#Library Monsters

[smbearce]

Hanging with the Librarians!

I'm headed to MASL this weekend!

I am super excited to be headed to MASL this weekend. (That’s the Missouri Association of School Librarians conference.) I love hanging out with people who love books as much as I do. I’ll be doing three workshops – so if you are attending the conference – please come visit me!!! I’ll be teaching Library Alchemy on Sunday morning at 10:30am. We’ll be talking about how to pair fiction and…

[stjohnstarling]

Wanna' come back to my place? I was thinking you might pierce my heart and spill its blood in a frenzy of barbarous delight.

Father Ardelian has been summoned to a distant, secluded island to perform an exorcism. What will happen when he begins to suspect his host — the mysterious, nocturnal lord of the manor — of wanting him for another reason entirely? Will the piously celibate priest be able to resist the monster’s diabolically seductive charms?

What Manner of Man is a queer gothic romance novel about a priest and a vampire, inspired by Dracula Daily.

Get the novel here or DRM-free on Itch.io

Or read it for free!

[lunxri-vs-the-internet]

happy monster con release day 🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🔥🗣️🔥

[amnhnyc]

The Research Library’s Rare Book and Rare Folio Collection includes close to 15,000 volumes dating back to the 15th century. Would you read this rare tome? 🕯️ 👻

[benevolenterrancy]

so I've started reading Journey to the West, and I more or less knew what to expect from Sun Wukong going in, no surprises there. Tripitaka, on the other hand, completely knocked my feet out from under me... I am enchanted

[thelaurenshippen]

okay. it's time. I've been trying to pretend I don't need it, that I can make it through without, but it's becoming more and more obvious with each passing day.

I need to make a spreadsheet for my playlists

[enden-agolor]

here’s a bunch of jesskas stardew au doodle pages and unfinished pieces 🫶 i ermmmm uhhh errr gulp uhm i love them

[akirakirxaa-ooc]

Is Palworld just ARK but with Pokemon? Pokemon but with guns? Yes.

Are half the pals pokemon ripoffs? Yes.

Am I having an absolute blast? You bet.

Legends Arceus wishes it had this kind of base building.

[nick-nocturne]

Pendog Creative Library has updated--TWICE

It's time to enjoy some animation history...

[briabooknerd]

Monster high: new scaremester

1-7

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔘𝔫𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔞𝔩 ℌ𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔏𝔦𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔯𝔶 (ℭ𝔞𝔯𝔩 𝔇𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔢 յգԴԴ)

[smbearce]

The LIBRARY MONSTERS are Here!!

Teaching Library rules was never more fun. Check out the new book by Jean Ransome and Stephanie Bearce

[stjohnstarling]

What Manner of Man is a queer gothic romance novel about a priest and a vampire, inspired by Dracula!

Father Ardelian has been summoned to a distant, secluded island to perform an exorcism. What will happen when he begins to suspect his host — the mysterious, nocturnal lord of the manor — of wanting him for another reason entirely? Will the piously celibate priest be able to resist his host’s diabolically seductive charms?

It's finally happening! On October 31st, What Manner of Man will at last be a published novel! In the meantime, you can read the free serialized draft (or subscribe for updates and chapters of the re-run) below:

Read What Manner of Man here!

[tragedytells-tales]

[ I'm just a man, who's trying to get home / Even after all the years away from what I've known. / I'm just a man, who wishes you a life / Harbinger, you're so much more than just a sacrifice. ] - Rewritten Just a Man by Jorge Rivera-Herrans

The nine headed demon wanted more for the child than just the path. To him, the harbinger is more than a sacrifice for a world that will never know him, a world that will blame him for the chaos he can't control.

He knows there would be consequences for disrupting the cycle, for risking the lives of the little people the Harbinger is born to protect. Yet he dreams of world where the child can know love and kindness without destiny's condition.

But fate is a cage that's bound even him in chains, destined to be a monster. So another cycle will repeat all the same.

[amrubrum]

there’s no feeling worse to a reader than the feeling of being so excited about a book and being unable to put it down, but at the same time you want to savor it so you force yourself to stop reading to preserve it💔

[thatsbelievable]

Not only were these two books an unforgettable part of my childhood, but they heavily influenced the writing of The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles!

Movie Monsters by Alan Ormsby offers a glimpse at each of the classic movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolfman, and (of course) the Mummy. This is followed by illustrated pages that teach you how to do your own monster makeup. There’s even a script for a monster play you can perform with friends!

Meanwhile, How to Care For Your Monster by Norman Bridwell gives you pointers on exactly that, so you can make your very own vampire, Frankenstein Monster, werewolf, or mummy happy.

As a kid, I loved these books to death. As an adult, I still do. They made me who I am, and I’m happy to do my part in keeping the love of monsters alive.

If you or someone in your life enjoys monsters, spooky stuff, goofy humor, and fun, please give The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles a try. You can order it by clicking on the book title here, or ask for it at your local library!