Horror Week

I'm reading Robert Swindells's "Room 13". I'm in love with it!

Ben E. J. wrote: "October should be Horror Month, not week."

100% agree!

L. wrote: "Maryjo wrote: "James wrote: "Shouldn't "Horror Week" be the last week of October?"

It should be every week."

It almost is if you’re like me!"

Great minds think alike.

Mirrors and whats hidden after ... ? behind their high value comes family first :) thanks for the support !!

Lostaccount wrote: "If anyone knows a book that is truly scary, let me now. Never found a book that really scared me yet."


Have you read any of the early Shaun Hutson books?

Spawn or Erebus

Or very early Dean R Koontz

The Bad Place or Last Light
also some early James Herbert stuff is really good like Spear.

Lostaccount wrote: "If anyone knows a book that is truly scary, let me now. Never found a book that really scared me yet."

parts of The Ritual and Last Days scared me enough to stop reading right before bed.

Kayla wrote: "Currently reading Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King :)"

me too! well, I just finished today.

happy Halloween everyone!

I never read a scary books but ilike reading now wich one is the best for me?

Lostaccount wrote: "If anyone knows a book that is truly scary, let me now. Never found a book that really scared me yet."

I thought "The Strain" by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan was pretty creepy and good.

Lostaccount wrote: "If anyone knows a book that is truly scary, let me now."

Define scary.

People use frightening, scary, terrifying, creepy, disturbing, etc, to all mean similar things. Do you mean scary, as in, "I jumped out of my seat and my heart was racing and..." because I don't think you can get that, in a novel.

If you mean "after I read Psycho, I couldn't take a shower without thinking about it and getting a tickle up my spine", then yeah. You can find that.

But you'd definitely need to define the word, before you'll get good recommendations for it.

I'd highly recommend Dean Koontz's Moonlight Bay series and his "The Taking". Both probably the best books he's ever written.

Stephen King's 1408 is also excellent.

Princess J. wrote: "uhmmm... can anyone recommend a horror and/or scary book for a scary cat like me?"

Sorry if this is a repeat suggestion but I'd recommend The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

moo

i hate to read but what a good book to listen to in the car

this is funnnn!

Just finished Xperiment left me with the question Who is really the monster? Very creepy.

Jason wrote: "Mommy said there was no such thing as witches, but when I asked her where she went at night, she wouldn't tell me. I followed her into the woods without her knowing, and she was right; there were n..."

Wow! Yes, disturbing.

WHY IT WHY WHY

for me, its more fun the read about it than watch the movie kinda, but still NO SCARY BOOK FOR ME

Prudence wrote: "Currently reading The Turn of the Screw, and listening to The Woman in White. Both sitting so uneasy in me."

"The Woman In White" is an absolute classic, one of my favourite Wilkie Collin's novels. "The Turn of the Screw" has been on my TBR since ever.

Lostaccount wrote: "If anyone knows a book that is truly scary, let me now. Never found a book that really scared me yet."

It by Stephen King. Though the ending wasn't exactly satisfying...the book sure made me lose sleep. Give it a shot.

Princess J. wrote: "uhmmm... can anyone recommend a horror and/or scary book for a scary cat like me?

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Princess J. wrote: "uhmmm... can anyone recommend a horror and/or scary book for a scary cat like me?

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Try Sleepy Hollow. It is one of my favs. It has the right amount of spooks without going gory.

Samantha wrote: "Sam wrote: "If you've never read it, check out the awesome novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, about a disturbed, and disturbing, little girl and her sister (are they witches?) ..."

Gonna be my next. Thanks for the suggestion Sam :)

Stetson wrote: "i hate to read but what a good book to listen to in the car"

Christine by Stephen King

Ghost Story by Peter Straub is one of my favorite!

Currently reading:https://www.goodreads.com/series/1899...

Nothing like a psycho killer for Halloween!

A great horror book for this time of the year, really fascinating and well written is The Creeper Man

I mentioned Stross' 'A Colder War' earlier. If you are familiar with HP Lovecraft, this one ties straight in and should have you shuddering from an early stage. Read it free here:

http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories...

Im gonna hang myself

E.F.B. wrote: "Darkling by K. M. Rice is a good one for those who want something spooky, but don't like outright horror. I say this as someone who never seeks out spooky stories, but still found D..."

Thanks for the suggestion. It was a great read.

Seventh wrote: "Well than I suggest you try these after Halloween. If you like Stephen King than you will love our authors. We would love to have you check us out."

ARRRRG!
Normally I just shudder whenever I see this common error. But from a book publisher?! I'm having seizures.

"THEN vs. THAN" Look it up.

-EndRant
(I added the "bold")

Just finished reading "It" 4 months after starting it. It was a real page-turner; the problem is, as always, I'm in-between reading several books at once. Definitely better than either of the movies. I was moved more by the quality of the writing and the nostalgia of childhood than anything else, so I didn't find it "scary" per se.

The more I read King's work, the more I strive to be a writer of substance; one who grips readers by their emotional coattails and doesn't let them go until I've dragged them to the very edge of their own universal humanity.

Consider the Demonologist by Andrew Pyper. Scared the crap out of me...
The Demonologist

Nancy wrote: "Sam wrote: "If you've never read it, check out the awesome novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, about a disturbed, and disturbing, little girl and her sister (are they witches?) ..."

This is awesome! Goodreads has incredible content!

I think the best Halloween book to read is "Dark Harvest" by Norman Partridge. It captures everything you can think of in a Halloween story.

My favorite (horror) books are by far: Seed and A Head Full of Ghosts !

I'm always open to recommendations :D!

Princess J. wrote: "uhmmm... can anyone recommend a horror and/or scary book for a scary cat like me?

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If you're like in comic books may I recommend Captain America: Man & Wolf for just the plain silliness of the story?

Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween (Clifford the Big Red Dog)

Carmilla

I was wondering why Grady Hendrix was reading all of those old horror paperbacks. It makes sense now, and I can't wait to read it.

Marko wrote: "Complete Ghost Stories by one and only M.R. James."
Have to agree with Marko... my favourite MR James tales are The stalls of Barchester Cathedral and, Whistle and I'll come to you, both send a shiver down my spine. I read the story of the haunted whistle to my 16 year old son who devoured schlock horror films ad nauseam (they did nothing for me i hasten to add...)- and he declared MR James' tale to be scarier by far.
Also agree with the comment re Pet sematery...i had to stop reading S King for years after that, too disturbing by far!

I'm currently reading my first Stephen King novel called The Stand. It's so good. Looking forward to starting The Shining or Needful Things soon after this book.

yes its halloween
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If you like bunch of ghost and horror story in one book i suggest Barnes & Noble Classic Horror Stories and Classic Ghost Stories.

I'd love to suggest my own terrifying short stories but I won't. ;-)

For me, The Woman in Black by Susan Hill really unsettled me. Creepy. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver, which has already been mentioned, I also found quite scary. Got that from a pound shop on a whim; a fine purchase!

I usually read Tanith Lee for my Spooktober reads. Her work is not too scary and it is mostly considered (dark) sci-fi and fantasy because it is spooky and uncanny. But her novella Sabella has a special place in my heart.

PATRICIA wrote: "Seventh wrote: "Well than I suggest you try these after Halloween. If you like Stephen King than you will love our authors. We would love to have you check us out."

ARRRRG!
Normally I just shudde..."

I saw a similar grammatical error at work, but it was more along the lines of punctuation wither plural issues are concerned. I was cleaning the boardroom when I read it on one of those huge flip chart note pad thingies.

"Manager's are charged with the responsibility of.."

Snarky as you please, I took a black felt marker and removed the apostrophe. That's what comes of a life full of counting money...they forget how to write anything that involves words.

Hobbit wrote: "I'm currently reading my first Stephen King novel called The Stand. It's so good. Looking forward to starting The Shining or Needful Things soon after this book."

I liked Needful Things as a book (audiobook, if you wanna get specific) and The Shining the movie ~ ~the Jack Nicolson version~

Johanna wrote: "I liked Needful Things as a book (audiobook, if you wanna get specific) and The Shining the movie ~ ~the Jack Nicolson version~..."

Is there another movie version of The Shining? Since you specified the Jack Nicholson version... I'm reading the book today!

Elyse wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I liked Needful Things as a book (audiobook, if you wanna get specific) and The Shining the movie ~ ~the Jack Nicolson version~..."

Is there another movie version of The Shining? S..."

Apparently there is.... I saw it a few years ago, reviewed on Nostalgia Critic. I'll find the link and get it to you. I haven't seen the movie, myself. From what I've heard, of the Kubric version, he had so many takes done that I'm sure Jack was tempted to use the ax on him!

https://youtu.be/u4V7NllEE4k T.V. mini-series . Oddly, Stephen didn't like the Kubric version, but he's the only one who doesn't. King actually wrote the teleplay for this movie, which wasn't exactly spine-tingling.