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Old 05-06-2008, 04:02 AM   #16
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I've never understood why people try to group Easton-Ellis into the horror genre. Only one of his books come close, and it is much more a social commentary/satire with violence than horror.
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For sheer creepiness value (and it still spooks me) "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is great.

Also, King's "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" has a few really great horror short stories. "Crouch End" is really worth a look at.

Kostova's "The Historian" had some genuinely creepy bits in it. It is rather long (800 pgs I think), and it's more a historical novel about the origins of Dracula...but really well written/researched.

Lovecraft, well he's interesting. More fantastic fiction than horror IMO. Gaiman did an interesting tribute story to him in "Smoke and Mirrors". Actually I'd recommend Gaiman for good strange and almost horror reading.
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Also, King's "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" has a few really great horror short stories. "Crouch End" is really worth a look at.
I've read that one! It's really good, which is surprising because the beginning is really slow. Really one of the best ones in that collection, well besides the one story about the House that is a rocket ship...
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