u/bratbats

Howdy,

I've been trying and trying for the last several days to get caught up in a new read. I've recently breezed through The Drive In by Joe Lansdale, Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy (not interested in his other books unfortunately), most of David Sodergren's books (not novellas, but they're SO good!), and some of Harlan Ellison's short stories.

Nothing I've picked at since has gripped me! Anyone have any recommendations for fast paced, insta-hook horror novellas? The bloodier, the better. I'm an EH fan but I'm looking more for something fun/breezy, funny, and corny.

I've searched through the subreddit for key words like "pulp" "funny" "unique" "campy" but none of the recommended books have really grabbed at me so far, except for The Drive In which was exactly what I was looking for (and I loved it).

Fave themes:

- Undead, zombies, vampires
- Slashers, crime thriller
- Monsters, cryptids, etc.
- Think "Return of the Living Dead" or "The Thing" rather than "The Shining" or "Hereditary"
- Self-referential horror (haunted VHS tapes, haunted movie theaters, etc)
- Campy, pulpy goodness

Not complaining, I swear. My blue line train this morning around 7:30AM dropped us off at Pearl/Arts and had to turn around and go back to Rowlett. Something about an accident at Akard that was impeding traffic. When I got up there (walked), there was no obvious sign that anything had happened. Multiple trains on multiple lines had to turn back.

I'm just wondering what happened - purely curious/nosy, the GoPass update just said there was an "incident".

A lot of the posts here can be a little on the negative side, so I wanted to share this nice bit from my shift today.

I just had the sweetest lady come by the reference desk - who apparently was a library worker from Sweden! I work at a large urban library in Texas but even so, tourists who specifically come for the library are quite rare. I was so happy, and loved having a conversation with her about the differences in libraries between our two countries. I love when other library people treat out-of-town libraries like tourist destinations! It was such a small moment of my day, but it meant a lot to me. I feel like talking to other people in our field who have different experiences is really important for helping us feeling connected.

But now I'm curious: for any non North American library workers, what do you feel are the most unique parts of your libraries?

Hi there,

I am a librarian and sometimes play at programs to provide live music to our communities. I've been requested at an America 250 celebration later in July. However, I am mostly a celtic folk harpist. I do have Kim Robertson's American Airs book, but I would love ideas for other tunes/books/composers I could pull from.

The only stipulation is that the song needs to either connect to American history or be popular in American culture. For example: Oh, Shenandoah, Battle Hymn of The Republic, Yankee Doodle, etc.

Let me know what you think!

(PS I am a lever harpist).