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Book Panel: Spooky stories

The Prince George Public Library's Andrea Palmer and Erin Pfliger make up Daybreak's monthly book panel. Up for discussion this week: spooky stories, and why we like to be scared.

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Books discussed (click on the covers to find them on Goodreads):

The Shining by Stephen King: One of the classics that our panel thinks might be scarier in book from.

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My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf: A graphic novel that is definitely not for kids-- a haunting memoir of growing up with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
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White Horse by Alex Adams: A woman on a quest might not sound scary, but when the backdrop is the end of the world, it it adds some fright.

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The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson: It may be old, but it's still chilling.
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Ghosts Caught on Film: Photographs of the Paranormal by Dr. Melvyn Willin: Photographs of ghosts.
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The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman: The hit TV series started as this dark graphic novel.
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