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

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Maeve Fly
Gone to See the River Man
No One Rides For Free
Playground
The Venue
Maggie's Grave
The Groomer
Rotten Tommy
Are Your Parents Home?
Seven Rabbits
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances
Moonflow
Puzzle House
Grandpappy
Playground
Woom
The Slob
Dead Inside
Gone to See the River Man
Exquisite Corpse
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
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Cows
No One Rides For Free
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)
Full Brutal
The Black Farm (The Black Farm, #1)
The Groomer
Maeve Fly
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
SFF: Best Settings
38 books — 11 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWilder Girls by Rory PowerIt by Stephen  KingDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonHouse of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Body Horror
52 books — 39 voters

The Light at the End by John SkippIsland by Richard LaymonHeader by Edward LeeNight in the Lonesome October by Richard LaymonCrucifax by Ray Garton
Retro Splatterpunk
19 books — 10 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaUzumaki by Junji ItoHorrorstör by Grady HendrixThe Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleJohn Dies at the End by David  Wong
Best contemporary horror books
97 books — 28 voters

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStardust by Neil GaimanThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Prose
35 books — 14 voters
The Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumThe Cellar by Richard LaymonThe Rising by Brian KeeneThe Traveling Vampire Show by Richard LaymonDead Sea by Brian Keene
Leisure Horror
212 books — 31 voters


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

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

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