No Stephen King, no Clive Barker, no John Saul, and no Dean Koontz. No-name authors only. I hate the crap these people put out after the success of their first 3 or 4 novels because the publisher is selling a brand name, not a good book. Internet searching is a-ok, but so far doing that myself only The House and Heart-Shaped Box have come up. I need the titles of the books, not author names. Short story horror collections too, but nothing more than 8 years old. New.
2007-03-08 16:19:39 · 4 answers · asked by Professor Armitage 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Extremely good suggestions here. Noel Hynd "Ghosts" looks really good. So does Hannibal Rising and The Burning. On amazon there are 22,000 horror novels but it only lets you see about 20 at a time so I'd have 1,000 or more pages to go through one by one and I'm not doing that. These suggestions made it much easier for me to find some good books. Thanks a bunch!!!
2007-03-08 18:09:12 · update #1
Oh, also: no vampire crap either. I'm sick of vampires. Thank you!!
2007-03-08 19:42:02 · update #2
Oh, and no books that are 800 pages long. I like to do more than just read. Thank you. 400 pages is good.
2007-03-09 16:39:16 · update #3
Thomas Harris has his new book, Hannibal Rising...it is now a movie.
Old school that you might not know about: Noel Hynd and Boris Starling.
Noel Hynd writes crime fiction with a ghost story twist.
Boris Starling is serial killer stuff, very similar to Thomas Harris.
2007-03-08 16:26:11 · answer #1 · answered by musicimprovedme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You and I are in the same boat. I have been searching for the great, scare-me-silly, keep me awake novel for a long time, and nothing is out there. The last good scare I've had was Steven King's "The Stand" and I read that one when I was laid up in bed with pneumonia and convinced myself that I had "Captain Tripps." And you are right about the good authors writing crap after becoming successful. Big disappointment, aren't they? Hope someone gives you better advice than I did, because I will be watching and will bet you that I will have that book before you!! Luck, friend!!
2007-03-08 16:29:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
very nicely attempt those, they're all super myth/horror writers... V.C. Andrews William Peter Blatty Michael Cadnum Tananarive Dvie Muriel gray Peter James Dean Koontz Bentley Little Joyce Carol Oates John Saul Roderick Anscombe James P. Blaylock Ramsey Campbell James Farris Thomas Harris Doris Lessing Robert McCammon Douglas Preston Peter Straub H.P. Lovecraft Clive Barker Robert Bloch Shirley Jackson Stephen Dobyns Charles supply James Herbert Andrew Klavan Ira Levin Thomas Monteleone Anne Rice i promise they wont help you down =)
2016-12-18 09:00:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try "The Burning" by Bentley Little.. that book was twisted. Also "Black Creek Crossing" by John Saul was good. The ending blew my mind.
2007-03-08 17:49:10 · answer #4 · answered by bloody_blond 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋