It’s fast approaching that time of year when we all pretend to enjoy how spooky everything is!

Accordingly, I’ve been thinking about what “spooky” lit to read, or reread, for this year’s batch of Halloween blogs.

I’ve got a few fun things to throw into the mix, but for now the reading list, and I’m telling you all now so you can prepare to enjoy some Halloween reading in advance, is as follows:

1) The Quotable Doctor Who. This show is the most joyful on television, but it can also be really scary! Watch “Blink,” or anything at all featuring the weeping angels, and “Listen,” and then get back to me.

2) Neil Gaiman’s Fragile Things. He’s always on my reading list anyway, but this collection contains “A Study in Emerald.” You’re welcome, Sherlockians.

3) An entry concerning a super special trip related to H. P. Lovecraft. And that’s all I’m going to tell you about that one for now.

4) I’m planning on being finished with Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf rather soon, and this is a pretty good monster story to throw into the mix!

5) We’ll talk about Prince Lestat, and how awesome it is that this book is being released on October 28th.

6) There will also be a new George R. R. Martin book released on October 26th!! No, it’s not the next installment of A Song of Ice and Fire, but I promise you it will be excellent, and we will certainly talk about it.