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As a 43 year old, lifelong, voracious reader & fan of genre fiction, it takes a LOT to get a shiver out of me. I definitely DON'T scare easily.
But, each of the following gave me a chill:
SALEM'S LOT - My favorite King novel & IMO his scariest.
VAMPYRRHIC - Simon Clark's take on a SALEM'S LOT-esque
plot generates nearly as many chills as the original.
TAP TAP - Author David Martin may not be a household name
in genre circles, but with this novel he certainly wrote
something much more frightening than the vast majority of
horror fiction's household names ever have.
SUMMER OF NIGHT - Hands down, this one has my vote as
the "scariest book ever". Simmons' fine sequel A WINTER'S
HAUNTING had it's hair raising moments as well.
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR - Jay Anson's book deserves an
"honorable mention" here even though I was left rather
disappointed upon rereading it last month, because it
absolutely made my skin crawl when I read it as a teen way
back in 1978.
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