David J. Skal

40 books

Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice by David J. Skal, Jessica Rains

Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice

David J. Skal, Jessica Rains

290 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative slow-paced
Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre by Elias Savada, David J. Skal

Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre

Elias Savada, David J. Skal

360 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography horror dark tense slow-paced
Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween by David J. Skal

Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween

David J. Skal

224 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

454 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond by David J. Skal

Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond

David J. Skal

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction horror dark medium-paced
Halloween: The History of America's Darkest Holiday by David J. Skal

Halloween: The History of America's Darkest Holiday

David J. Skal

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen by David J. Skal

Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

David J. Skal

384 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction horror informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Horror Film by Isabel Cristina Pinedo, Casper Tybjerg, Mary Beth Oliver, Ian Conrich, Stephen Prince, Meghan Sanders, Steven Jay Schneider, David J. Skal, Jonathan Crane, Mikita Brottman, Caroline J. S. Picart, Cynthia A. Freeland, Joanne Cantor, David A. Frank, Carlos Clarens

The Horror Film

Isabel Cristina Pinedo, Casper Tybjerg, Mary Beth Oliver, Ian Conrich, Stephen Prince, Meghan Sanders, Steven Jay Schneider, David J. Skal, Jonathan Crane, Mikita Brottman, Caroline J. S. Picart, Cynthia A. Freeland, Joanne Cantor, David A. Frank, Carlos Clarens

280 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction horror dark informative medium-paced
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019 (F&SF, #744) by Mary Soon Lee, Paul Di Filippo, Theodore McCombs, Alex Shvartsman, Andrej Kokoulin, Michelle West, G. V. Anderson, Alexander C. Irvine, David Langford, Jerry Oltion, Beth Cato, Dominica Phetteplace, Charles de Lint, Molly Gloss, David J. Skal, David J. Skal, Cassandra Khaw, Eliza Rose, Albert E. Cowdrey, C.C. Finlay, Deborah Coates

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019 (F&SF, #744)

Mary Soon Lee, Paul Di Filippo, Theodore McCombs, Alex Shvartsman, Andrej Kokoulin, Michelle West, G. V. Anderson, Alexander C. Irvine, David Langford, Jerry Oltion, Beth Cato, Dominica Phetteplace, Charles de Lint, Molly Gloss, David J. Skal, David J. Skal, Cassandra Khaw, Eliza Rose, Albert E. Cowdrey, C.C. Finlay, Deborah Coates

258 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2019 (F&SF, #742) by Mary Soon Lee, S. Qiouyi Lu, Diana Peterfruend, Michelle West, Gregor Hartmann, Sophie M. White, Paul Park, Jerry Oltion, Jerome Stueart, R.S. Benedict, Charles de Lint, David J. Skal, Nick DiChario, Graham Andrews, Tina Connolly, C.C. Finlay, Margaret Killjoy, John Kessel, Matthew Hughes, Rich Larson

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2019 (F&SF, #742)

Papa Schimmelhorn #1-1

Mary Soon Lee, S. Qiouyi Lu, Diana Peterfruend, Michelle West, Gregor Hartmann, Sophie M. White, Paul Park, Jerry Oltion, Jerome Stueart, R.S. Benedict, Charles de Lint, David J. Skal, Nick DiChario, Graham Andrews, Tina Connolly, C.C. Finlay, Margaret Killjoy, John Kessel, Matthew Hughes, Rich Larson

258 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced