I remember as a kid seeing my mother read horror books voraciously. She would start a book on Friday evening and read until she couldn't read anymore. She would does this until a couple of days later she had finished the book.

When she finished Pet Cemetary it was around 2:30 AM. We lived in a house in which if you stood at the front door you could see straight to the back door. Standing at her bedroom door, next to the front door, she could see an odd orange glow at the back door. She made her way to the back door, passing my room, the kitchen, my brothers room and entering the laundry room. As she peered through the dark, the source of the glow was revealed. An old clock radio that my father used to listen to music while he worked in the backyard.

Still agitated by the book and the eerie glow, my mom felt she should check on her sons. My brothers room was closest. His room had a large window, the curtains open allowed the bright moonlight to flood in. My brother had knocked his pillow onto the floor in his sleep. As my mom entered the room she bent down to pick up the pillow. Turning to look at my brother she was struck with the sight of a perfectly still boy, lit by pale moonlight staring through her. Unmoving, my brother was asleep with eyes wide open.

My mother screamed, jammed the pillow into my brothers face and ran to bed.

No more Stephen King after that night.

I definitely recommend it. I am not too sure of how well it's gone down in general though - I am guessing there's a fair swathe of readers out there who maybe don't care for the direction it took, but I think it's highly effective horror fiction.

Hahaha

That was a good short story.

True story. My brother still tells the story to this day relaying the fact that he had no idea what just happened. All he remembers is being aware enough to know mom was there and then BAM! He was being smothered as mom screamed racing back to her room. He just lay there confused.

The Honorable Schoolboy by John le Carré

A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton

Re-reading The Dark by James Herbert.I first read this about 25 years ago.:D

Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck

A non horror, Dead silent by Neil white.

It's more like a mystery but am enjoying so far...

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of pastiches spanning 30 years and including such authors as Neil Gaiman and Michael Moorcock.

The common theme is sci-fi/fantasy/horror and the introduction tells us that in these stories, the impossible can never be eliminated.

Loving it so far.

Short & Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected by James Mackintosh Qwilleran (by Lilian Jackson Braun)

Reading Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone to my kids. Reading Artemis Fowl for me.

Almost done with this. Almost (but just a shade not quite) as good as Moskowitz's SCIENCE FICTION BY GASLIGHT. That one had some pretty whacked out stuff in it. These don't hold much back, though, at least as far as unbridled imagination is concerned. All stories are from the period between 1890 and 1910. Need to decide on a Halloween novel when this is finished.

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Finished GHOSTLY BY GASLIGHT and have now started this brief Halloween romp:
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Barring the occasional racial slur these Savage adventures can be fun, but, like Doc Smith, best taken in small doses.

Hah- I'm a Doc Savage fan from way back. Never read that particular volume though.

Yay! Got my copy of Dexter's Final Cut at last. Looking forward to spending the weekend with that and the cat ... undecided whether to read the series again from the beginning first, as I think this is probably the final novel.

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Oh Showtime, what did you do??? *Shakes head sadly*

Nothing to Lose by Lee Child

Just starting Carnies by Martin Livings.
Good so far.

Have to say I love Jonathan Maberry and Joe Hill.
Two of my favourite writers at the moment.

Reading a selection of gothic tales from Modern Library...

Modern Library? Cool!

Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment by Deepak Chopra

After three horror/horroresque books it's now time for some pulp action:

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Started reading I Am Alice by Joseph Delaney. It's the Twelfth book in The Last Apprentice series.

Was in love with those books when I was younger, but for some reason stopped reading around the seventh or eighth one. Still not really sure why, but I need to pick them up again. Not entirely sure how I feel about the promised film adaptation though.

I've really been enjoying them although after the three non Tom centric stories I'm eager to read the last book in the series. The film adaptation looks terrible. Reminds me of the Cirque Du Freak movie.

Oh no, don't even get me started on the Cirque Du Freak movie. Seeing one of my favourite book series murdered so horribly was very unpleasant. Sometimes the studios can get it so wrong when they try to cash grab. Whoever decided to make that movie a comedy is the worst.

I loved those books. They got a little confusing and lost focus by the end but they were still great. I was so disappointed in the movie. Like you said, the comedy bits were terrible and the direction they took it in was horrible. I was really hoping they'd do it right. I would've loved to see Tunnels of Blood. That was my favorite. Of course they didn't want a dark vampire series, they wanted a quirky teen drama with supernatural creatures and unfortunately that's what we got.

That's so true, it was a product of the time which didn't do the film any favours at all. If a Cirque Du Freak movie was to be made in the next couple of years the dark aesthetic would probably be championed a lot more. Tunnels of Blood would've been incredible. At least they didn't try to do a Demonata film as well. I mean, I have no idea how they could've made THAT into a comedy but god knows someone might've tried.

On the Origins of War by Donald Kagan. I actually stopped for a while, but plan to continue at some point. It is very interesting, so far. I am also planning on reading The Shining by Stephen King. I borrowed it from a friend of my Mom's (who is a big King fan, owns all his books). I plan to read it soon (probably in December). This would be my first Stephen King book.

I'm quite a big fan of Stephen King and The Shining is definitely my favourite of his books. It's an absolute horror classic and its status is well deserved. He's written some other great books as well so if you like The Shining definitely check out some more!

I never read the Demonata book but yeah they'd probably mess it up

Gunslingers & Ghost Stories
edited by
David B. Riley

Just finished Under the Shanghai Tunnels... Thought it was quality. I only read a handful of authors these days and I tend to lose patience quickly, if I stray outside those authors. That said, Under the Shanghai Tunnels is perfectly paced and draws the reader into the story beautifully. Loved the imagery and thought it was a real blast. Definitely recommend it if there are any copies left! :cool:

Thank you kindly, Straker!

Wasn't sure where to put this, but goodreads released it's top horror novels of 2013. Anyone read any of these? Seems like a fairly weak field from a cursory glance.

http://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...ror-books-2013

I have not. I have a couple of them on my "Want to Read" list.

I'm planning on reading The Maze Runner soon. I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic
type of books and I heard that it's a good series to get into. For awhile I was debating weather or not to buy it, but I finally did. Hopefully it'll be a good book, I'm excited on reading it.

Horror for non-horror fans and young adult only reading readers best of 2013 seems the most appropriate list title.

I'm reading Guillermo Del Torro's The Strain. Light reading before bed. No other horror currently.

Hungry Moon, by Ramsey Campbell
 

Just finished reading Hungry Moon, an oft-recommended book from the horror genre, I quite enjoyed it. Great build up and some terrific descriptions. I thought the climax was pretty cheesy but most of the stuff up to that point was involving. There was a loose ends though, such as what was the point of the missile base? The resolution took some cheap short cuts as well. but, all in all, well worth reading.