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Aug 15, 2018 09:59AM
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Wow, I missed so many new people. Welcome to HA, everyone!
My name is Shawnda I am a librarian and a horror lover since my tween years. I just happened upon this group by accident and I am excited to find some new suggestions to read. I just stumbled upon the book "The Shuddering" by Ania Ahlborn and loved it so if you are looking for something new to try I highly recommend it.
Shawnda wrote: "My name is Shawnda I am a librarian and a horror lover since my tween years. I just happened upon this group by accident and I am excited to find some new suggestions to read. I just stumbled upon ..."Welcome to HA, Shawnda! Ania Ahlborn has many fans here! I think you'll discover some great finds in our pages.
Welcome, Shawnda! Glad you are here! If you like Ania’s work, check out “Seed”. One of my favorites. If you want something a little more extreme, check out “Kin” by Kealan Patrick Burke. You can’t go wrong with anything Kealan puts out there. Edward Lorn, Michael McBride, Jack Ketchum, Adam Cesare, Brian Keene, Richard Laymon, Robert McCammon, etc. So many horrors...so little time.
Bill wrote: "Welcome, Shawnda! Glad you are here! If you like Ania’s work, check out “Seed”. One of my favorites. If you want something a little more extreme, check out “Kin” by Kealan Patrick Burke. You can’t ..."Thank you for the suggestions I will add them to my list. I have ordered Seed just waiting for it to get to me. I know what you mean my book list grows a bit longer everyday.
welcome Shawnda. The Shuddering was great wasn't it? I also liked the devil crept in and seed.
Welcome to HA, everyone!
Reading, and trying (and failing) to write
Hello my name is Scott Jones I am a new author and I also love to read. I have released My ghosts and I which is about true ghost stories. I have just released a book called Heritence which some of it is based around hospitals, sleep paralysis and evil spirits. Here is a little snippet. I am a new author and still learning. Constructive criticism is helpful:From this corridor, you could see an adjourning corridor that had glass windows all around. Suddenly I feel the temperature change from sticky and sweaty to cool and then from cool to cold. I look up to see if there is anyone else around. There is a part of me that wished I had stayed on the ward and had a cuppa instead. While looking through the window towards the other corridor I can see what looks like a young woman walking slowly towards where our two corridors would meet. The way her back was shaking tells me she was crying, she has her face in her hands and something dark was sliding down her cheeks. She is wearing a flowered summer dress with a pale cream shawl which seems to hang behind her. Her hair is brown and braided and should have been falling down her back but whatever was causing her shawl to trail behind was having the same effect on her hair too. The butterflies start again in my belly and my pulse jumps from first to fifth gear. As our corridors get a little closer, I noticed the colour of what at first, I took for mascara. It was red! It was blood! I begin to slow down but I am already at the junction point. As I came around the corridor I hold out my arms to protect myself but I find nothing. All along the corridor where I have just seen the woman previously, there is nothing… Until I look at the floor. Halfway up the corridor and ending just in front of me are sets of bloodied footprints. The temperature of this corridor is still freezing and then I hear whispered from behind me “Richard”. I jump and turn around, slowly moving away is the young woman. She is hovering above the floor but moving away from me. I say hovering, her feet are not there yet her legs make the movement as if she is walking away from me. Still, the bloodied footprints appear with every step. She carries on for a few feet and then stops. By this point, I am slowly beginning to back away from her. She turns on the spot very slowly and lowers her hands. What I see before me sends me sprinting away at full speed. Her eyes are completely red and it is as though someone has sliced through her mouth; rotten teeth are easily seen through these horrendous wounds.
Hope to get to know people. Thank you Scott Jones
Sully wrote: "Hi folks,I'm a longtime horror fan but took a break from the genre after some of my favorite authors like King grew a bit stale for me.
I recently read Susan Hill's Woman in Black, which I liked..."
I am a new author who has released a book called Heritence by Scott Jones on Amazon. It is to do with spirits, hauntings and a form of hell. I have tapped into hospitals and things that are a little freaky as I am a nurse too.
Tina wrote: "Hi I'm Tina. I like all genre except romance. I like paranormal, but grew up a bit with horror from my parents. So It does not make me pale. And I hope to catch all the new ones.I also like parano..."
Hello Tina my name is Scott I am new here if you enjoy paranormal and real ghost stories try My Ghosts and I by Scott Jones and a new one I have just wrote called Heritence which is based around a hospital and evil spirits. If you don't mind working up your creepy worth a try. Both books by Scott Jones on Amazon
Richard wrote: "Hey there, I'm a thriller/horror writer who's looking for some new books to add to my to read list, as well as some nice in depth discussion on the horror genre."Hello Richard my name is Scott Jones and I am a new writer who has released one horror novel called Heritence which is based around hospitals, evil spirits and some degree of sleep paralysis and one true ghost story book called My Ghosts and I which catalogues paranormal experiences over 37 years which are all true.
Hello, Scott. Please stop. Just stop.
Welcome, Scott. Please keep your promotional comments to the Author Promo threads. Thanks.
No worries, Scott! There are several threads here that you can post information and links to your work. We value all authors here at HA but also need to maintain the integrity of the group for the readers. Good luck with book, btw.
Hi all, new to the group. First ever book group, big horror guy. I love Stephen King, Josh Malerman (fellow Michigander), Pynchon, Keene and many others. I look forward to hanging out and learning a lot from you guys and gals. Halloween is coming so wanted to get things going. Great to be here!
Welcome, Bob. I've been meaning to try some Malerman one of these days.
Thanks Kirsten, you will not be sorry w/ Malerman, what better time to start than Halloween coming up right! Who would you recommend as far as authors? Always looking to broaden my horizons.
Welcome to HA, Bob! Glad you are here.
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Thanks Fellas, I just finished The Room (Hubert Selby Jr) & House of Leaves so my mind is mush but LOVE Malerman, glad u also do Alan. I just bought Black Mad Wheel from Abe books so waiting on it to arrive so glad to see u liked it. I can see I’m a rookie to goodreads perusing your profile. I need to step up my game and add some books and get some friends, lol!
Thanks guys, I have spent so much time checking out peeps lists, gonna go broke w/ all the books I want buy now! 💪🏻
Don’t do libraries, gotta have it if I read it.
Hello and welcome, Scott and Bob! We're happy to have you here. :)
Welcome, everyone! Yeah, this GR group is so bad for the wallet!!
Hello! I am a big horror fan from Sweden. I like horror movies, tv shows, music, art, and books of course. I have been a member of the group for a couple of weeks and thought I'd introduce myself now that I decided to join in the group read for september. Due to dyxlexia and aspergers I read slow, have a hard time concentrating and get very exhausted reading physical books, so I'm glad to discover how open groups here seem to be towards audiobooks. However, I am looking forward to challenging myself with reading more, with my eyes and not my ears, so I did pick up a physical copy of The Fireman from the library and will do my best to keep up with you guys. :)I hope everyone have a good day.
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