Favorite Horror Author/s?

[Thirdy Lopez]

I've got tons of them, but I'd also like to know who yours are. [img]/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]

Mine include: Brian Keene, Richard Matheson, Tom Piccirilli, F Paul Wilson, Bentley Little, and Richard Laymon. There are others, of course, but I'll limit my list for now.

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fictionfeatured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATHI, II, and III (Black Death Books), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Side Show Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

[darkbow]

I'm just getting back into horror after most of a decade or so away, but I always liked Richard Matheson, Stephen King, Robert McCammon and Clive Barker. I've read a little of Tom Piccirilli and liked it. I've yet to read anything by Brian Keene, but what I've heard has interested me greatly.

Oh, and not sure it's really horror, but I love Max Brooks' zombie books.

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[Thirdy Lopez]

Darkbow, you're gonna get a kick out of Keene's books.

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fictionfeatured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATHI, II, and III (Black Death Books), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Side Show Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

[terrytvgall]

Tim Lebbon, Jack Ketchum [img]/emoticons/freaked.gif[/img]




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[BBerntson]

Ramsey Campell, Peter Straub, and Clive Barker. After Silence, by Jonathan Carroll is very unsettling.

[Thirdy Lopez]

Yep, great horror authors. I have yet to read Peter Straub's books.

Ketchum's THE GIRL NEXT DOOR and Lebbon's BERSERK gave me nightmares. [img]/emoticons/lol.gif[/img]

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fictionfeatured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATHI, II, and III (Black Death Books), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

[Kainja]

A newer writer I really like is Jonathan Maberry. He's got two horror novels out. They're part of a trilogy. They're 'Ghost Road Blues' and 'Dead Man's Song.' As for standbye favorites, McCammon, Straub, Etchison, and Wayne Allen Sallee for short fiction.

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[BBerntson]

I keep hearing the name Maberry. I'm gonna have to check him out. I still love, Straub, Barker, and Ramsey Campbell. But I think Jonathan Carroll can do it all. Everyone shuld be reading that man.

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[Kainja]

I haven't read any Carroll. Sounds like I better check him out. Maberry's first novel won the Stoker award and I think it was well deserved.

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[H.P. Lovesauce]

I've avoided Carroll.

I read The Land of Laughs and found it so unsettling (if not horror-filled), that I'm not eager to try more. It's like the movie Jacob's Ladder--great movie, but I'm in no hurry to see it again.

Piccarilli (sp?) I like, and Thomas Ligottiis truly the modern Lovecraft.

[BBerntson]

Ligotti! I think I've read some of his short stories. What about Tim Lebbon? Does anyone recommmend him?


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[Thirdy Lopez]

It's spelled Piccirilli, HP. Wonderful writer. Have you read THE DEAD LETTERS yet?

Brandon, I recommend Lebbon. I'm familiar with his shorts but haven't read too many of his novels. One novel I'll endorse is BERSERK.

- Thirdy

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fictionfeatured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATHI, II, and III (Black Death Books), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

[H.P. Lovesauce]

Thanks for the correction, Thirdy--I noticed my mistake too late when I re-read your initial post.

I haven't read The Dead Letters, but that's the one I want to most. I've read one 'enh' story in APEX (which is for me an 'enh' magazine), and I read Hexes, which I thought was a significant work even with its little flaws. One of the few writing books I own is his 'Welcome to Hell : A Working Guide for the Beginning Writer'.

[Thirdy Lopez]

Awww, man. I'd love to get my hands on a copy of WELCOME TO HELL.

HEXES was the first book I read, and I got hooked. CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN is a great book too, by the way.

- Thirdy

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fictionfeatured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATHI, II, and III (Black Death Books), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

[Skadi meic Beorh]

Arthur Machen, hands down. 'The White People' is a masterpiece many have not yet read, I think.

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[Thirdy Lopez]

You thought right, Skadi. I haven't been reading a lot lately. My TBR pile keeps on growing and growing.

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fictionfeatured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATHI, II, and III (Black Death Books), SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electrick Ink), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

[Hazimel]

Skadi meic Beorh said...
Arthur Machen, hands down. 'The White People' is a masterpiece many have not yet read, I think.

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The lady is a scholar of horror.

Anyone who likes zombie stories needs to read Brian Keene's The Rising immediately.

I also would recommend the works of Skipp and Spector. They are out of print but you can find them online. They may be coming back into print as their work is coming into a renaissance, I hope. Titles: The Light at the End, The Cleanup, Animals, The Bridge, etc.

Along with Barker, this team is considered in the 'splatter punk' style, which I find completely useless as a category. There is some gore, and a more rock'n'roll aesthetic, but basically they are just kick-ass horror stories, similar to Stephen King.

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[che2000]

I kinda went through a James Herbert period recently, re-reading both 'The Rats' and 'The Fog', neither was as gruesome as I'd remembered (mind you I did read them first some twenty odd years ago) still not for the faint-hearted though, particularly in his rather unflinching depiction of violence. Bloody good, though.

James Herbert was one of the prime movers (if not the prime mover) of the British horror renaissance of the 1970?s, which directly lead to writers like Clive Barker, although his deceptively simple seeming, episodic early works brought a whole generation of nowhere-near-as-good British horror writers to the fore, such as Guy N. Smith, Shaun Hutson and (shudder) Pierce Nace (although, I?ve always had an unhealthy affection for Nace's ?giant man-eating praying mantis? novel ?Eat Them Alive?).





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[Thirdy Lopez]

Hazimel said... Anyone who likes zombie stories needs to read Brian Keene's The Rising immediately.

I'll second that. [img]/emoticons/wink.gif[/img]

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fictionfeatured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATHI, II, and III (Black Death Books), SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electrick Ink), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

[HuskerFanCO]

I would highly recommend House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski . Although I am not a huge horror reader, this nears the top of my all-time favorites list. Experimental fiction/horror at its best.

For short stories, Clark Ashton Smith is a great source of Weird Fiction/Horror from the "pulp" days. You can find some of his stories online at www.eldritchdark.com . I prefer hisstories from the Averoigne and Hyperborea cycles.

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[Ropespor]

Darkbow, I too loved World War Z.


Brandon, I second Ligotti. His nihilistic worldview is very dark, but he is a master.


Thirdy and everyone else, thanks for the recommendations. Based on suggestions, I have hunted down some Bentley Little (his short story collection) and Richard Layman (his Beast House trilogy).


When King is firing on all cylinders, he's still the king. One example that immediately pops to mind is the opening scene of Desperation, when the sheriff pulls the young couple over. The way he builds up tension, creepiness, and suspense there is a lesson in the craft.


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[The Moidart]

Not too much on my horror reading resume. Lovecraft, Poe, King all masters. Also "Twilight Eyes" by Koontz and "Houses Without Doors" and "A Short Guide To The City" by Straub. [img]/emoticons/devil.gif[/img]

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[Thirdy Lopez]

F Paul Wilson has announced that he will no longer be writing short fiction and will concentrate on novels. While I think this is good news to some readers, I can't help but predict fans (myself included) will miss his shorter works.

Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fictionfeatured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATHI, II, and III (Black Death Books), SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electrick Ink), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere.

[Jaqhama]

James Herbert. Guy N. Smith and a ton of British pulp horror writers.

I've read a few of the big name american 'horror' writers...and always wonder where the horror is supposed to be?
Suspenseful yes, horrorific, no.

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[cjohnstone]

Loved Poe and Lovecraft since I was a kid. Also Herbert, Campbell, Barker, King, Straub...
And I love apocalyptic horror: Ballard, Wyndham, Aldiss. John Christopher's The Death of Grass is easily the most haunting apocalyptic novel I've ever read.
Matheson's Hell House is excellent, and an all time favourite has always been Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes: carnivals and clowns, what more could you want?
Haven't read any Carroll or Maberry - might check them out!

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