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Halloween:  

Shocking stories at the library!


We take delight in sharing stories of the supernatural, haunted, and unexplained! Visit the Camosun Library this spooky season to check out tales that chill to the bone.

Looking for recommendations? In addition to the resources on this guide, you will find displays of hair-raising and spine-tingling books at both Lansdowne and Interurban library locations. We hope you will join us!

Films that chill


Screen capture from film "Land of Heads"

Land of Heads

Directed by Cédric Louis & Claude Barras
National Film Board of Canada
2009

Film still from "Bone Mother"

Bone Mother

Directed by Dale Hayward & Sylvie Trouvé
National Film Board of Canada
2018

Film still from "The Man Who Slept"

The Man Who Slept

Directed by Inès Sedan
National Film Board of Canada
2009

Film still from "Kali the Little Vampire"

Kali the Little Vampire

Directed by Regina Pessoa
National Film Board of Canada
2012

Image still from "The visitor"

The Visitor

Directed by David Barlow-Krelina
National Film Board of Canada
2012

Fiction & Short Stories

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones, 2021
Call number: PS 3560 O5395 O55 2021
*Authentic Indigenous Voices

The Frangipani Hotel

Violet Kupersmith, 2015
Call number: PAPERBACK

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix, 2025
Call number: PAPERBACK

Through the Woods: Stories

Emily Carroll, 2014
Call number: PN 6733 C37 T47 2014

The Angel of Indian Lake

Stephen Graham Jones, 2024
Call number: PS 3560 O5395 A83 2024
*Authentic Indigenous Voices

Half Spent Was the Night

Amy McKay, 2018
Call number: PS 8625 K387 H35 2018 

Him Standing

Richard Wagamese, 2013
Call number: PS 8595 A43 H54 2013
*Authentic Indigenous Voices

Trickster Drift

Eden Robinson, 2018
Call number: PS 8585 O35143 T75 2018
*Authentic Indigenous Voices

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson, 2006 
Call number: PS 3519 A25 H3 2006

Bawaajigan: Stories of Power

Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler & Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith, 2019
Call number: PN 6120.95 D67 B5 2019
*Authentic Indigenous Voices

The Girl with All the Gifts

M. R. Carey, 2015
Call number: PAPERBACK

The Classic Horror Stories

H.P. Lovecraft, edited by Roger Luckhurst, 2013
Call number: PS 3523 O833 A6 2013

The Winter People

Jennifer McMahon, 2014
Call number: PAPERBACK

Mapping the Interior

Stephen Graham Jones, 2017
Call number: PS 3560 O5395 M37 2017
*Authentic Indigenous Voices

The String Diaries

Stephen Lloyd Jones, 2014
Call number: PAPERBACK

Night of the Mannequins

Stephen Graham Jones, 2020
Call number: PS 3560 O5395 N54 2020
*Authentic Indigenous Voices