[Doc Faustus]

Barker's the Damnation Game is less grossout than his other work and very satisfying as horror. I'd also recommend Steve and Melanie Rasnick Tem's the Man on the Ceiling. Joe Hill's Heartshaped Box did not disappoint genre buffs either. I'd recommend picking up an antho called Poe's Children. It's a healthy survey of the genre today, I'd say.