"This is an essential, long-overdue guide, and a wonderful read."
-- Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

"Hartmann is the Crypt Keeper, the Elvira, and the Vampira that the book world has been waiting for. I promise you, this book will sit on my bedside table until it's in bloody tatters."
-- Daniel Kraus, author of Whalefall

"With boundless enthusiasm, thoughtful commentary, and the conversational tone of your BFF, this book will become your own personalized horror concierge."
-- Delilah S. Dawson, author of Bloom and The Violence

"Engaging and smart as hell."
-- Keith Rosson, author of Fever House and Coffin Moon

"The breadth of Hartmann's research and reading habits is astonishing (legendary), balanced by the sincerity evident in every written word. There isn't a single passage of this book that won't make you want to seek out more for yourself. Feral and Hysterical transcends nonfiction and runs unfettered in the province of passion. Infectious, contagious, this book is a masterwork of a reading guide. A pristine aerial view of the stars of horror."
-Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House and Watching Evil Dead