It’s always hard to believe that such prolific and influential writers died in relative obscurity during their time. The works of authors like Poe, Hemingway, and the focus of this list, HP Lovecraft all put out numerous works during their time on earth just to die penniless and unknown, with their stories only being read … Read more
Imagine walking into a bookstore and the horror section is just three dusty copies of Dracula, no extensive shelves with multiple titles emblazoned with that same signature font saying KING in massive letters on the spines. Quite a terrifying alternate dimension to wander into, but could be a very real scenario if the master of … Read more
Horror and romance have been intertwined for centuries, from the first stories of creatures seducing humans to their miserable deaths or stories of lovers doomed by some supernatural curse. Understandable, since romance can so easily fit into almost every other genre, and horror is no exception. These books will thrill you with tales of terror … Read more
It’s not easy being a horror fan who wants to introduce their kids to their favorite genre. Most will look at a genre like horror and think there’s no way it can be made to work for kids, much less to read as a bedtime story! Horror is malleable to anything though, and we’ve gone … Read more
While everyone reading this may not relate, I find I have less and less time to sit down and take in a good novel these days. Between keeping up with kids, work, and life in general… time is short. This is exactly why short stories have been where I get my horror fix lately! Short-form … Read more
We’ve gone through plenty of horrors already, but most of it has been much more along the mature side of the spectrum. So, we decided to get a good list together for the younger readers, those just getting started on their horror odyssey and not entirely sure where to start. Not to say there’s an … Read more
Sure, we’ve been through all the best introductions to the genre and the best places to start with literary horror, but that’s all kids’ stuff. The books here are something more, beyond what the young adult and mainstream horror consider frightful. These terrors lurk among the mature themes and gross splatter of these, the forty … Read more
Sometimes it’s best to just go back to your roots, see where it all began, and get back to basics. It applies to everything, but the roots of the horror genre get a little extra twisted the further you dig. Stories of monsters, sacrifice, cosmic beings, and killer kids lurk in the deepest depths of … Read more
Lists like this one aren’t easy, with so many writers in the world and so few spaces to list them all. That’s not even factoring in the ranking, with the number of horror writers that have changed the game over the years. That said, these are the twenty horror authors that have had an impact … Read more
The hardest part of making this list was narrowing it down to just forty books. The horror genre is so old and so abundantly popular we could make a top 500 and barely scratch the surface of the immense pile of quality horror that’s been written. We did it though, with only some casualties due … Read more