Horror Handprints for Halloween!

by Lexi, Day-Riverside Branch

​Every October I want to spend way too much money on Halloween decorations, especially on window clings! They are such an excellent way to communicate a commitment to spookiness to the outside world! This year I decided to make my own! It was very cheap and made a good, fun mess of my kitchen. Watch this video for a quick tutorial on how to make your own bloody handprint clings! If bloody handprints seem too gory, you can also make spooky green alien hands!

Cada octubre quiero gastar demasiado dinero en decoraciones de Halloween, ¡especialmente en adornos para ventanas! ¡Son una manera excelente de comunicar al mundo exterior mi dedicación al terror! ¡Este año decidí crear unas en casa ! Era barato e hizo un grande y divertido desastre en mi cocina. ¡Mire este video para obtener un tutorial rápido sobre cómo hacer sus propias huellas de manos sangrientas! Si las huellas de manos ensangrentadas parecen demasiado espantoso, ¡también puedes hacer unas manos alienígenas verdes espeluznantes!
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If you’d like a book to read while you’re waiting for your handprints to dry, check out these 5 horror novels by diverse authors. They will make your toes curl!
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The Girl From The Well, Rin Chupeco.

Okiku is spending her afterlife taking justice and revenge to a whole new level. She exemplifies “an eye for an eye” as she stalks the earth for those who harm children. She believes herself forever bound for this fate until she meets a teenage boy whose body contains an evil she never could have imagined.  

Available as a Book.

Five Midnights, Ann Dávila Cardinal.

Lupe Dávila and Javier Utierre are doing their best to solve the onslaught of murders devastating Puerto Rico, but all their work has led to nothing. If they are going to discover who is causing the slaughter, they will have to embrace the idea that not all mysteries can be contained by this mortal realm. 

Available as an Audio eBook. ​

Undead Girl Gang, Lily Anderson

Some of us like our horror funny and our comedy horrible. Lily Anderson’s book Undead Girl Gang is the perfect combination of macabre and hilarity. I refuse to tell you anymore, because I can’t bear to spoil the book that could someday serve as a guidebook for any and all girl gangs. 

Available as a Book, eBook or Audio eBook.

The Things She’s Seen, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina

I, and a select few, love ghosts. Ghosts as a concept, ghosts as an aesthetic and ghosts as wishful hopes for a more paranormal world. This book is laden with ghosts, dark secrets, small towns and will certainly set the mood for a formidable Halloween. 

Available as a Book or eBook.

Slice of Cherry, Dia Reeves.

What’s it like to have a famous serial killer for a father? Let Kit and Fancy tell you! This page turner will walk you through the minds of sisters who are discovering that killer instincts might be genetic. 

Available as a Book.




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