{"id":7674,"date":"2011-10-19T08:35:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T15:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=7674"},"modified":"2012-12-11T09:33:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T16:33:48","slug":"true-boo-writing-students-suggest-books-that-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/true-boo-writing-students-suggest-books-that-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"True boo: Writing students suggest books that scare"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s nothing quite like curling up with a scary book as a frightfully fun way to get into the spirit of Halloween.\u00a0Inside NAU\u00a0<\/em>asked seniors in professor\u00a0Ann Cummins\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0fiction writing seminar which books they turn to when they want a good scare. Here are some reads they guarantee will send shivers up your spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"danielewski\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n

House of Leaves<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/strong>by Mark Danielewski<\/h3>\n

This is a dark and mysterious novel that twists the boundaries of non-fiction and fiction. It progresses in a documentary style, pushing us to question what is real. I love it because it is so unique, in both how it is written, but also how it focuses its attention on genuine characters struggling with their grasp on reality in a very ominous setting.<\/p>\n

\u2014Florian Dotti<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"The<\/a><\/td>\n\n

The Tell Tale Heart<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Edgar Allen Poe<\/h3>\n

What I always like about Poe is the way he used such poetic language. He made scary things sound so pretty. In\u00a0Tell Tale Heart,<\/em>\u00a0the best thing is the suspense. The beating heart just keeps pounding and pounding inside the narrator’s head, and that suspense really affected me as a reader.<\/p>\n

\u2014Tobby Moran<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Graveminder\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Graveminder<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Melissa Marr<\/h3>\n

Marr intertwines romance with chilling horror of dead people coming back to life and eating the living.<\/p>\n

\u2014Angela Simms<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Imajica\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Imajica<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Clive Barker<\/h3>\n

It’s not a horror novel per se, but it’s just really good and it scared me with its weirdness.\u00a0Gross, bizarre, scary\u2026just a great novel.<\/p>\n

\u2014Ben Tillman<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"The<\/a><\/td>\n\n

The Exorcist<\/em><\/strong>
\nby William Peter Blatty<\/h3>\n

The scariest book I ever read was also still my scariest movie.\u00a0I’ll go so far as to say that it’s one of those books that after you’re done you ask, “Why did I just do that to myself?”<\/p>\n

\u2014Ben Tillman<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Pet<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Pet Sematary<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Stephen King<\/h3>\n

Just plain scary.\u00a0Chills all around.<\/p>\n

\u2014Erin Hanks<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Let<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Let the Right One In<\/em><\/strong>
\nby John Ajvide Lindqvist<\/h3>\n

A perfect combination of supernatural horror and gritty realism.<\/p>\n

\u2014Nykii Ryan<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"The<\/a><\/td>\n\n

The Lovely Bones<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Alice Sebold<\/h3>\n

This story, while not classically scary, is beautifully written and has moments which made me feel genuinely afraid.<\/p>\n

\u2014Tanner Stuff<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Coraline\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Coraline<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Neil Gaiman<\/h3>\n

Coraline<\/em>\u00a0is written for younger readers but the frightening situations are incredible and the overall atmosphere of the story is deliciously chilling for readers of all ages.<\/p>\n

\u2014Tanner Stuff<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s nothing quite like curling up with a scary book as a frightfully fun way to get into the spirit of Halloween.\u00a0Inside NAU\u00a0asked seniors in professor\u00a0Ann Cummins\u2019\u00a0fiction writing seminar which books they turn to when they want a good scare. Here are some reads they guarantee will send shivers up your spine. House of Leaves…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-academics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}