Beach House, By R.L. Stein.

I recommended this a while back. I know it's the same guy who wrote the Goosebumps books, but this story is a seriously good read for what it is. You could probably read it on one long car trip or something, and it's easy and thrilling.

this isn't a horror book, but it's a story i came across in various books over the years, so i fanally found it, read it, and fell in love. watership down by richard adams.

The book is pretty horrific, in it's own way. Definitely memorable and a true classic.

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The last book that scared the hell out of me was The Shining, by Stephen King.

I also know that it was mentioned earlier, but I definitely recommend The Ruins.

That was definitely a fantastic little read.

I also recommend...

• Salem's Lot by Stephen King - Easy and guiltfree vampire read.
• The Mist by Stephen King - Quick read and significantly better than the movie.
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - Not horror per se, but an absolutely brilliant bleak post-apocalyptic story. Brilliantly written and she is now one of my favorite authors.
• The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks - Comical, but well-researched how-to book on fighting zombies. A must for all zombie enthusiasts.
• Devil in the White City by Erik Larson - Slightly higher art historical fiction tale of the horrible serial killings at the Chicago World's Fair. Absolutely amazing writing, but not exactly an easy summer read.
• October Country by Ray Bradbury - Good little collection of creepy short stories. See especially "The Small Assassin."

re: It - Possibly one of the more overrated books that I have tried to engage myself with. Couldn't get into it. Might have been more interested had I not seen the movie first. Pity.

And I honestly think that every good horror enthusiast should indulge in Poe as much as possible.

i recently found an author i like (so far) - an englishman by the name of William Hope Hodgson.

he is sort of a contempory of Lovecraft...
Hodgson was a seaman which greatly influenced his writing. Most of his horror stories are related to things nautical.
Where Lovecraft had his Cthulhu Mythos, Hodgson wrote about a Sargasso Mythos.

Dont know how easy it is to find - i just found a book of short stories - it looks like it might be worth tracking down his novels.

Definitely. His the Ghost Pirates is rated in the second volume of Horror's 100 Greatest Books and it's also mentioned as recommended reading in the HWA's On Writing Horror.

Hope this is okay to post this here...

Which authors are closest to King and Koontz? Those are my favorite and I've exhausted their works. Well of course Joe Hill, but he doesn't produce fast enough. (impatient I am)

if thats the kind of stuff you like ..

try Graham MAsterson
Robert McCammon
James Herbert
brian lumley
Clive BArker
Peter Straub

Thanks! :D

Any particular books for each?

not really ..


some of the authors do non horror as well ..
but you can easily tell those from the others .


try to find Swan Song by Robert McCammon.

if you liked King's The Stand, then you'll like Swan Song

I have read Swan Song..many, many years ago...was great!