Oh, damn, memory lane: Zilpha Keatley Snyder, "The Witches of Worm."
STILL CREEPY.
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strix - May 17, 2010 7:32:33 pm PDT #11496 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Strix - May 17, 2010 7:33:11 pm PDT #11497 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I was just wondering about Hill House, Hec, but Castle is definitely on.
Amy - May 17, 2010 7:33:37 pm PDT #11498 of 28344
Because books.
Oooh, I loved The Witches of Worm!
Ben read this, I think -- London, 1850 (The Vampyre Plagues), [link] .
DavidS - May 17, 2010 7:33:59 pm PDT #11499 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I need suggestions for "age-appropriate" gothy reading material for elementary-school babybats.
Such a great book. Merricat's one of the great goth/teen characters.
Strix - May 17, 2010 7:35:48 pm PDT #11500 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The Midwive's Apprentice, and quite a few Jane Yolen books.
Atropa - May 17, 2010 7:36:23 pm PDT #11501 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yay! Thanks, everyone.
beth b - May 17, 2010 9:29:42 pm PDT #11502 of 28344
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Sister Grimm
anything by Gail Carson levine would be age appropriate, if not really gothic
and though I love tithe -- I'm careful about recommending it
beth b - May 17, 2010 9:32:53 pm PDT #11503 of 28344
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
donna jp napoli has some good ones
-t - May 18, 2010 7:37:55 am PDT #11504 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wolves of Willoughby Chase, etc.? I'm not sure about the age. I seem to recall there were gothier Joan Aiken books, but I can't dredge up the titles - I know I read everything I could find at the library by her partly for the spooky and otherworldly vibe.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 18, 2010 7:51:23 am PDT #11505 of 28344
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jilli, have you considered Bradbury's The Halloween Tree?