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With Halloween around the corner, I need a good scare.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:02 pm
First post on this board.
I’m not an avid reader, but last October I found myself enjoying a few chilly, windy days by the fire reading “The Turn of the Screw.”
To be honest I hadn’t even heard of it before I saw a YouTube video mention it among all time horror classics, and since I saw that it was very short I decided to give it a shot.
Although it was a difficult read I did enjoy the experience, and in the past year I’ve tried to step my reading game up a bit.
Anyone have a suggestion for a good haunted house/ghost story, or anything with a lot of atmosphere to light some candles to on a dark day?
I’m not an avid reader, but last October I found myself enjoying a few chilly, windy days by the fire reading “The Turn of the Screw.”
To be honest I hadn’t even heard of it before I saw a YouTube video mention it among all time horror classics, and since I saw that it was very short I decided to give it a shot.
Although it was a difficult read I did enjoy the experience, and in the past year I’ve tried to step my reading game up a bit.
Anyone have a suggestion for a good haunted house/ghost story, or anything with a lot of atmosphere to light some candles to on a dark day?
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Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:33 am to Nix to Twillie
I loved Dracula. Sure it's old school, but damn it's creepy.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 9:05 am to Nix to Twillie
Posted on 9/10/20 at 2:20 pm to Nix to Twillie
Richard Matheson's Hell House was pretty scary, but it's been a long time since I have read it. It may not hold up over time though
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:37 pm to Midget Death Squad
Joe Hill - Heart Shaped Box is good
Posted on 9/15/20 at 1:03 pm to Nix to Twillie
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Posted on 9/15/20 at 3:40 pm to Nix to Twillie
Binge read A Song of Ice and Fire, and then contemplate that there is a very real chance that the fat man dies before finishing either of the last two books.
Posted on 9/17/20 at 12:51 pm to Nix to Twillie
It’s not super scary, but Something wicked this way comes is a perfect October book.
Posted on 9/17/20 at 1:40 pm to Peepdip
quote:
Something wicked this way comes
Classic! Bradbury is an incredibly underappreciated writer
Posted on 9/17/20 at 1:44 pm to Midget Death Squad
He’s appreciated, but sadly only for Fahrenheit. Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated man, and Dandelion Wine are fantastic.
Posted on 9/17/20 at 2:08 pm to Peepdip
Yes that's my point. Everyone knows him for Fahrenheit, but he has a large body of work that is great.
Posted on 9/17/20 at 10:01 pm to Midget Death Squad
Gotcha. Have you read Dandelion Wine? I read it just about every July, except for this past one because I wasn’t in the “summer mood” thanks to being stuck at home with my kids for what seemed like a year lol
Posted on 9/18/20 at 2:22 pm to Nix to Twillie
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
Posted on 9/18/20 at 8:51 pm to Nix to Twillie
Pet Sematary is the scariest book ever written as far as I’m concerned
Posted on 9/18/20 at 9:39 pm to CottonWasKing
It's not really scary, but A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny is a perfect Halloween book.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 3:42 pm to auyushu
I fricking love that book. I had previously only read Zelaznys sci-fi and speculative fiction, and was blown away with how good Lonesome October was.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:06 pm to Nix to Twillie
I just read a pretty creepy little book called GILLS.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:51 pm to Nix to Twillie
Anyone else get traumatized by these books as a kid?
Hell House - Richard Matheson (Steven King called it the scariest book written)
Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill (premise sounds a little hokey, but it's great)
Ghost Story - Peter Straub (not as scary as it is just a good book)
Posted on 9/26/20 at 12:55 am to ClampClampington
Thanks, all. I’m about halfway through Dracula and will take all others into consideration. Also picked up “Ghost Stories of Henry James,” for more classy British scares.
Posted on 11/1/20 at 8:29 am to auyushu
I bought A Night in the Lonesome October based on the recommendation in this thread. An easy read, fun and original. Thanks.
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