If you're looking for a hauntingly good time, then the Cumming Library is just the place for you! Join us for HollowFest, an adult program series all about Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Don't worry - we won't have headless phantoms roaming about (unless you count a paper horseman), but we will have an abundance of creepy stories and crafts.
October brings cooler weather, warmer drinks, and spooky reads. Stories often circulate about strange coincidences and tragedies surrounding the Hollywood production of films like The Exorcist and Poltergeist. These new horror books pose similar questions about what really happens behind the scenes.
Silvia Moreno's Silver Nitrate is set in ‘90s Mexico City and revolves around a film reel cursed by a Nazi Occultist. The protagonist, Montserrat, is having trouble finding work as a sound editor. When her best friend and former soap opera star, Tristen, befriends the cult horror director who created the film, they're challenged to shoot the missing scene to break the curse. Strange things occur as they unravel the mystery of the film and the occultist.
This slim German novel tells the story of a writer who takes his family to a remote Airbnb in the mountains of Germany with hopes of finding time to work on a screenplay. Tensions arise between the couple about how the family should be spending their time on vacation.
The spooky tale is told through journal entries that shift between notes on the fictional troubled relationship in the screenplay and the writer's own marriage in real life. Cryptic comments from local residents set the stage for strange happenings to come and before you know it, things take an exponentially creepy turn. You may opt to read this one in broad daylight rather than after dark.
