Splatterpunk

Splatterpunk—a term coined in 1986 by David J. Schow at the Twelfth World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island—refers to a movement within horror fiction distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence and "hyperintensive horror with no limits." It is regarded as a revolt against the "traditional, meekly suggestive horror story". ...more

Maeve Fly
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Playground
Rest Stop
Rotten Tommy
No One Rides For Free
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
Moonflow
Are Your Parents Home?
Along the River of Flesh (Gone to See the River Man, #2)
Grandpappy
We Are Always Tender With Our Dead (Burnt Sparrow, #1)
Blender Babies
And the Devil Cried
Seven Rabbits
Playground
Woom
The Slob
Dead Inside
Gone to See the River Man
Exquisite Corpse
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Cows
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
No One Rides For Free
The Black Farm (The Black Farm, #1)
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)
Full Brutal
Maeve Fly
Tender Is the Flesh
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Body Horror
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The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeNight Shift by Stephen  KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen  KingFull Dark, No Stars by Stephen  KingFour Past Midnight by Stephen  King
Best Horror Collections
107 books — 21 voters
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Gory/Disturbing Queer Books
52 books — 27 voters

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Skwurl's Horror TBR
59 books — 1 voter
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Best Dark Fiction Short Stories
71 books — 36 voters


Malachai Blackthorn
The banquet was not for the living. It was laid out for the dark.
Malachai Blackthorn, Feast of Shadows

Malachai Blackthorn
He raised the blade, not for victory, but to prove he could still stand in the slaughterhouse of men.
Malachai Blackthorn, The Tournamenter

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