Anyone Know Any Good Horror Novels?

have you read barkers Imagicka? i've heard its great but havent gone through it myself yet
anyways, i always recommend [color=blue]House[/color] of Leaves for anything but i guess it could be considered horror
also, Pet Sematary was good

I just started 'Writ In Blood: Serenity Falls, Book 1' by James A. Moore. 3 book set, 2 is The Pack and 3 is Dark Carnival.

Book 1 is a great read so far.

Anything by H.P Lovecraft has always scared the fuck out of me.
And this book: M.R James - Collected Ghost Stories - seriously, the nightmares I had...you could even take my copy if you wanted, I'd mail it to you, something about his writing freaks me out really really bad.

[QUOTE=karbunkle]have you read barkers Imagicka? i've heard its great but havent gone through it myself yet
anyways, i always recommend [color=blue]House[/color] of Leaves for anything but i guess it could be considered horror
also, Pet Sematary was good[/QUOTE]
No I've only read the Thief of Always and I'm reading the Great and Secret Show is really good but just too long a book for me to work on now.
Right now I'm reading Charlie Huston's Already Dead but I don't consider that horror.
House of Leaves Def. looks interesting though

If you like zombies, I really liked Brian Keene's "The Rising". It won the Bran Stoker award in 2003. Its kind of like 28 Days Later but waaaaaaaaaay more brutal. reads really fast and is well written.

I saw something about that the other day but I forgot if it was the same book.
He has a couple zombie books out right?
I may go to borders today and buy it.
Damn I have too many books right now.

Books of Blood by Clive Barker are excellent. Originally released as 3 novels, its a collectian of short stories. I found a cheap hardback that combines all of them. I'd pick that up if I saw it.

Others for me, for just flat out horror stuff:

I Am Legend-- find it. Its worth it.
Richard Laymon - Island (marooned with mass murderer), Endless Night (sicko band of serial killers), Traveling Vampire Show (all enjoyable, easy to find, chock full of gore, sex, and underlying coming-of-age tones) Anything I have ever read by this guy I found very enjoyable at the bare minimum.
Peter Straub - Ghost Story (eternally creepy)
Ann River Siddons - the House Next Door

[QUOTE=Kakumei!]I saw something about that the other day but I forgot if it was the same book.
He has a couple zombie books out right?
I may go to borders today and buy it.
Damn I have too many books right now.[/QUOTE]

yeah, the second one is a sequel, which I have yet to read. Make sure you read the Rising first.

[QUOTE=Kakumei!]No I've only read the Thief of Always and I'm reading the Great and Secret Show is really good but just too long a book for me to work on now.
House of Leaves Def. looks interesting though[/QUOTE]

The Hellbound Heart was a great quick read (basis for Hellraiser), and definitely check out the Books of Blood, also by C. Barker.
Edit: damn -budfox beat me to it.

As for [COLOR=Blue]House[/COLOR] of Leaves - an amazing book, but not in the zombie/gorefest sense of the word horror. It is a creeping horror that darkens your soul.

Also, read Eric McCormack's Inspecting the Vaults.

Hmm are any of these books graphic a la American Psycho?
Either way is fine I just want to know.
I think that adds depth to stories though when they realistically protray a girl getting eaten alive by a horde of zombies.
Just my opinion

A lot of it is as graphic as American Psycho, but BEE has a way of making all that shit feel real. I can't say I had that same feeling reading any of the others listed above. But they are graphic and very descriptive.

[QUOTE=blubeagle][I]Silk[/I] by Caitlin R Kiernan. This is one of my favorite gothic horror type stories. It's very literate horror.

Anything by Poppy Z. Brite.[/QUOTE]

I read Exquisite Corpse. I get sick just thinking about it. I haven't had the urge to read any of her other stuff since. Wonderfully written, but damn............

hmm that one sounds intersting about the two killers in New Orleans right?

[QUOTE=Kakumei!]hmm that one sounds intersting about the two killers in New Orleans right?[/QUOTE]

yeah, mixed in with the dark side of homosexuality, canniblism, and necrophilia. Not a feel-good story by any stretch.

Haha awesome!
I'm going to the mall right now, hopefully I'll find it
Thanks again
I'm getting a lot of great sound books on here

[QUOTE=188416]Anything by H.P Lovecraft has always scared the fuck out of me.
And this book: M.R James - Collected Ghost Stories - seriously, the nightmares I had...you could even take my copy if you wanted, I'd mail it to you, something about his writing freaks me out really really bad.[/QUOTE]
I agree, it's something about his relentless calm, as a writer he's never worried about what's happening to the characters, he just relates events and it's unsettling, also my copy has a really spooky picture on the front.
I also second the vote for Exquisite Corpse.
Another fun collection of spooky stories is Sheridan Le Fanu's In A Glass Darkly, a really good variety of tales ranging from tea-induced monkeys to teen vampires.

[QUOTE=Vendetta]I agree, it's something about his relentless calm, as a writer he's never worried about what's happening to the characters, he just relates events and it's unsettling, also my copy has a really spooky picture on the front.[/QUOTE]
Are you talking about james or lovecraft? i'll have to pick into m.r., don't remember reading his stories.

i'll suggest a collection by clive barker: [I]in the flesh[/I], which is classic grotesque horror. Think the original [I]Candyman[/I] is in there.

[QUOTE=blubeagle]

Anything by Poppy Z. Brite.[/QUOTE]

ditto.

[QUOTE=budfox]yeah, the second one is a sequel, which I have yet to read. Make sure you read the Rising first.[/QUOTE]
First books are rarely sequels

Clive Barker is good, maybe the best in the genre.

There's this book 'Lullaby' by Chuck Palahniuk...

Oh, I guess I might assume you know that one's out there.

Blatty's books are good, better than the movies. 'Exorcist' and (even better) 'Legion.'

It's been a long time, but I recall Kathe Koja having a couple of good ones about 15-20 years ago, 'Bad Brains' and 'The Cipher.' I haven't re-read them and it's been long enough, be warned it might be the low standards I had at the time.

[QUOTE=Missy13d69]Cell by Stephen King is about zombies, and has interesting characters.[/QUOTE]
Eck
i still got a bad taste in my mouth from reading that one

Well, first I'd like to ditto the rec's of Blatty, Koja (still good, pretty stylish), Lovecraft, Poppy's Exquisite Corpse (read that on X-mas eve the year it came out- one of the only times I've re-read a page of a book to make sure what happened actually had happened to the character- that ending is crazy), and I Am Legend.

I've also read all of Barker's but hold soft spots for The Books of Blood, and The Great and Secret Show. Damnation Game's fun too. He's veered strongly towards dark fantasy since his early work, but even Coldheart Canyon has some nasty moments. He's a hell of a writer in any form.

Here are some additional rec's based on your indicators:

Off Season by Jack Ketchum- Classic burly tale of campers and cannibals. I think Leisure's releasing a MMPB of it with a King blurb on it. It's [I]very[/I] dark, very visceral, and has some moments of surprising poetry. This is one I always make my friends read.

Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates- Chilling portrait of a Dahmer-like killer trying to create lobotomized sex slaves (from the lady who can- and does- write any type of book she wants).

The Scream/The Bridge by Skipp & Spector- Two balls out horror books with brainy undercurrents from a couple of the founders of the splatterpunk movement.

A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli- The opening sentence is: "We move in spasms." I love this book. Horror/noir/southern gothic and deeply strange.

Radiant Dawn/Ravenous Dusk by Cody Goodfellow- Okay, these are long like Barker's Art books, but they have that same payoff. Some visionary scenes in these.

By Bizarre Hands by Joe Lansdale- A collection. Can be hard to find, but the stories run a wide range from brutal splatter to dark comedy to apocalyptic to zombie-riddled.

Brand New Cherry Flavor by Todd Grimson- An unsung, tripped out book about sex, drugs, conquistadors, zombies, and Brazillian magic from an author acclaimed by James Ellroy.

and

LA Confidential by James Ellroy- Just because any good list of rec's demands an Ellroy book, and this one happens to have a pretty nasty killer in it as one of its many subplots.

Best wishes,

[URL=http://www.jeremyrobertjohnson.com]JRJ[/URL]

Lol damn Mr.Johnson(YES I WILL BE FORMAL) every messege is so long and detailed...I love it!

[QUOTE=Jeremy R Johnson]Well, first I'd like to ditto the rec's of Blatty, Koja (still good, pretty stylish), Lovecraft, Poppy's Exquisite Corpse (read that on X-mas eve the year it came out- one of the only times I've re-read a page of a book to make sure what happened actually had happened to the character- that ending is crazy), and I Am Legend.

I've also read all of Barker's but hold soft spots for The Books of Blood, and The Great and Secret Show. Damnation Game's fun too. He's veered strongly towards dark fantasy since his early work, but even Coldheart Canyon has some nasty moments. He's a hell of a writer in any form.

Here are some additional rec's based on your indicators:

Off Season by Jack Ketchum- Classic burly tale of campers and cannibals. I think Leisure's releasing a MMPB of it with a King blurb on it. It's [I]very[/I] dark, very visceral, and has some moments of surprising poetry. This is one I always make my friends read.

Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates- Chilling portrait of a Dahmer-like killer trying to create lobotomized sex slaves (from the lady who can- and does- write any type of book she wants).

The Scream/The Bridge by Skipp & Spector- Two balls out horror books with brainy undercurrents from a couple of the founders of the splatterpunk movement.

A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli- The opening sentence is: "We move in spasms." I love this book. Horror/noir/southern gothic and deeply strange.

Radiant Dawn/Ravenous Dusk by Cody Goodfellow- Okay, these are long like Barker's Art books, but they have that same payoff. Some visionary scenes in these.

By Bizarre Hands by Joe Lansdale- A collection. Can be hard to find, but the stories run a wide range from brutal splatter to dark comedy to apocalyptic to zombie-riddled.

Brand New Cherry Flavor by Todd Grimson- An unsung, tripped out book about sex, drugs, conquistadors, zombies, and Brazillian magic from an author acclaimed by James Ellroy.

and

LA Confidential by James Ellroy- Just because any good list of rec's demands an Ellroy book, and this one happens to have a pretty nasty killer in it as one of its many subplots.

Best wishes,

[URL=http://www.jeremyrobertjohnson.com]JRJ[/URL][/QUOTE]

briefly off-topic, I accidentally added your MySpace to my [i]fake[/i] joke page, I'll add you again to my [i]real[/i] joke page if you don't mind?

that being said, anyone [b]not[/b] read Stephen King's The Stand yet and want to?
I got no idea how, when, where or why, but I've got an extra hardcover copy of this if anyone wants it

How many of these are at borders?
Man My borders sucks lol

>briefly off-topic, I accidentally added your MySpace to my fake joke page, I'll add you again to my real joke page if you don't mind?

All joke pages welcome (if you're talking to me). Some of the bands that add me, I'd swear they were joke pages, but they're not. And that makes them even funnier.

Wait, are you the guy I added today who writes epic gun-based poetry? He seemed strange.

>How many of these are at borders?

Usually depends on the Borders, but most should have at least the Ketchum, Ellroy, Oates, and Piccirilli titles (I think Bantam Spectra recently did a paperback re-issue of Choir; I have an old limited hardcover from Nightshade). The rest you'd likely want to hit Amazon for.

A lot of Barker fans also dig Robert R. McCammon's books. He's best known for Boy's Life, but Gone South, Mystery Walk, Swan Song, and The Wolf's Hour are fun too.

Oh, and if you can locate the Book of the Dead zombie anthology edited by Skipp & Spector, that's now considered one of the high points in zombie fiction. Had stuff from McCammon, Schow, King, Landsdale, Campbell, Laymon, Hodge, etc. I still check for copies of this when I hit used bookstores (I loaned out my copy and it's since vaporized).

And I've said it before, but it bears repeating- Selby wrote some of the scariest fiction books I've ever read. No genre kicks there, but his work can leave you shaking from the intensity of the writing and his deep empathy for his characters.

Best,

[URL=http://www.jeremyrobertjohnson.com]JRJ [/URL]

[QUOTE=Jeremy R Johnson]>briefly off-topic, I accidentally added your MySpace to my fake joke page, I'll add you again to my real joke page if you don't mind?

All joke pages welcome (if you're talking to me). Some of the bands that add me, I'd swear they were joke pages, but they're not. And that makes them even funnier.

Wait, are you the guy I added today who writes epic gun-based poetry? He seemed strange.
[/QUOTE]
heh heh heh yes
I had went to your page through here and added, forgetting that I hadn't logged off that character and back into my own page.
Sadly he probably is a better poet than I ever will be.
Look forward to picking up ADA from what I've seen of it from here.

Ok my friend just got me an awesome present from that huge bookstore in Oregon.
I AM LEGEND!
I was up all night reading it almost done. I don't know though it's good but it's such a deep contrast of Already Dead. But he said it has a nice twist at the end so I'm going to finish before I give my thoughts.

Yea I loved Already Dead although some of Pitt's comebacks seems like he stood up all night trying to think of.
And this was a while ago
but you guys we're talking about House of Leaves, anyone listen to Poe? Because that's her brother. Thhough that was a pretty cool fact.

[QUOTE=Kakumei!]but you guys we're talking about [COLOR=RoyalBlue]House[/COLOR] of Leaves, anyone listen to Poe? Because that's her brother. Thhough that was a pretty cool fact.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, her second CD "Haunted" is actually a companion piece to [COLOR=RoyalBlue]House[/COLOR] of leaves. They toured together for a bit when the book and CD came out.

I looked through it and it looked really complicated.

I read The Man Who Was Thursday a few years back...pretty good!