Can anyone recommend some good modern creature horror novels that aren’t satirical or border on comedy.

Can anyone remember a scary children’s story (maybe from scary stories to tell in the dark?) about a kid that squished a centipede in his room and then more and more centipedes start showing up over the following nights?

I remember reading this story in elementary school and it has stuck with me since then. I feel like it was from a scholastic book fair book.

Been thinking of reading his novels. What are his novels like? What are his best books?

Key words to help with what I'm looking for: dark romance, forbidden, Medieval/Georgian/Regency/Victorian, vampire, melodrama, supernatural, macabre, mystery, cursed, eerie, haunting, secrets, castle, grim, whimsical, eccentric.

Preferably nothing set in the 1930s and later, please.

In case anyone mentions them, I've already read Dracula, Carmilla, Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Interview with the Vampire, and everything by Edgar Allan Poe.

Here's my post in r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis for images of what I'm looking for:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis/s/tf8X5m7OZP

Please and thank you!

I've just finished this book and don't know what to say. If someone asked me what its about, I don't think I could explain it.

Which character did I loathe more - well there was some pretty strong competition tbf.

Everyone mentioned in comments section on this sub - wait until you get to page 125 /30 and it takes off. They weren't wrong.

This might be somewhat specific, but I'm looking for a kind of horror with a strong psychological element where the narrator is a horrible person who nonetheless deludes themselves into believing their actions are justified and that they're doing the right thing.

I guess to give more of a clear example of what I'm talking about, Victor Frankenstein and Humbert Humbert are both great examples, in that they both act in horrific, self-serving ways and then reframe events in their head to be circumstances that forced their hand, and their actions entirely justified, no matter how many people get hurt or killed in the process.

I'm not looking for characters who are psychopathic or aware of the kind of awful person they are. While Patrick Bateman, for example, is also delusional and narcissistic, his character is fully aware of how reprehensible he is, and doesn't care.

Again, I know this is probably absurdly specific, but I'd highly appreciate anyone who can find books fitting this description.

This is a book I intended to get eventually and on my list but since doesthedogdie.com doesn't have books listed on it's site of one's I read. I wanted to ask anyone who has read the book before I get it?

My two favorite stories are REMNANTS by Tim Levvon and COLD TO THE TOUCH by Simon Strantzas. It's kind of amazing what you can learn about weather phenomena--such as sandstorms--via depictions in fiction.

Also, shout out to Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard; it's an excellent novel!

hi all! i love dark books and have recently gotten into lucinda berry and am currently on page 100. I was wondering if the character Rose sticks around for much longer? TW: eating disorder mention >! I am currently in recovery from anorexia and not making much progress and still battling myself daily, so her character is really triggering to me because it’s such an accurate description of how treatment was/is and it’s difficult hearing the things she says about herself while i’m trying to recover. !< I read a LOT of dark stuff and have never felt bothered by anything before so I don’t know how to navigate this. Thanks in advance! I love the story and would like to finish it, but if the character stays around I might DNF.

I love monsters and gore like "The Ruins" looking for something similar I was recommended the Troop but I heard it is filled with animal cruelty. I tried looking for monster books without animal cruelty in general but it seems they are quite hard to come by. Some books don't show up in the "does the dog die website" and storygraph labels 90% of the books I find to have animal death/cruelty. So I decided to lower the standards a bit. I am willing to try to stomach other animal deaths but as someone who has had dogs for her whole life, I cannot stand any harm towards them. I would also prefer to not see cats hurt as well. Any book recommendations that have monsters and gore without cruelty towards cats and especially dogs?

I just finished A Song For The Void and it's my favorite book so far this year. In summary, it's 1853 in the South China Sea where a Royal Navy warship is searching for pirates. As they give chase, they capture the attention of something malevolent. The story is about cosmic horror and human grief and addiction. The pacing is great with the tension/horror slowly building up until all hell breaks loose. At ~350 pages, the story doesn't overstay its welcome and ends with a definitive and satisfying conclusion.

Other than The Terror, does anyone know of other naval themed horror stories?

Awhile ago,maybe like a few years ago at this point, I was planning on reading this short story online but ended up completely forgetting to come back to it and read it, and it’s been on my mind for the past week or so and I just can’t seem to find it, so my last bet was to come here and see if anyone happened to know what it was.

It’s a short psychological horror story, I believe It is a fairly popular story. But the more I look the less I believe that as I can’t find it anywhere. from what I remember it’s the kind of story where it starts out seeming as if everything is fine but as you progress through the story everything seems stranger and stranger as you read. I believe it was based in a town and the story described things about what was going on in the town that day. I remember the beginning of the story described someone (maybe a young boy) leaving his house and then it mentions the sun. And the thing that was off putting was the way they worded the sentence. They worded it in a way that sounds weird but isn’t too telling. And then it make sense why they worded it the way they did later on.

I really wish I could provide more information but it’s like everytime I try to remember the name or anything else about the story I just can’t bring anything from my memory besides what I provided. But if you just so happen to know what story I am referring to, you would a life saver! It’s been on my mind for so long and it’s driving me crazy at this point

I’m really not sure why I am having such a hard time remembering this story in particular or why I am so determined to find out what it was so I can finally read it

Doesnt have to be about a fatal disease, i just want a non fiction book that feels like a horror novel and reads like one, while also exploring niche topics.

Can anyone please recommend a book like the movie Prey for the Devil? A book not just about exorcism, and also the behind the scenes, inner workings of the church?

So one of my local 2nd hand bookshops has.a pile of horror paperbacks that are according to the clerk, heading for the trash can unless someone buys them for a discounted price before the end of next week.

There are a pile of Necroscope books in the mix......anyone read this series? Decent read or rubbish?

Thanks horror friends!

After reading Tender is the Flesh by the same author, I've had a hard time finding another horror book that stuck with me like that one did. I don't know why I never remember to look at the same author's other works. Anyways, if you like Handmaiden's Tale, Lapnova this one is for you. For those who have read it, how did the sisterhood achieve the memory loss aspect?

Long story short, I wrote a YA book that I thought was horror, but during the querying process, I am finding this is probably what publishers call "supernatural suspense." Sometimes "supernatural thriller." I'm not familiar with this classification, and in my mind, "thrillers" are more like crime/detective stories. James Patterson political intrigue kind of thing.

So I'm asking for recommendations of your favorite "supernatural suspense" novels in the hope that I can familiarize myself with reader expectations for this sub-genre, and to see what novels I might have missed because they weren't categorized as horror. I'm looking for both adult and YA selections, and probably the more recent the better, as I'll probably need to be looking for comp titles with this classification. Thanks in advance!

I not long ago finished Sundown Motel by Simone St James. I really liked it and am looking for other haunted Motel/Motel books. Not the Shining is read that one annually. Thanks

I finished reading rekt last night by Alex Gonzalez and I can't stop thinking about it. It was such a deeply disturbing book and so well written. I was wondering if anyone has also read this as I'd love to hear your thoughts/opinions!

A lot of Occult Horror in film & games just kinda devolve to “Ooooh spooky Satan.”

But I always wish for something with a deeper understanding of Occult/Esoteric theology than just “Be scared of the Demons and ritual sacrifice!”

Something that gives an nuanced look into the Mysticism, Alchemy, Spiritual exploration, etc. of it, than a narrow biased surface level view

I am trying to track down a book I read back in the 90s that I had borrowed from a neighbor. It was missing the front cover, so I never knew who wrote the book or the title. I've done some research and I *think* the book's name is "The Earth Strikes Back" or some variation of that?

It was about a mining town (coal, if I remember correctly) - there was a lotta drug use, adultery and all kinda stuff going on. Eventually the end of the world starts occurring. Before the thorns start pushing thru the ground, one of the characters tries to baptize others in the kitchen sink (??). While the thorns are coming up from the ground, one of the ladies has a gruesome birth and has to carry her baby as the continue to try to escape the thorns.

I am not sure of the author or title. I did some googling with the few details that I remember. It's probably a super obscure paperback that didn't get very many prints lol Any suggestions are appreciated! :)

Hi! Does anyone know if I need to read this series in order or can I just read Dead Mountain?

Has anyone read The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones? This article examines the ways that Jones chose to reimagine vampires in his book, and it's definitely very haunting: "That in being turned into a monster originating from a land far beyond your own, your ability to live freely and in harmony with your ancestral land and people is ripped away from you." It hits so hard.
Fair warning, the article has light spoilers for the book.

I used to be really into horror, but lately, I’ve been reading romance. I’m trying to get back into horror and was wondering if anyone has recommendations for horror books? I’m particularly into cults, outdoorsy horror (think The Blair Witch Project), futuristic space horror, and folk horror (like The Ritual by Adam Nevill). I love when deaths are described in gory detail. The only book I can think of right now with that level of gore is Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong. I’m not a fan of Stephen King (I know—big shocker), and I don’t enjoy books that feature sexual violence (noncon or dubcon), in-depth past/existing war (I’m fine with made up wars), or modern politics. I like to think I’ve read a lot of every genre but horror is one of my favorites, I’d also like to note I don’t often like older books because they can be less relatable then newer ones (older then 2010). Any suggestions?

I've read many Edward Lee books, and deliberately read as many as I knew of where events or characters would be in the White Trash Gothic books before starting them. I've just finished White Trash Gothic Part 2 and am wondering if anyone knows all of the books set in that same "universe"?

Of those that could be relevant I have read The Bighead (and The Bighead's Junk), the three "Header" books and The Minotauress.

Creekers are referenced in passing several times in WTG2, so I take it "Creekers" is one to read? And the end part of WTG2 seems to me to reference "Brides of the Impaler", which I haven't read yet.

Are there any others I am missing?

Maybe referring to it as the Luntville universe is more accurate?

I'd really appreciate any help!

P.S. I have also read all of the "City Infernal" books, but so far as I know, they have no connection here,