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What will you be reading for Horror Week?
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Shadow wrote: "Can anyone recommend horror book that is LGBTQ+?"Check out some of Christopher Rice's earlier works (yes, he is Anne Rice's son)
The Season of the Witch is upon us. So what's on the ol' TBR pile...Cheryl Low's The Midnight Lullaby
Leo Darke's Lucifer Sam
Matt Starr's Prepare to Meet Thy God
Vincent Courtney's What's Wrong with the Baby?
and that's just for starters.
Shadow wrote: "Can anyone recommend horror book that is LGBTQ+?"Check out John Inman:
The Boys on the Mountain
Ravenous
The Hike
I'm currently reading One Rainy Night by Richard Laymon and after that I'm going for Sweetpea or The Only Good Indians
Ooh — Horror Week? Then I gotta re-read Dean Koontz's Watchers. That book had me scared of the dark for a solid month!
Who needs more horror than what we are experiencing now with the Covid experiment ?????
I’ve just started “The Haunting of Hill House”. Both “ The Shining” and “The Exorcist” scared the bejesus out of me. “Pet Semetary” was also terrifying.
Scariest book ever? The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill.
Anni wrote: "Who needs more horror than what we are experiencing now with the Covid experiment ?????"BIG OLE THUMBS UP TO THAT!!!!!
Horror week? October should be horror month. But then I read horror all year round anyway
On another forum, someone recommended a book called "The Cellar," by Minette Walters, so I picked it up. Scared the peewillikers out of me. No vampires, no zombies, no time travel, no Frankenstein, just solid cold scary.
Can anyone recommend Gothic horror? Besides the ones we already know like Dracula, Frankenstein, and etc. Also looking for modern works with the Victorian gothic horror aesthetic :)
For those interested Hermes Press is reprinting the sixties and seventies novels by Marilyn Ross based on the Dark Shadows television show.
Just started Summoner of Sleep by A.I. Winters. Truly spooky and excellent!
If I can clear some items off my Currently Reading shelf I may reread Robert Weinberg's Masque of the Red Death Trilogy.
I will be reading A Ghost in The Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Carmilla (again) by Sheridan Le Fanu, and Irish Witchcraft and Demonology by St. John D. Seymour.
I just finished listening to “No One Goes Alone” by Erik Larson. It’s only available on audiobook, because a really good ghost story should be heard, not read. It was EXCELLENT! Good character development, nicely building tension, satisfying ending. Masterfully crafted from start to finish. Maybe Erik Larson will consider making a great ghost story an annual tradition!
Peter wrote: "It's great to feature horror in a special week. My favorite genre! Now you can make your October into a Shocktober. Spooky greets Peter"Oh Peter, did you create a new word?! "Shocktober"! I love it! I will have to remember that word from now on. :)
I read horror most of the time anyway, but I have some different ones I want to read this month. If anyone is looking for a great ghost story though I just finished this one for the second time around. I read it last October around Halloween and just finished it for a second reread this last weekend. Highly recommend!Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
Shadow wrote: "Can anyone recommend horror book that is LGBTQ+?"The Dead and the Dark
by Courtney Gould
I have two books of Stephen King. After and the institute . I haven’t choose which one!
Julianna wrote: "Can anyone recommend Gothic horror? Besides the ones we already know like Dracula, Frankenstein, and etc. Also looking for modern works with the Victorian gothic horror aesthetic :)"
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice and This House is Haunted by John Boyne all come to mind for what you’re looking for I dare say.
Clare Reads Femme Fatales wrote: "Horror week is the best week. For Halloween this year, I think I'll just tie a single red helium balloon on a string to all the rain water grates in my area. Because I am in my 70th year of lockdow..."Excellent idea!!!
Hmmm, #WhiteSmoke Does L👀k Good! #ABookBasedEntirelyOnItsCover
Rifat wrote: "হরর তেমন পড়ি না আমি, তাই আমি এই সপ্তাহেও হরর পড়বো না। ওকে, বাই!"Damn, that was neat.
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, It's a very creepy and frightening Victorian style ghost story.
Can anyone recommend me horror/paranormal books with adult characters (in their 20s). Most YA books have *only* teenage characters and I would like something a bit more in my age group, something I can relate to better.
So last year or maybe the year prior, there were a bunch of entitled people boohooing about horror week and how it offended their Christian beliefs and wanted the week to be something else themed and removed from the page (as if their interests and needs supersede everyone else’s), THIS YEAR we have AMAZING recommendations on all sorts of genres and are even bringing LGBTQ+ horror recs to the table!? That’s the progress I love to see in the world!!!! Makes my heart flutter lol!
Murray wrote: "I'm reading The Tommyknockers by Stephen King."I loved that one
I've recently read 30 Days of Night, Vol. 7: Dead Space by Steve Niles, and it was really good. It's a comic book.I highly recommend Pet Sematary by Stephen King too, it's a classic.
And Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (the audiobook) was really good too, it's a thrilling ghost story. I listened to it last year and it was great, not only the story is good, but the audiobook is wonderfully done.
Groovy wrote: "To me, Stephen King's earlier novels are by far his best work. Dean Koontz is good. I need to read more of his work.I'd like to add my Horror/Thriller to the list--A Body Resurrected.
[bookcover..." Read Dean Koontz The Bad Place. It is his best novel in my opinion. This should have gone to the movie's big screen. Hollywood should jump on this now!
I'm starting with Nick Cutter's The TroopThen
The Deep - Nick Cutter
Full Throttle - Joe Hill
Kill Creek - Scott Thomas
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
Books of Blood (Vol 1) - Clive Barker
John Dies In the End - David Wong
Assuming it's still october, then I'll look at some of the other suggestions! These are just the books I already bought, waiting for October to arrive!
well, I'm reading THE classic Haunted House Story, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. and later some other Horror books, 3 of which by Adam Cesare( Video Night, Zero Lives Remaining and Clown in a Cornfield) and other books like:-Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
-The Roo by Alan Baxter
-The Girl in the Video by Micheal David Wilson
-Worst Laid Plans: An Anthology of Vacation Horror
-Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
I'll be reading - and sharing - the terrific children's Halloween story, 'The Witches Three Count on Me!' I hear it's kinda great.
Shadow wrote: "Can anyone recommend horror book that is LGBTQ+?""Meddling Kids" by Edgar Cantero has LGBTQ themes and is based on characters in Scooby Doo!
Maybe I am old school, but anything by John Saul rates as horror for me. I have read everything by him and they all scare the dickens out of me!!!
Jarrod wrote: "Julianna wrote: "Can anyone recommend Gothic horror? Besides the ones we already know like Dracula, Frankenstein, and etc. Also looking for modern works with the Victorian gothic horror aesthetic..."
Thanks for the suggestions, will check them out!
I just watched a couple YouTube videos about horror aspects in Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium and then one that was more specific about vampires and werewolves. Men of the West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPOIk...
and GeekZone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAval...
Shadow wrote: "Can anyone recommend horror book that is LGBTQ+?""exquisite corpse" by poppy z brite.
I'm getting ready to read The Witch Haven by Sasha Smith, Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola and The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow. All of these sound really good.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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