Help please! Looking for...

[Lesley]

Looking for horror about towns turning on the main character of the story.

Along the lines of Stepford Wives, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, etc.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Amanda]

[Scott]

The Lottery - Shirley Jackson short story

[Scott]

The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

[Ron]

[Charles]

Pines

[Char]

Amanda wrote: "







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Damn, Amanda! You already posted all the ones I was going to post! Nice. :)

[Amanda]

Charlene wrote: "Amanda wrote: "







[bookcover:We Have Always Lived in the Castle|..."

Hey great minds think alike, eh?

[Lesley]

thanks for the help! Loving the books listed so far.

[Angel]

Try "The Store" by Bentley Little. The town begins to change with the opening of a new store, with dire consequences to the main character and his family.

[Amanda]

Angel wrote: "Try "The Store" by Bentley Little. The town begins to change with the opening of a new store, with dire consequences to the main character and his family.
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I was going to suggest that but I wasn't sure if it fit since it was more about the store than the town.

[Raymond]

[Raymond]

Scott wrote: "The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne"

Really Scott??? LOL

[Angel]

Angel wrote: "Try "The Store" by Bentley Little. The town begins to change with the opening of a new store, with dire consequences to the main character and his family.
"

Amanda,
I know, you're right...I kept contemplating whether I should suggest it and thought, 'why not?' I really enjoyed it and yes, it's about the store but the store affected the town, and hence, the lives of the characters. It's one of my favorite Bentley Little novels!

[Scott]

Raymond...lol...what? It's not horror but it is a town against a protaganist...it is about isolation...and it is soometimes dark...or am I having a blonde moment?

[Jon Recluse]

I saw the Demi Moore movie version.

I thought it was porn.

[Raymond]

@scott Lol I was just surprised that you selected a book that has tortured more high school students than any book in the history of books.

[Scott]

hey...if I had to read it...so should she! And it does get a bad rap...it isnt that bad. If she wanted torture she could watch Wynona Ryder in the Crucible.

[Scott]

Is that a bad thing...or just a statement Jon? Not that I disagree...her acting can sometimes be as flat as a 70's porn flick.

[Kasia]

Angel wrote: "Try "The Store" by Bentley Little. The town begins to change with the opening of a new store, with dire consequences to the main character and his family.
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Loved this one, such an intense read!

[Tasula]

a recent book that was very good-