David Faucheux
David Faucheux is a biblioholic who thought his love of books might translate into a career as a librarian. He obtained an MLIS from LSU in December of 1998 and was asked to join the information science honor society, Beta Phi Mu, which he did in 1999. Thereafter, he composed an essay discussing his time at library school (published in the anthology Changing Culture of Libraries). The following year, he guest edited an issue of ASCLA’s Interface. He maintains an audio blog at www.teleread.org/blind and is a board member of LAIRS, which hopes to establish a radio reading service for the Acadiana area in South Louisiana (interested people can visit www.lairs.info to learn more).
David started dipping his metaphorical toes into the murky waters of horror late. Since everyone he knew loved to either read Stephen King novels or view the screenplays at the local cinema or on television, he was originally suspicious of anything that appealed to such a mass audience. He finally took the plunge with 'Salem’s Lot, and found it startling. He discovered that the horror genre was like an addictive substance and he was hooked.
Now, he consciously limits his horror in-take. His favorites are King, who he enjoys because of the author's eye for the minute details of everyday life, as well as his representations of the rituals of childhood, the dark side of human nature, and the ponderings of a mind that still recalls childhood’s under-the-bed-hiding bugaboos and undefined fears. He reads Koontz for different reasons, such as technology gone awry, sociological commentaries, and happy endings. Regardless of who he is reading, he finds the genre provocative.