Gerald Rice Wrote:I'm reading Roald Dahl's 'Tales of the Unexpected'.
I also saw TV series of 'Tales of the Unexpected'. The Man from South is my favorite episode.
Jinn by Matthew BJ Delaney was pretty good.
You said you needed a specific genre for some reccomendations well i do like monster novels, and ghosts and what not. Also if any writers in the Lovecraft vein are out there i would be interested.
A few more that i like that are horror would be Wither and its subsequent sequels by john passarella. Necroscope was good but its over now which makes me sad. Also i like the marietta press editions of New Mythos Legends and CJ Hendersons anthology's. Once again i like James Moore's Under the Overtree,Fireworks,Serenity Falls, and Possessions all really fun classic horror with the best Hero besides Jack named Jonathon Crowley. Cant wait for the next Jack book!
ALowerDeep
A few more that i like that are horror would be Wither and its subsequent sequels by john passarella. Necroscope was good but its over now which makes me sad. Also i like the marietta press editions of New Mythos Legends and CJ Hendersons anthology's. Once again i like James Moore's Under the Overtree,Fireworks,Serenity Falls, and Possessions all really fun classic horror with the best Hero besides Jack named Jonathon Crowley. Cant wait for the next Jack book!
ALowerDeep
ALowerDeep Wrote:You said you needed a specific genre for some reccomendations well i do like monster novels, and ghosts and what not. Also if any writers in the Lovecraft vein are out there i would be interested.Under the Overtree was pretty good.
A few more that i like that are horror would be Wither and its subsequent sequels by john passarella. Necroscope was good but its over now which makes me sad. Also i like the marietta press editions of New Mythos Legends and CJ Hendersons anthology's. Once again i like James Moore's Under the Overtree,Fireworks,Serenity Falls, and Possessions all really fun classic horror with the best Hero besides Jack named Jonathon Crowley. Cant wait for the next Jack book!
ALowerDeep
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
ALowerDeep Wrote:You said you needed a specific genre for some reccomendations well i do like monster novels, and ghosts and what not. Also if any writers in the Lovecraft vein are out there i would be interested.
ALowerDeep
Okay, here's a few monster type books that I enjoyed off the top of my head:
Sleeper by Steven Harriman (Spruill pen-name)
Stinger by Robert McCammon
Vampyrrhic by Simon Clark
Cain and/or Hunter by James Byron Huggins (more action/thriller than horror)
Jinn - Matthew B.J. Delaney (agree with whoever else recc'd this)
Darkfall and/or The Wyrm - Stephen Laws
Stinger and The Wyrm are very similar in premise, but not in execution.
Enjoy!
i read Jinn but i really didnt like the way it ended. Not big into that whole thing. I did like simon clarks vamphyrric thought that was great its too bad the sequel wasnt as good. thank you for the titles to read though
ALowerDeep
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The following list is from the Horror Writers Association Web site. It's a "Best Of" list compiled from a survey of members back in 1996. It's a bit dated, but I see more than a few titles below that I've missed.
If you're still looking for good horror, you can check out the Stoker Awards for a list of nominees and winners going back to 1987.
Enjoy!
Best Ghost stories of Algernon Blackwood
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell
The Between by Tananarive Due
Darklands by Dennis Etchison
Raven by Charles L Grant
Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Ghost Stories of M.R. James
Dr. Adder by K.W. Jeter
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Pet Semetary by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
The Stand by Stephen King
Skin by Kathe Koja
Dark Dance by Tanith Lee
Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti
Lovers Living, Lovers Dead by Richard Lortz
The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen
Sineater by Elizabeth Massie
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Book of the Dead edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector
Ghoul by Michael Slade
Vampire Junction by S.P. Somtow
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon
Phantom by Thomas Tessier
Sacrifice by Andrew Vachss
If you're still looking for good horror, you can check out the Stoker Awards for a list of nominees and winners going back to 1987.
Enjoy!
Best Ghost stories of Algernon Blackwood
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell
The Between by Tananarive Due
Darklands by Dennis Etchison
Raven by Charles L Grant
Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Ghost Stories of M.R. James
Dr. Adder by K.W. Jeter
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Pet Semetary by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
The Stand by Stephen King
Skin by Kathe Koja
Dark Dance by Tanith Lee
Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti
Lovers Living, Lovers Dead by Richard Lortz
The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen
Sineater by Elizabeth Massie
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Book of the Dead edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector
Ghoul by Michael Slade
Vampire Junction by S.P. Somtow
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon
Phantom by Thomas Tessier
Sacrifice by Andrew Vachss
I've just finished "Grandmother Spider" by James D. Doss. Very good book with more than just a little hint of the supernatural! Maybe I mean cryptozoology? Ah well, it was a great book and I loved the whole thing!
Right now, I'm trying to hunt down "The Hyde Effect", I know it's in one of my boxes in the attic (Damn I need a library) and when I find it, I plan on staying up all night to read it again. It is a great werewolf story!
KRW
Right now, I'm trying to hunt down "The Hyde Effect", I know it's in one of my boxes in the attic (Damn I need a library) and when I find it, I plan on staying up all night to read it again. It is a great werewolf story!
KRW
I just finished two good horror novels this weekend. dean koontzs frankenstien book one. man this book was awsome i highly suggest everyone pick up a copy i cant wait for the sequel. Also douglas clegg's the halloween man which ws good if a bit weird.they need to come up with a all horror site or store so this way i never run out.
ALowerDeep
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ALowerDeep Wrote:I just finished two good horror novels this weekend. dean koontzs frankenstien book one. man this book was awsome i highly suggest everyone pick up a copy i cant wait for the sequel. Also douglas clegg's the halloween man which ws good if a bit weird.they need to come up with a all horror site or store so this way i never run out.
ALowerDeep
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