The Librarian Series: A Supernatural Horror Comedy (Strangely Scary Funny)
Strangely Scary Funny #1-4 • Book 1
by Brian Yansky
Why You'll Love This
A small-town librarian whose job description includes witches, demons, and a hellhound is either the most absurd premise in horror — or the most inspired.
- Great if you want: horror that makes you laugh before it unsettles you
- The experience: brisk and episodic — four novels that build a genuinely weird world
- The writing: Yansky keeps the tone light without defanging the horror — a rare balance
- Skip if: you prefer dread over laughs in your supernatural fiction
About This Book
Something is watching from the haunted forest outside the quiet town of Eden — and the only person standing between the townspeople and whatever comes creeping out is, improbably, the librarian. His job description includes the usual duties of checking out books, but also managing a supernatural population that involves witches, demons, angels, hellhounds, the occasional god, and monsters who don't observe normal library hours. It's a setup that sounds absurd, and it is — but beneath the comedy runs a genuine current of dread, and Brian Yansky plays both registers with confidence.
What makes this collection of four novels rewarding is precisely that balance. Yansky writes horror that actually unsettles and comedy that actually lands, without either canceling the other out. The prose moves fast, the town of Eden is richly strange, and the characters feel genuinely quirky rather than quirky-by-description. Getting all four books in a single volume also means the story has room to breathe and build — readers who settle in will find the world growing more layered and surprising the further they go.