tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post5488035487398458907..comments2024-03-27T23:59:01.850-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): Best Horror not Written by a Cis Het White ManChris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-17671105048348240992018-07-09T22:28:15.870-07:002018-07-09T22:28:15.870-07:00Come Closer by Sara Gran - Excellent book on the d...Come Closer by Sara Gran - Excellent book on the descent into possession. <br />Frankenstein is my favorite of all time, so yeah I'll give a nod to that as well.<br /><br />Side note: Ain't Barker pretty damn gay? I mean last I checked, he kinda fits the latter of your qualifiiers. But yes, he gets a ton of recognition. Either way, rambling! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285682459350240701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-44835724989284257082018-07-04T08:14:06.039-07:002018-07-04T08:14:06.039-07:00The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan. A new and inte...The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan. A new and interesting take on Lovecraftian horror.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00782456260859097507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-88171052839991126052018-07-04T03:05:37.482-07:002018-07-04T03:05:37.482-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06720974227011710373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-6796588231575302382018-07-04T02:49:56.913-07:002018-07-04T02:49:56.913-07:00I don't think I can second myself, but if I ca...I don't think I can second myself, but if I can, I will ;)<br />Thanks again for this, access seems to be working now. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193312198187409386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-53381857487419511032018-07-03T22:32:49.142-07:002018-07-03T22:32:49.142-07:00Also second The Little Stranger - that book is so ...Also second The Little Stranger - that book is so genuinely scary in a slow burning way Rebekah Heaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094881116281550940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-87330949702477581592018-07-03T22:31:46.770-07:002018-07-03T22:31:46.770-07:00Second this! Soooo creepy Second this! Soooo creepy Rebekah Heaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094881116281550940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-8907111159372126432018-07-02T05:32:49.326-07:002018-07-02T05:32:49.326-07:00I would ;like to nominate the book I am currently ...I would ;like to nominate the book I am currently reading "The School For Good and Evil" by Soman Chainani. Not sure it would traditionally be classified as horror, but there are some pretty horrifying things, such as children being turned into animals if they get low grades at school and forced to live their lives in servitude (one little boy gets murdered just as he is turning back into a human from the gargoyle he has been), two children being kidnapped by a shadow creature every four years in order to attend this school... it's sort of a "The dark truth behind fairy tales" type story.daughterofthewaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556789699032331557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-75131799131174008692018-06-30T13:50:18.900-07:002018-06-30T13:50:18.900-07:00Nocebo Effect by Jaimie Gipson! By far the most te...Nocebo Effect by Jaimie Gipson! By far the most terrifying book I've read and recommend it to anyone who loves horror booksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720314692115677670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-41613401524172744772018-06-29T11:50:27.852-07:002018-06-29T11:50:27.852-07:00Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Wild Seed by Octavia ...Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier<br />Wild Seed by Octavia ButlerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575902449982773635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-79887994772805057892018-06-29T09:02:51.788-07:002018-06-29T09:02:51.788-07:00The Newsflesh series by Seanan McGuire. The Newsflesh series by Seanan McGuire. DraggonLaadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182529047952166281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-59253245036584605262018-06-29T08:45:20.301-07:002018-06-29T08:45:20.301-07:00I nominate The House on Hackmans Hill by Joan Lowe...I nominate The House on Hackmans Hill by Joan Lowery Nixon. Children's horror but still bothers me to this day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799982342455356258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-89812867934895098242018-06-29T08:43:40.302-07:002018-06-29T08:43:40.302-07:00Anita is a paranormal romance. Not horror i don...Anita is a paranormal romance. Not horror i don't think. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799982342455356258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-34204464563499313142018-06-29T08:37:10.761-07:002018-06-29T08:37:10.761-07:00Michael McDowell's The Elementals is a really ...Michael McDowell's The Elementals is a really good book. Blackwater is good, too.<br />F. W. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241126180822453015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-15385659602154399962018-06-29T08:13:50.961-07:002018-06-29T08:13:50.961-07:00(Shared from FB on request)
Jez Quiney
As I can...(Shared from FB on request)<br />Jez Quiney<br />As I can't seem to post on the website I'd just like to give a shout out to Natsuo Kirino's 'Out'. I think it's generally classified as Crime, but it's as much horror, of the non-supernatural, grisly and disturbingly everyday kind.Akcipitrokulohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935515409759907878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-36812246003426889962018-06-29T06:07:23.992-07:002018-06-29T06:07:23.992-07:00Affinity, by Sarah Waters. Or, maybe more on genre...Affinity, by Sarah Waters. Or, maybe more on genre point, her book The Little Stranger.ASHEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337455354091593589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-56696466249143530952018-06-29T01:56:12.505-07:002018-06-29T01:56:12.505-07:00The problem with nominating people from the LGBT c...The problem with nominating people from the LGBT community is that you want them to be out to the public first. I think more than one writer will not mention their sexuality, for probably a number of reasons. Still like the polls though.Quarion_NLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05587538109198020145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-82173211412653507882018-06-29T01:25:32.832-07:002018-06-29T01:25:32.832-07:00Absolutely agree, nomination for "Beloved&quo...Absolutely agree, nomination for "Beloved" by Toni Morrison.<br />A chilling, yet exquisitely written, tale of haunting and so much more.<br />Deeply moving and creepy as the spiritial and paranormal veil is lifted. This story will stay with you.<br /><br />"The Vampire Lestat", "Queen of The Damned", "Lasher", or the entire Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465153198388166251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-11825779493744291982018-06-28T23:30:31.088-07:002018-06-28T23:30:31.088-07:00I second both The Haunting of Hill House and The W...I second both The Haunting of Hill House and The Woman in Black.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575902449982773635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-57306200492859584422018-06-28T22:14:34.103-07:002018-06-28T22:14:34.103-07:00I nominate "At What Cost" by Faelan Grim...I nominate "At What Cost" by Faelan Grimm. A wonderful piece by an excellent LGBT author who excels in horrorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983192824919527260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-52489843690958144682018-06-28T21:48:20.715-07:002018-06-28T21:48:20.715-07:00Second Shelley's Frankenstein
third would be ...Second Shelley's Frankenstein <br />third would be Jackson's Haunting oof Hill HouseMuneWyrcjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938282871970240646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-50768084296607238772018-06-28T21:32:23.084-07:002018-06-28T21:32:23.084-07:00My favorites have been nominated already!
The Ha...My favorites have been nominated already! <br /><br />The Handmaid's Tale, The Historian, The House Next Door (possibly even scarier since Siddons stepped out of her usual genre). And of course, Jackson, anything by Jackson.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05106039011719741880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-10562622729212832102018-06-28T21:30:36.161-07:002018-06-28T21:30:36.161-07:00I nominate "wake" by Elizabeth KnoxI nominate "wake" by Elizabeth Knox TylaJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05600130094302349684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-1648571527839500412018-06-25T15:20:46.043-07:002018-06-25T15:20:46.043-07:00I nominate "The Handmaid’s Tale" by Marg...I nominate "The Handmaid’s Tale" by Margaret Atwood. I know it's speculative fiction, but its' plausibility and its' detail of how a totalitarian regime operates makes it horrifying.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635441558692118461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-57216287402685802312018-06-25T11:58:40.603-07:002018-06-25T11:58:40.603-07:00I nominate Tanya Huff and the Blood Books. I would...I nominate Tanya Huff and the Blood Books. I would also like to nominate Emmi Itäranta and The Weaver, but I don't know if you would consider it horror. I did. Link: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062326195/the-weaver/ I used to like Laurell K Hamilton, but I feel her writing has devolved into sex/violence over storyline. AnnukkaKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583389053663344462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-54945958980188407262018-06-25T11:10:12.458-07:002018-06-25T11:10:12.458-07:00Second the Anne Rice suggestions and the Shirley J...Second the Anne Rice suggestions and the Shirley Jackon ones. <br />Also, The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678273876022296576noreply@blogger.com