Between Terror and Humor: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 114
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It's almost Halloween, and it got so creepy we scared Gwen away. Frank braves the gore with Isaiah Pittman, horror aficionado and adult services librarian at NYPL. They talk scary books AND movies.
Isaiah's Book Recommendations
Paperbacks From Hell: The twisted history of 70's and 80's horror fiction by Grady Hendrix
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Final Girls: A novel by Riley Sager
The series-- Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames and the film adaptation
Non- Book Recommendations
Check out Gas Station Horror, the monthly improv show in NYC that turns bad horror movies into comedy.
And if you didn't hear our Halloween special last year have a listen for more scary book recs!
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