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
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes
Rotten Tommy
Moonflow
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
Are Your Parents Home?
Along the River of Flesh (Gone to See the River Man, #2)
No One Rides For Free
Transmuted
Grandpappy
Blender Babies
I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror)
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
Kill River by Cameron RoubiqueClown in a Cornfield by Adam CesareFinal Girls by Riley SagerThe Cotton Candy Massacre by Christopher  RobertsonHave You Seen Me? by Alexandrea Weis
Slasher Horror books
152 books — 59 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaUzumaki by Junji ItoRedeemers by Edward  McBrideThe Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleHorrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Best contemporary horror books
113 books — 40 voters

Weave World by Clive BarkerImajica by Clive BarkerThe Great and Secret Show by Clive BarkerThe Thief of Always by Clive BarkerAbarat by Clive Barker
The Best of Clive Barker
21 books — 185 voters
Hazelthorn by C.G. DrewsGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Until the Last Light Goes Out by Courtney GouldDon't Let the Forest In by C.G. DrewsHell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Spine Chilling Queer Horror
15 books — 3 voters



He looks up in pride at finally penetrating me. It’s my first stabbing, and he’s taking my virginity, and he’s so proud.
May Leitz, Fluids

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

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