Tomorrow is Halloween - Get in the Mood with Some Scary Tales

Looking for some seasonal reading for Halloween?  Try this recent addition to our collection, Ghost Stories : Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense.

A masterful collection of ghost stories that have been overlooked by contemporary readers―including tales by celebrated authors such as Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton―presented with insightful annotations by acclaimed horror anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton.  

The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' bestselling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James.

Acclaimed anthologists Leslie S. Klinger (The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes) and Lisa Morton (Ghosts: A Haunted History) set these stories in historical context and trace the literary significance of ghosts in fiction over almost two hundred years―from a traditional English ballad first printed in 1724 through the Christmas-themed ghost stories of the Victorian era and up to the science fiction–tinged tales of the early twentieth century. 

In bringing these masterful tales back from the dead, Ghost Stories will enlighten and frighten both longtime fans and new readers of the genre.  

Includes stories by: Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Olivia Howard Dunbar, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, M. R. James, Arthur Machen, Georgia Wood Pangborn, Mrs. J. H. Riddell, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, Frank Stockton, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton. 

A Bit of Fantasy Series

In An Absent Dream is the fourth in the Wayward Children series by author Seanan McGuire. "This prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well." (from Goodreads.com)

The Last Dream of Her Mortal Soul is the conclusion to the Portland Hafu series by K Bird Lincoln. "Even a dream eater can’t escape the final sleep… After her trip to Japan, the Head of Portland Kind calls Koi home to help solve a murder. The body of a powerful magical being was found in the witch’s hut in Forest Park, along with a strange, haunting quotation about dreams and death written in blood. Can Koi discover who seems to be calling out a Baku before others from her new-found family die?" (from Goodreads.com)

Wild Country is the second in The World of the Others series by Anne Bishop. "There are ghost towns in the world—places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others. One of those places is Bennett, a town at the northern end of the Elder Hills—a town surrounded by the wild country. Now efforts are being made to resettle Bennett as a community where humans and Others live and work together. A young female police officer has been hired as the deputy to a Wolfgard sheriff. A deadly type of Other wants to run a human-style saloon. And a couple with four foster children—one of whom is a blood prophet—hope to find acceptance. But as they reopen the stores and the professional offices and start to make lives for themselves, the town of Bennett attracts the attention of other humans looking for profit. And the arrival of the Blackstone Clan, outlaws and gamblers all, will uncover secrets…or bury them." (from Goodreads.com)

"Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear returns the epic fantasy world of the Lotus Kingdoms with The Red-Stained Wings, the sequel to The Stone in the Skull, taking the Gage into desertlands under a deadly sky to answer the riddle of the Stone in the Skull. The Gage and the Dead Man brought a message from the greatest wizard of Messaline to the ruling queen of Sarathai, one of the Lotus Kingdoms. But the message was a riddle, and the Lotus Kingdoms are at war. Elizabeth Bear created her secondary world of the Eternal Sky in her highly praised novel The Range of Ghosts and its sequels. She continued it the first book of the Lotus Kingdoms, The Stone in the Skull." (from Goodreads.com)

 

Have You Tried Acorn TV Yet?

Through our subscription with RB Digital, our patrons have access to Acorn TV.  Acorn TV brings world-class mysteries, dramas, and comedies from Britain and beyond to library patrons through a streaming video service to any Web-connected device. including :

• Feature Films (including 'Cider with Rosie', 'Murder on the Orient Express', and 'A Voyage Round My Father')
• Comedies (including 'Agatha Raisin', 'Cradle to Grave', and 'Raised by Wolves')
• Mysteries (including 'Jericho of Scotland Yard', 'The Agatha Christie Hour', and 'Hamish MacBeth')
• Documentaries (including 'Being Poirot', 'Lords and Ladles', and 'A Stitch in Time')
• And more!

Enjoy watching the programs you want to watch when you want to watch them.  Just go to our catalog page - https://wcvpl.biblionix.com/catalog/ .  Under Electronic Resources, click on RB Digital and set up your account if you aren't already using them to access our eBooks and eMagazines.

From the RB Digital page, select Acorn TV.  Once on their page, select whichever show you would like to start with and press the checkout button.  You will have 7 days of unlimited access to the Acorn library of programs.  Enjoy!

Have You Heard About hoopla?

The Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library is proud to announce our newest online resource...

It's easy to sign up:

1. Download the app or go to hoopladigital.com
2. Register with your library card.
3. Borrow up to three digital books, movies, music, and more. Keep them for 21 days and then they return themselves. No Late Fees!

The app is available for Apple, Android, Amazon, Roku, and Chromecast devices. If you have any questions, please feel free to come in or you can call us at (601) 636-6411 and ask us questions about this wonderful new digital reading tool.

  

P.S. You will also have access to the wonderful Read Along function which allows you to follow along in the digital book while someone reads the story.

Plan Ahead - Columbus Day is Coming

Our doors may be closed on the holidays, but there are still plenty of things to see and read with our online resources.  Everything from audio books and eMagazines to television shows and continuing education!

Not signed up yet?  Use your library card and PIIN to register with RB Digital and take a look at the hundreds of online offerings waiting for you.