MANIX Week 3 - Horror/supernatural.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine – Grant them eternal rest, O LordSilence is the most powerful scream. ~ Anonymous“Thou canst not say I did it: never shake Thy gory locks at me. ~ William ShakespeareMacabre: suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome ~ Dictionary.comWild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. ~ James Anthony FroudeThere are two types of human beings in this world: the divine, and the demonic. ~ Bhagavad GitaI wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. ~ Rita RudnerThat's life. Whichever way you turn, Fate sticks out a foot to trip you. ~ Detour (Film: 1946)Massacre: The act or an instance of killing a large number of humans indiscriminately and cruelly. ~ Free Online DictionaryBlue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee. ~ Spanish proverbBetter to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~ Chinese ProverbEven cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense. ~ Mignon McLaughlinGossip is the devil's radio. ~ George HarrisonNever be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. ~ Harvey S. FirestoneAll concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil. ~ SophoclesAn artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why. ~ William FaulknerDreaming men are haunted men. ~ Stephen Vincent BenetEat, drink and be scary. ~ AnonymousLive fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse. ~ John DerekDoom: Fate, especially a tragic or ruinous one. ~ The Free DictionaryGod has fled. Hell reigns. Darkness prevails. ~ Priest, Shadow: Dead riotOpen here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore... ~ Edgar Allan Poe, The RavenBlood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us. ~ Osbert SitwellIn the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled. ~ Paul EldridgeIt was grisly, to put it mildly. ~ Charlie TrotterBlame it on a simple twist of fate. ~ Bob DylanOmens are a language, it’s the alphabet we develop to speak to the world’s soul ~ Paul CoelhoAbout horror movies: 'I`m always the one who gets killed. And I want it to be really gory. Body parts all over the place. Mangled!' ~ Sarah Michelle GellarThe more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts. ~ Italo CalvinoMurder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner. ~ Oscar WildeDeath, the sable smoke where vanishes the flame. ~ George Gordon, Lord ByronAll the freaky people make the beauty of the world. ~ Michael FrantiI witnessed the gruesome workings of the machinery of death; gear meshed with gear, like clockwork. ~ Adolf EichmannThe blood is the life! ~ Bram Stoker, Dracula (chapter 11)Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. ~ Zora Neale HurstonSepulcher: a burial vault, tomb, or grave. ~ Free Online DictionaryBlue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee. ~ Spanish proverb

Horror/Supernatural

Welcome to Week 3: Horror/Supernatural!  All the links you'll need for booklists, website challenges and reviews are listed right here.

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Book list madness

Check out our suggested reads, recommended authors and Top 5 staff picks to get started.

 

E-resource challenge

Challenge yourself with this week's e-resource: The GALE Biography Resource Centre contains biographical information for over 380,000 people from different countries, times, disciplines and subject areas.

For tips on searching ‘Biography Resource Centre’, see our online guide.

To complete this challenge simply use the GALE Biography Resource Centre database to answer the 5 questions found on our:

 

Website challenges

Note: you can only submit one website review a week!

 

Review forms

* We encourage you read and review manga graphic novels, but please note, there are only a limited number of reviews you can do for EACH series (up to 3 titles from any one manga series). Please check with your Teen Librarian if you are unsure about whether a review will qualify for points or not.*

 

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