFee
The Story of Halloween

By Eve Bunting,
Illustrated by Kurt Cyrus

Clickety-clack, clickety-clack There's a plastic skeleton hanging around high in our sycamore tree. His bones make a rattling, jangling sound. We call him Fred McFee.

The Bones of Fred McFee
The Story of Halloween

By Carol Greene,
Illustrated by Linda Bronson

Halloween is a night of:
Witches
Ghosts
Pumpkins
and lots of candy.
But it wasn't always.
Find out the history of the
scariest night of the year.
The Halloween Tree
For Edgar
The Halloween Tree

By Ray Bradbury

Everyone should read Ray Bradbury. His books are sweet and frightening and they never go out of style. This is the best book ever written about the best holiday of them all. You may even learn something, if you aren't careful.

By Sheldon Rusch

A madman calling himself The Raven kills as a tribute to the tragic master of horror, Edgar Allen Poe. This debut may win an Edgar of its own.

For Edgar

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