What Do You Think Are the most Literate Horror Books and Stories Ever written ?

[BAYLOR]

Heard wrote this novel and two collections of stories in the vein -- loosely so-called -- of supernatural horror (and science fiction). I haven't read most of the stories

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but I can speak for "The Chapel of Ease" as an interesting (and "slow") very literate ghost story.

Heard wrote a reported dystopian novel, Doppelgangers, also.

You've probably heard of his neo-Sherlockian novel A Taste for Honey, which I have read; it didn't make a big impression.

Cool covers .

 

[Extollager]

Leslie Reid's The Rector of Maliseet seems like it might turn out to belong in this category.

Sample it here:

January 2019 Reading Thread

 

[awesomesauce]

The Shadow at the Bottom of the World by Thomas Ligotti

I read Teatro Grottesco a couple years ago. It was elegant and disturbing. I don't think I'll ever forget the story about the town manager. I've been meaning to read more Ligotti since.

 

[OHB]

Misery by Stephen King. If you look past the murder by lawnmower and hobbling scenes, the majority of the novel is Paul trying to mentally deal with what is happening to him. You get real insight into his life and manner of thinking. It's also the scariest book I've ever read because it's pretty realistic.

 

[BAYLOR]

Burn't Offerings by Robert Marasco

 

[Guttersnipe]

Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Both offer chills as well as engaging, detailed prose.

 

[BAYLOR]

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson

 

[BAYLOR]

Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Both offer chills as well as engaging, detailed prose.

You might want to check out Perchance to Dream Selected stories Charles Beaumont .

 

[Guttersnipe]

You might want to check out Perchance to Dream Selected stories Charles Beaumont .

I have. Good stuff. Listened to it on YouTube.