Where Mah HORROR PEEPS at?! [Books]

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Philosopher B.

So I was lookin' at the list of books I read this year, and I realized Stephen King is all over that shit ... BUT, I own (and have read) almost no non-King horror fiction, except for Lovecraft and some other weird tales (I'm covered on that Yog-Sothoth tip, yo), so I wondered if you aesthetically pleasing (in other words fly) peep-a-doodles could tell me:

What are some radtastic, bombastic non-King horror books to read?
 
Cajungal

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Aww.... they should make marshmallow Peeps that are dressed up like Dracula and ghosts and stuff...

I am interested in reading more horror too. Sleeping peacefully has become a little boring. So I'm all ears too.
 
Mathias

Mathias

I love Steve King - currently reading The Stand and Under the Dome.

Dean Koontz has some decent stuff, and is actually highly recommended by King.

I read "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy a couple of months ago, it got great reviews, but I hated it.

I've been reading a bunch of short story Zombie anthologies lately. These are pretty good: http://www.amazon.com/New-Dead-Zombie-Anthology/dp/0312559712 The New Dead has some really great stories in it, the best one is actually by Stephen King's son written in the form of a Twitter feed.

http://www.amazon.com/Living-Dead-J...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293814349&sr=1-1 I've only just started this one, but it's pretty good thus far.

I have this one http://www.amazon.com/Best-New-Zomb...6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293814409&sr=1-6-spell on Kindle, and the first story (which is more like a novella), is really, really well written.


Also, while he doesn't write horror, Chuck Palanhniuk is a friggin amazing author. He borders on horror and sci fi, I think. Here's one of his "horror-type" short stories: http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/shorts/guts
 
ThatNickGuy

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Can comics count? Because comics I can recommend. :p

-Hack/Slash
-Swamp Thing (specifically Alan Moore's run)
-Hellblazer
-Chew
-Walking mothereffing Dead, of course
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

I'm going to second Dean Koontz. Most of his stuff is kinda sci-fi/fantasy but there is one book that freaked the SHIT out of me. The Taking (or was it The Taken?) will keep you up at night. :p
 
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Philosopher B.

Old Koontzy, eh? His is a name I've seen around book sales, I just wasn't familiar enough to pick anything up (plus I get enough boxes full as it is, lol). I'll be sure to check the brother out, plus the zombie stuff. It's funny Palahniuk and McCarthy should come up, I just got into those dudes recently.

ThatNickGuy said:
Can comics count?
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Why yes, yes they can. In fact I am severely undernourished when it comes to comics. Horror-wise, I've pretty much just read Hellboy. I'll be ordering some stuff off of Amazon with Christmas money, I may add some of these horror comics to the cart.

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I'm rereading the Harry Dresden books again by Jim Butcher.
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I actually have the first one around here somewhere, my bookshelf had to be moved though, so I have to dig through some stuff to get it. But I definitely want to get into that series.
 
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ThatNickGuy said:
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Seej, you tell me how you liked that comic, ASAP!
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Ho-lyyyyy CRAP what a great read! What drew me to it was a cover with a hen in an apron holding up her own fried leg on a plate. My local shop had issues 13-16, and they had me rolling. It's so strange and hilarious, and the art is just wonderful. And the lady who runs the shop told me that a guy from LA worked on it! Looking forward to getting more! It didn't really strike me as horror... more like dark comedy. There was a Pulp Fiction spoof going on. Maybe I'm not into the horror part yet.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Yeah, Chew's not so much horror, but it sort of is. I'd say horror/comedy, in the sense that there's quite a bit of gore in it.
 
Fun Size

Fun Size

Henry James - The Turn of the Screw. Public domain, maybe the best ghost story written.

Mark Z. Danielewski - House of Leaves. slow to start, but brilliant once you're in. Serious mindfuck.

Bram Stoker - Dracula. Fair warning: no sparkling in the sunlight.

Mary Shelly - Frankenstein. Don't underestimate the classics. This and Dracula are still so good.

I'll think of more. It's funny - I've read so many that it's hard to grab one out of my mind now.
 
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Philosopher B.

Whoops forgot to mention Dracula and Frankenstein. I've read both twice actually. But I'll be sure to check out the other stuff! :)
 
Cajungal

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Dracula is wonderful. I have a huge, beautiful annotated copy of it. I love to flip through it. Carmilla is also a great read. Just got around to it this past year.
 
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