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07-01-2006, 02:51 PM
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Horror stories.
Can anyone recommend any good horror books for me?
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07-03-2006, 03:54 AM
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Why, yes I can. If you're new to horror, I'd say that short story collections are the way to go. Here's a few to get you started.
Clive Barker - The Books of Blood Thomas Ligotti - The Nightmare Factory (Good luck finding it, and no, I won't sell you my copy.) Robert Aickman - Cold Hand in Mine Peter Straub - Houses Without Doors Tim Lebbon - Fears Unnamed Harlan Ellison - The Essential Ellison Ramsey Campbell - Cold Print Caitlin R. Kiernan - To Charles Fort, With Love Any of the "Best New Horror" collections edited by Stephen Jones are a good place to start too.
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And no matter what I say I cannot resist or betray it. No one could do so because there is no one here. There is only this body, this shadow, this darkness.
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07-03-2006, 11:23 AM
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The shadow over Insmouth & At the Mountains of Madness from Lovercraft.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge from Ambrose BierceŽ The Fall of the House of Usher and The Masque of the Red Death from Poe (Roger Corman's films were great too)
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07-06-2006, 10:38 PM
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Dan Simmons' 'Carrion Comfort' is fantastic, as are his short stories. Actually, his story 'The River Styx Runs Upstream' got me into reading, and later writing, horror. You can find the story in the collection 'Prayers to Broken Stones'.
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