My quest to read authors that are new to me.

[Alissa]

I've had the most fun time this year reading horror authors I haven't yet.

Richard Matheson
Richard Laymon
Dan Simmons
Graham Masterton
Bentley Little
Andrew Pyper
Ramsey Campbell

Exploring new authors is so exciting.

[Hunter]

Great list. Bentley Little is one of my all time favorites. You may also want to try Brian Moreland or Mary Sangiovanni.

[WendyB]

Try Jonathan Maberry and his Dead of Night series.

[Catherine]

Some great authors mentioned there. I also recommend Hunter Shea, JG Faherty, Chantal Noordeloos, Russell James and Glenn Rolfe. Tamara Jones is another amazing find - and Brian Kirk. In fact, I keep on discovering great new talent out there to keep me riveted in the wee small hours. It's reassuring to know there are plenty of up and coming horror authors to carry on the tradition.

[Nuzo]

I detest self promotion but I am trying to get people into African Horror, a new horror subgenre I've been spearheading. Will be grateful if you could read any of my two books "The Reluctant Dead" or "Unhallowed Graves", both a collection of short/long stories dealing with vengeful ghosts with unfinished business within an African setting, just to see what you think of African Horror. With the growth in regional horror, I'm hoping to spread the wealth of malevolent spectres in our dark continent to the world. You might also want to try Southern Gothic Horror, especially a new book by Eden Royce, Spook Lights. Brilliant read. Cheers now x

[Quentin]

WendyB wrote: "Try Jonathan Maberry and his Dead of Night series."

His Pine Deep Trilogy is some of the best horror I've ever read.







@Nuzo, African horror sounds very interesting! I actually write horror myself, and I set one of my novels in Africa in the 1800s. Lot of potential there!

[Nuzo]

that's amazing! What's it called?

[Delmy]

I am reading my first Dean Koontz "the fun house" honestly I have no idea why I never read any of his books until now but I am trying to read new to me authors as well.

[Alissa]

The Fun house by Koontz was my first horror novel!

Love the suggestions guys!

[Alissa]

Currently reading my first Tim Curran, Dead Sea.

[Catherine]

I haven't read Tim Curran yet - looks like I need to :)!

[Catherine]

Ronald Malfi has a new release coming out imminently - Little Girls. I can't wait to read it!

[Francisco]

This is great, lots of new authors to discover, almost imposible to read them all

[sonya]

Anne rice is great also

[Sebastián]

Great post! Try Ania Ahlborn

[Jackie]

I've recently been reading Iain rob Wright books. The books are quite gory but honestly can not put them down. Really well written and totally gripping.
I've only read a few so far (the housemates, seasick and I'm in the middle of a book called the picture frame)

[Famine]

Great suggestions here!

[Anita]

A great series with thrills, suspense, and otherworldly happenings is the Repairman Jack novels by F. Paul Wilson.

Also, the Monster Hunter books by Larry Correia.

[Seth]

Anita wrote: "A great series with thrills, suspense, and otherworldly happenings is the Repairman Jack novels by F. Paul Wilson.

Also, the Monster Hunter books by Larry Correia."

Both are great series! I completely concur.

[Anita]

Anything by James Herbert is great too, I've read The Survivor and The Dark and both were very good.

[Famine]

Anita wrote: "Anything by James Herbert is great too, I've read The Survivor and The Dark and both were very good."

I love Herbert! I haven't read those two, so how good are they?

[Kenneth]

I would describe Herbert as atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere. He's very meticulous in describing his settings which help pull you into the story. My favorite of his is Haunted .