I want to start writing more Horror stories. The best way to learn to do that is to read some of the greats. So I need help in picking some out.
2006-06-26 00:40:44 · 14 answers · asked by SFC_Raptor 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Everyone seems to like Stephen King; doesn't anyone even like Clive Barker or Richard Matheson?
2006-06-26 03:25:57 · update #1
Pasteur30- Leave it to a Frenchman to actually use the word loath.
2006-06-26 04:21:30 · update #2
Try Dean Koontz.I personally liked Door to december,Odd Thomas,Forever odd.For a really chilly experience read his book 'Intensity'.
The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.
The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.
Read both Odd thomas and Forever odd by Dean Thomas.These books are about Odd Thomas who see dead people and is compelled to solve crimes.
2006-06-26 06:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King of course is a staple when it comes to horror stories: The Stand and The Shining being my favorites. You can't forget Edgar Allen Poe either: The Tell Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum and Masque of the Red Death.. H.P. Lovecraft and Dean Koontz are great horror writers as well.
2006-06-26 01:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by Kyleen G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Stephen King
2006-06-26 00:43:52 · answer #3 · answered by allenlynn23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amityville Horror, forget the author and
The Shining - Stephen King
2006-06-26 00:44:19 · answer #4 · answered by S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The magic cottage by James Herbert
Desperation by Stephen King
I like more, but they're the only two that spring to mind :)
2006-06-26 04:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by cc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
STEPHEN KING, Dean Koontz is good also.
Noone better have forgotten about R.L. Stine.
Edgar Allen Poe is the greatest man ever to have lived. ( besides Jesus)
2006-06-26 03:18:06 · answer #6 · answered by Irabee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King, however if Dean Koontz could be in this category I'd choose him..I have nightmares when I read his books..lol..BUT I still gotta read his books..lol
2006-06-26 09:33:05 · answer #7 · answered by Rain32 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steven King: The Shining, pet cemetery, Salems Lot.
2006-06-26 00:44:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything from stephen King he is absoloutly brilliant love his books.
2006-06-26 01:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loath horror books
2006-06-26 03:45:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋