The bell tolls. The crows caw. On the eve (or some other time of import, depending on when you’re reading this) of the last day of September, we prepare for… Spooky Season. Oh boy, I hope you’re ready. I feel like I’m repeating myself by mentioning it’s only the second-best time of the year, but I’m not the only person, or the only library-folk, to feel that way. Besides, I did promise a traipse through the thorny woods of dark fantasy the last time we met on the interwebs like this, and I’m not one to back out on a promise. So, without further ado, let’s step off the beaten path of princesses, dragons, witches, and wizards, and see what the darkness of the (literature) woods has in store for us.