Poll of the Day > Favorite horror book?

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Dragooncancer_ 10/17/20 6:13:54 PM #1:	Huge Stephen King fan, have mostly all his work. Just finished Joe Hill's N0S4A2 and I'm in the horror book mood. What do y'all recommend? --- I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't it. And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. <cite>Dragooncancer_ posted [p:945973085] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Huge Stephen King fan, have mostly all his work. Just finished Joe Hill's N0S4A2 and I'm in the horror book mood. What do y'all recommend? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JigsawTDC 10/17/20 6:18:04 PM #2:	Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is really good. It falls more into the genre of "weird" fiction, but it's a pretty horrifying tale. The whole trilogy is good, but the other books are very different from the first, which is still my favorite. Though the third has one of my favorite scenes in the entire trilogy. But my favorite horror author in general is Thomas Ligotti. He's more of a short story writer than a novelist (though he has one novel I have not yet read), but his collections Songs of a Dead Dreamer, Grimscribe, and Teateo Grottesco are all really good. It's probably not the best comparison, but his writing reminds me of like a fusion of Cormac McCarthy and old Lovecraftian era horror. It's beautifully written in the most existentially horrifying kind of way. <cite>JigsawTDC posted [p:945973211] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is really good. It falls more into the genre of "weird" fiction, but it's a pretty horrifying tale. The whole trilogy is good, but the other books are very different from the first, which is still my favorite. Though the third has one of my favorite scenes in the entire trilogy. But my favorite horror author in general is Thomas Ligotti. He's more of a short story writer than a novelist (though he has one novel I have not yet read), but his collections Songs of a Dead Dreamer, Grimscribe, and Teateo Grottesco are all really good. It's probably not the best comparison, but his writing reminds me of like a fusion of Cormac McCarthy and old Lovecraftian era horror. It's beautifully written in the most existentially horrifying kind of way. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kimbos_Egg 10/17/20 6:18:31 PM #3:	It. Its my favorite book of all time. --- You think you've Got problems? https://imgur.com/Khu5iBF <cite>Kimbos_Egg posted [p:945973233] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>It. Its my favorite book of all time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JigsawTDC 10/17/20 6:22:55 PM #4:	Also, if we can include comics and manga as well, Junji Ito has some amazing work. Uzumaki and Gyo being two of my favorite works by him. One of his shorter works, The Enigma of Amigara Fault, has become a bit of an Internet meme, so you may be familiar with his work through that if you haven't knowingly read him already. <cite>JigsawTDC posted [p:945973356] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Also, if we can include comics and manga as well, Junji Ito has some amazing work. Uzumaki and Gyo being two of my favorite works by him. One of his shorter works, The Enigma of Amigara Fault, has become a bit of an Internet meme, so you may be familiar with his work through that if you haven't knowingly read him already. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragooncancer_ 10/17/20 6:25:22 PM #5:	JigsawTDC posted... It's probably not the best comparison, but his writing reminds me of like a fusion of Cormac McCarthy and old Lovecraftian era horror. Hell yeah, sounds awesome! I'll check it out. I've also heard of Junji Ito, read some of his stuff....super weird. I love it! --- I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't it. And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. <cite>Dragooncancer_ posted [p:945973439] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>JigsawTDC posted... </cite> <quote> It's probably not the best comparison, but his writing reminds me of like a fusion of Cormac McCarthy and old Lovecraftian era horror.</quote> Hell yeah, sounds awesome! I'll check it out. I've also heard of Junji Ito, read some of his stuff....super weird. I love it! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 10/17/20 6:41:02 PM #6:	I don't read a lot of horror, but of the few I've read the best was Corpus Lupus, by Phil Geusz. Lt. Larry Highridge was a good Narcotics cop until a routine drug bust left him inflicted with Lycanthropy. Determined to serve and protect despite his monthly handicap, the magic resistance granted by his curse makes him perfect for solving those 'special' homicides involving magic. The ones that can cost a man more than his life. The ones that can cost him his soul. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:945973969] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>I don't read a lot of horror, but of the few I've read the best was Corpus Lupus, by Phil Geusz. <quote>Lt. Larry Highridge was a good Narcotics cop until a routine drug bust left him inflicted with Lycanthropy. Determined to serve and protect despite his monthly handicap, the magic resistance granted by his curse makes him perfect for solving those 'special' homicides involving magic. The ones that can cost a man more than his life. The ones that can cost him his soul.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragooncancer_ 10/17/20 6:49:41 PM #7:	captpackrat posted... I don't read a lot of horror, but of the few I've read the best was Corpus Lupus, by Phil Geusz. Interesting, sounds like it has fantasy elements in it too? --- I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't it. And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. <cite>Dragooncancer_ posted [p:945974275] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>captpackrat posted... </cite> <quote>I don't read a lot of horror, but of the few I've read the best was Corpus Lupus, by Phil Geusz.</quote>Interesting, sounds like it has fantasy elements in it too? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WizardofHoth 10/17/20 7:19:06 PM #8:	Besides Stephen King, other horror books I love Necroscope HP Lovecraft's stuff any of Dean Koontz's older stuff anything thats good from Anne Rice even her non vampire stuff like Servant of the Bones The Ceremonies by Ted Klein <cite>WizardofHoth posted [p:945975222] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Besides Stephen King, other horror books I love Necroscope HP Lovecraft's stuff any of Dean Koontz's older stuff anything thats good from Anne Rice even her non vampire stuff like Servant of the Bones The Ceremonies by Ted Klein </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 10/17/20 8:10:37 PM #9:	Probably one of the "100" story anthologies, such as 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories. Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories was also cool for going with really short stuff. I generally prefer short story collections, since horror tends to work better when it's short. JigsawTDC posted... Also, if we can include comics and manga as well, Junji Ito has some amazing work. Uzumaki and Gyo being two of my favorite works by him. One of his shorter works, The Enigma of Amigara Fault, has become a bit of an Internet meme, so you may be familiar with his work through that if you haven't knowingly read him already. Junji Ito is amazing. I think the first thing of his I encountered was the balloons story. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:945976829] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Probably one of the "100" story anthologies, such as 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories. Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories was also cool for going with really short stuff. I generally prefer short story collections, since horror tends to work better when it's short. JigsawTDC posted... </cite> <quote>Also, if we can include comics and manga as well, Junji Ito has some amazing work. Uzumaki and Gyo being two of my favorite works by him. One of his shorter works, The Enigma of Amigara Fault, has become a bit of an Internet meme, so you may be familiar with his work through that if you haven't knowingly read him already.</quote> Junji Ito is amazing. I think the first thing of his I encountered was the balloons story. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 10/17/20 11:36:57 PM #10:	Dragooncancer_ posted... Interesting, sounds like it has fantasy elements in it too? It takes place in a modern world like ours, where magic exists, but only in the form of necromancy. To perform magic, you have to kill someone. The more gruesome the death, the more powerful the spell. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:945982651] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Dragooncancer_ posted... </cite> <quote>Interesting, sounds like it has fantasy elements in it too?</quote>It takes place in a modern world like ours, where magic exists, but only in the form of necromancy. To perform magic, you have to kill someone. The more gruesome the death, the more powerful the spell. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Twindragonfang 10/18/20 12:41:52 AM #11:	The Traveling Vampire Show. Richard Laymon wrote some seriously creepy books. <cite>Twindragonfang posted [p:945984419] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>The Traveling Vampire Show. Richard Laymon wrote some seriously creepy books. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrozenBananas 10/18/20 5:38:14 AM #12:	Stephen King is my favorite author, so The Stand if that counts as horror. if that doesnt count, probably The Shining --- Bra-****ing-vo <cite>FrozenBananas posted [p:945989183] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Stephen King is my favorite author, so The Stand if that counts as horror. if that doesnt count, probably The Shining </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TrueSephir0th 10/18/20 5:42:32 AM #13:	short story by stephen king called I Am The Doorway <cite>TrueSephir0th posted [p:945989224] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>short story by stephen king called I Am The Doorway </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kind9 10/18/20 6:14:28 AM #14:	Probably HP Lovecraft or JG Ballard short story collections. Ballard does more sci-fi and dystopia though. --- https://imgur.com/NkZUeFd <cite>kind9 posted [p:945989557] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Probably HP Lovecraft or JG Ballard short story collections. Ballard does more sci-fi and dystopia though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GGuirao13 10/18/20 3:51:02 PM #15:	The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. --- Donald J. Trump--proof against government intelligence. <cite>GGuirao13 posted [p:946003417] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragooncancer_ 10/18/20 4:44:36 PM #16:	Zeus posted... I generally prefer short story collections, since horror tends to work better when it's short. Yeah I have to say I'm really starting to enjoy shorter stories more than full length novels. --- I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't it. And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. <cite>Dragooncancer_ posted [p:946005480] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Zeus posted... </cite> <quote> I generally prefer short story collections, since horror tends to work better when it's short. </quote>Yeah I have to say I'm really starting to enjoy shorter stories more than full length novels. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jake Johnson 10/19/20 7:11:30 AM #17:	Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. I'm a fan of the classics, and it really is good. --- Interested in Animal Crossing: New Horizons trading? PM me! <cite>Jake Johnson posted [p:946027552] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. I'm a fan of the classics, and it really is good. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 10/19/20 12:25:38 PM #18:	http://www.amazon.com/Monster-End-This-Book/dp/0307010856 --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:946035496] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>http://www.amazon.com/Monster-End-This-Book/dp/0307010856</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReggieTheReckless 10/19/20 1:18:41 PM #19:	I was gonna say the only horror book i've read is IT, but then he just had to remind me of Grover <cite>ReggieTheReckless posted [p:946037436] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>I was gonna say the only horror book i've read is IT, but then he just had to remind me of Grover </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragooncancer_ 10/19/20 9:40:48 PM #20:	ParanoidObsessive posted... http://www.amazon.com/Monster-End-This-Book/dp/0307010856 :) --- I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't it. And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. <cite>Dragooncancer_ posted [p:946056639] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>http://www.amazon.com/Monster-End-This-Book/dp/0307010856</quote> :) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 10/20/20 4:08:38 AM #21:	Maybe a Poe collection? --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:946065674] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>Maybe a Poe collection? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosAzeroth 10/20/20 4:25:02 AM #22:	TrueSephir0th posted... short story by stephen king called I Am The Doorway Okay that one is trippy af. I also particularly enjoyed Jerusalem's Lot (short story, not Salem's Lot haven't actually read that still lmao) for some reason. <cite>ChaosAzeroth posted [p:946065849] in Favorite h... [t:79046589]...</cite> <quote>TrueSephir0th posted... </cite> <quote>short story by stephen king called I Am The Doorway</quote> Okay that one is trippy af. I also particularly enjoyed Jerusalem's Lot (short story, not Salem's Lot haven't actually read that still lmao) for some reason. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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