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

No One Rides For Free: An Extreme Novella
Gone to See the River Man
The Groomer
The Slob
They All Died Screaming
Into the Wolves' Den
The Venue
The Girl in the Attic
Billy Silver
For the Sake Of (For the Sake Of, #1)
Toxic Love (RedLine #1)
Paradise Club
#thighgap
Full Brutal
Lovelorn
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
The Woods Are Dark
The Slob
Woom
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)
The Cellar
The Resurrectionist
Cows
Exquisite Corpse
Survivor
Sick Bastards
Dead Inside
Gone to See the River Man
One Rainy Night
The Bighead
It by Stephen King'Salem's Lot by Stephen KingSummer of Night by Dan SimmonsDark Harvest by Norman PartridgeSnareville II by David Youngquist
Small Town Horror
166 books — 71 voters
The Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumThe Rising by Brian KeeneThe Cellar by Richard LaymonThe Traveling Vampire Show by Richard LaymonOff Season by Jack Ketchum
Leisure Horror
216 books — 26 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingReaper Man by Terry PratchettHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
SFF: Best Characters
78 books — 4 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Themes
10 books — 3 voters

The Angel of Vengeance by Wade H. GarrettFilthy Movie by Wade H. GarrettThe Reckoning by Wade H. GarrettThe Angel of Death by Wade H. GarrettHuman Cruelty by Wade H. Garrett
Most Hardcore Horror
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American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHaunted by Chuck PalahniukThe Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumOff Season by Jack KetchumExquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
The Goriest Books Ever
387 books — 684 voters


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