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

Playground
Maeve Fly
Rest Stop
Rotten Tommy
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes
Moonflow
Are Your Parents Home?
No One Rides For Free
Puzzle House
Along the River of Flesh (Gone to See the River Man, #2)
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances
I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror)
You've Lost a Lot of Blood
And the Devil Cried
Brainwyrms
Playground
Woom
The Slob
Dead Inside
Gone to See the River Man
Exquisite Corpse
100% Match
Cows
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
No One Rides For Free
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)
The Black Farm (The Black Farm, #1)
Full Brutal
Maeve Fly
The Groomer
The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan PoeThe Monkey's Paw by W.W. JacobsThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Dark Fiction Short Stories
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettGoing Postal by Terry PratchettThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
SFF: Best Characters
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Best Morbid Horror Books
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Creepy Gay shit -Indie ver
32 books — 6 voters


Poppy Z. Brite
The thought that it was nearly over soothed him like a lover's touch. ...more
Poppy Z. Brite, Exquisite Corpse

Malachai Blackthorn
The silence at its core is not absence but appetite, and once it finds you, it does not let go.
Malachai Blackthorn, The Quiet Cold

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