Looking for some new reading material and I'm tired of the Dean Koontz, Stephen King et al. Looking for new and different. anyone have some suggestions? thanks!
2006-09-08 04:04:55 · 18 answers · asked by pretty vacant 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and whoever wrote the novel "Ghost Story".....
2006-09-08 04:07:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Abberlaine
Bellairsia
E.F. Benson
Steve Berman
Ambrose Bierce
Algernon Blackwood
Robert Bloch
Gary A. Braunbeck
Chaz Brenchley
P. D. Cacek
Johnathan Carroll
Simon Clark
Douglas Clegg's Labyrinth
Nancy Collins: Sonja Blue
Richard Dean: DarkeProse
Kim Elizabeth
Nancy Etchemendy
Christopher Golden
Rain Graves
Amy Grench: Crimson Screams
J.F. Gonzalez
T.M. Gray
Mark Edward Hall: The Door to Darkness
Kate Hill
Brian A. Hopkins
Michael T. Huyck, Jr.
Nicholas Kauffman
Brian Keene
Paul Stuart Kemp
Nancy Kilpatrick
Joe R. Lansdale
Michael Laimo
Brian Lumley
Angel Leigh McCoy
K.R. McGee - Whispering Alley
William Meikle
Carlton Mellick III
Michael Montoure: Bloodletters
Ralph Robert Moore
Kevin Andrew Murphy
Paul Musgrove
Yvonne Navarro: Creaturette's Darke Palace
Joseph Nassise
Scott Nicholson
Steve Niles
Philip Nutman
Philip Nutman Biography at Dragoncon
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake: Castle Gormenghast
Christopher Pike: Cryptic Tales
Christopher Pike
John R. Platt
Diana Price
Michael Reaves
Michael Romkey
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Larry Santoro
John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles
Harry Shannon
Lorelei Shannon
Slayer: The Covenhouse
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith: The Eldritch Dark
LJ Smith: Keeper of the Night World
L.J. Smith: The Night World
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
Bram Stoker
Karen E. Taylor
Mike Tingle
Terry M. West
Kim Wilkins
Gahan Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
2006-09-08 09:52:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
H.P. Lovecraft
Robert Bloch
F Paul Wilson (Start with The Tomb)
Neil Gaiman (fantasy, but dark fantasy with a horror edge sometimes)
Robert R McCammon (if you like The Stand, try McCammon's Swan Song)
George RR Martin (Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag and Night Flyer are all good)
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, although they're more thriller-type than straightforward horror.
Brian Lumley (Many like his Necroscope series, but I prefer his Lovecraft-type horror)
Clive Barker
Dan Simmons
Shirley Jackson
Richard Matheson
Tanith Lee
Whitley Streiber (I particularly like Wolfen, Warday and The Hunger)
2006-09-08 07:25:21 · answer #3 · answered by Rose D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Ruins-Scott Smith
Richard Laymon, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Koji Suzuki, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, Richard Wright, Bentley Little
2006-09-08 04:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by LA 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Richard Matheson
Ray Bradbury
T.J. McGregor
Michael Chrichton
Nick Hornby
Aimee Bender
Just to name a few and give you a start. I love horror books and I must admit though Stephen King is my all time favorite. I do like to read other authors. I hope this list is helpful for you.
2006-09-08 05:08:51 · answer #5 · answered by MsSuede 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Harris and Clive Barker come to mind. Depends on what you are looking for. Barker can have a hint of sfi-fi/fantasy sometimes and Harris is Thriller/Horror.
If you are looking for something closer to King I would recomend Peter Straub or Dean Koontz (Mr Murder is great!). Also I have heard great things about Mr. Koontz's Odd Thomas series.
Good luck. What fun!!
2006-09-08 04:45:26 · answer #6 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look for The Ghouls on the used market; it has a number of wonderful old horror stories. Another one (and I still treasure my copy) is Stories for the Dead of Night--another book on the used market. Shirley Jackson's older stuff is pretty good. Gaston Larou's original story "Phantom of the Opera" is another. The first book of Strahd the Vampire from the D&D Ravenloft series is surprisingly good. Poe and Lovecraft are considered the standards, but look for "Carmilla" and "Dracula's Guest" among the horror anthologies. See if you can find any copies of the Zacherly books, such as Zacherly's Vulture Stew or Zacherly's Midnight Snacks. Don't fail to check out the short stories of Ray Bradbury. There are aspects of horror in a number of them. If you can't find them anywhere, see if they have been transcribed to Project Gutenberg, the free net library. B.
2006-09-08 04:24:56 · answer #7 · answered by Brian M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Shirley Jackson. Faye Kellerman, a mystery writer, wrote an excellent horror novel called Moon Music.
2006-09-08 04:12:38 · answer #8 · answered by M. Romeo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should try James Herbert- The Dark, The Relic (unsure about title)
Shaun Hutson- Purity, Lucys Child, Nemesis, Hybrid
Graham Masterton- Night Plague, The Ritual
All really good reads, they scared me!!
2006-09-09 07:00:21 · answer #9 · answered by yumyum2chestnut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter Straub, Joyce Carol Oates, Poppy Z. Brite, Douglas Clegg, Richard Laymon, Tom Piccirilli, the adult males from entertainment Horror. there's a lot of them, i won't have the ability to single them out maximum suitable now.
2016-10-14 11:12:36 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Allen Poe
2006-09-08 10:19:18 · answer #11 · answered by Walty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋