There’s something magnetic about the darker aspects of life, something that draws you in despite your misgivings, something that curdles your blood despite your heart racing ever faster, and few writers are capable of distilling such horror on the page. A highly visceral genre, horror requires authors to exhume twisted thoughts from the deepest tombs … Read more
Horror and romance have been tied together longer than peanut butter and jelly. Seriously, the oldest book on this list was published 29 years before the popularization of the PB&J in 1901. Time is scary, isn’t it? The books included are all considered horror, some more than others. The common thread though is the romance … Read more
It’s almost hard to think how much has come and gone since Anne Rice passed away at the end of 2021. The author had a massive influence on literature overall, but her standout works were in the horror genre. Through her series The Vampire Chronicles she not only revolutionized the vampire genre, but horror, gothic, … Read more
For those of us who have had the pleasure of reading a Stephen King novel, it’s not hard to see why he’s considered to be the greatest horror writer that’s ever lived. His books have become a part of the cultural narrative, to the point where we can’t see a patterned carpet without experiencing a … Read more