Literary Horror discussion

Steph wrote: "Hello! I joined a bit ago, but forgot to introduce myself. I’m Stephanie. I’ve always read horror, but usually in spurts. I’ve really gotten back into the genre in the last few months and have foun..."

Hi Steph, Welcome aboard.

Oh, and hi to Tyrone too!

Hi, I'm not new to Goodreads but I am to this group. I'm a British writer of psychological thrillers and horror, and I dabble in dark poetry and flash fiction. I like my dark fiction and horror to be on the quieter side generally, and literary. Looking forward to broadening my TBR pile and contributing where I can.
Lou

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Louise wrote: "Hi, I'm not new to Goodreads but I am to this group. I'm a British writer of psychological thrillers and horror, and I dabble in dark poetry and flash fiction. I like my dark fiction and horror to ..."

I'm with you on favouring quite darkness. Welcome to the group. It covers all tastes including the literary.

Hello,

My name is Becky and I’m from Michigan. I love all things horror. Lately with my reading, I am trying to branch out from my little niche of Koontz and King and expand into something more. I am excited to see recommendations and interact with everyone.

Hi Becky,

Welcome to the group.

Hi, I joined this group awhile back but I don't think I ever introduced myself. I'm Amanda from PA. I'm a librarian who loves all things horror.

Amanda wrote: "Hi, I joined this group awhile back but I don't think I ever introduced myself. I'm Amanda from PA. I'm a librarian who loves all things horror." Hello, Amanda. You will find all things horror here.

HI everyone I'm Jaws R., creator of the Pharafaneelya book series.

Hi Jaws R. Welcome to the group.

Hello! My name's Jessica Miller and I'm looking for somewhere to gush about my favorite horror media and find some new recommendations.
I love all horror, but I gravitate more towards ghost stories -particularly haunted house stories and murder mysteries with supernatural hints. I tend to avoid romance stories and home invasion/true crime stories (too real for me!).

Jessica wrote: "Hello! My name's Jessica Miller and I'm looking for somewhere to gush about my favorite horror media and find some new recommendations.
I love all horror, but I gravitate more towards ghost stories..."

Hi Jessica, plenty of room for a good gush in this group.

Hi all! My name is Chase and I am only recently trying to start reading again. My favorite genre is horror, and I prefer slasher, psychological, and existential horror most. I also dabble in writing short stories :) Happy to be here and to join in on all the great discussions!

Chase wrote: "Hi all! My name is Chase and I am only recently trying to start reading again. My favorite genre is horror, and I prefer slasher, psychological, and existential horror most. I also dabble in writin..." Hello, Chase. Looking forward to seeing you on the discussion threads.

Hi everyone!

I am new to this group. I joined to see what everyone was reading in the horror genre. The latest books I’ve read are Dead Inside (man, that one was brutal but pretty good), Brother (I enjoyed this one and it definitely had some good plot twists), Hurricane Season (this one was really bizarre and had some disturbing elements), and I am currently reading Lapvona and enjoying it so far 😃

Samantha wrote: "Hi everyone!

I am new to this group. I joined to see what everyone was reading in the horror genre. The latest books I’ve read are Dead Inside (man, that one was brutal but pretty good), Brother (..."

Hello Samantha.

Hiya, hiya, hiya. I'm a literary fiction writer who hasn't written any horror yet, though I love reading it. T.E. Grau, Nathan Ballingrud, and Laird Barron are among my fav lit. horror writers.

Hello, I'm Katie and I'm new to this group! Very excited to read with you all and hopefully gather some new book recommendations. Cheers!

Hi there,
I’m new here. Im from Canada. I’m always ‘in’ to read a horror story. Many books today positioned as horror but more often they are triller or mystery. Happy to join the club.

Hey, everyone! I’m Andie. I’m not a new member, but I’ve never properly introduced myself. I’ve been a horror fan for as long as I can remember, and I’m glad to be a part of the group!

What an excellent flurry of lovely new (and not so new) members. Hello everyone.

Leroy wrote: "Hi! I forgot to introduce myself and dove into commenting in the monthly read. Ooops. So, anyway, here I am."

Hi! Tell us a bit about yourself.

Leroy wrote: "I read lots of horror, but I also enjoy reading a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books. I can read in English, Spanish, and Italian but I often just stick to English and Spanish. ."

Cool! I read in Spanish and English too. I REALLY TRY to read in German, but life is already hard enough to be putting myself to such trials...

Hey everyone! I'm Jasmine, and I'm writing in from Dharamshala, India. I've always enjoyed reading horror, and am joining this group so that I can read more of it. My favourite kind is Gothic horror.
Happy to be here :)

Jasmine wrote: "Hey everyone! I'm Jasmine, and I'm writing in from Dharamshala, India. I've always enjoyed reading horror, and am joining this group so that I can read more of it. My favourite kind is Gothic horro..." Hello Jasmine. Welcome to the group. There are lots of different types of horror to be explored here and there are quite a few gothic fans, so you should find things of interest.

Sup everyone, I’m Kang. I’ve enjoyed horror since I was little. I remember reading scary stories to read in the dark. Overall horror still my favorite genre even though I took a long break from it. I’m very new to Goodreads, so I’m still figuring groups out. Anyway I’m happy to be here.

Kang wrote: "Sup everyone, I’m Kang. I’ve enjoyed horror since I was little. I remember reading scary stories to read in the dark. Overall horror still my favorite genre even though I took a long break from it...." Hi Kang, good to meet you.

Hi. I'm new to this group. I hope I could find people who shares the same passion for writing crime and horror genre.

Aldren wrote: "Hi. I'm new to this group. I hope I could find people who shares the same passion for writing crime and horror genre." Hello Aldren. There are lots of people in this group who share your passion for horror.

Hi everyone. I just joined this group and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a horror lover of long standing. I see your current group read is The Black Maybe. I just picked that one up and I look forward to getting to it soon. I loved the Valancourt issued collection A Different Darkness and Other Abominations by Luigi Musolino.

Adriennelee wrote: "Hi everyone. I just joined this group and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a horror lover of long standing. I see your current group read is The Black Maybe. I just picked that one up and I look for..." Hello to you.

Hiya! I’m Max, a long time horror and general dark fiction fan. Especially phycological horror and things with surreal elements, I love a book that makes me think. Also I’m dyslexic so please forgive any spelling mistakes!

Max wrote: "Hiya! I’m Max, a long time horror and general dark fiction fan. Especially phycological horror and things with surreal elements, I love a book that makes me think. Also I’m dyslexic so please forgi..." Hi Max, pleased to have you join us.

Adriennelee wrote: "Hi everyone. I just joined this group and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a horror lover of long standing. I see your current group read is The Black Maybe."

Welcome to the group. We've actually moved on to Junji Ito's Uzumaki for July, but feel free to share your thoughts on The Black Maybe.

Hello everyone. I've always loved reading literary horror, with an emphasis on the 'literary', but I'm struggling to find anything at the moment that completely satisfies both strands, so I'm hoping this group will help.
I'm an author of literary fiction, and the novel I'm writing now has a horror element.
Claire

Claire wrote: "Hello everyone. I've always loved reading literary horror, with an emphasis on the 'literary', but I'm struggling to find anything at the moment that completely satisfies both strands, so I'm hopin..." Hi Claire, this group likes all types of horror, including the literary type. My first novel combined horror and literary fiction (plus fantasy), but these days I'm writing more commercial fantasy, but I know where you're coming from. Hopefully you'll find things to engage you here.

Hi Claire! I never comment here, but I love your books and reviews, so I’m waving hello. I have a lit-horror WIP as well, but it’s been such a struggle to finish. To answer your question, the best lit-horror I’ve read recently was Chouette by Claire Oshetsky; I’ve just enjoyed Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan; and of course I love Mona Awad. Rachel Harrison is more fun than literary, but as grounded horror about women it’s top notch. I cannot recommend The Pillow Friend by Lisa Tuttle highly enough. I think it’s a forgotten classic in need of revival (and I have just written the intro for the NYRB reissue to Tuttle’s novella My Death, so obviously I rec that one too!). Cheers, and looking forward to your horror-novel-to-come.

Amy wrote: "Hi Claire! I never comment here, but I love your books and reviews, so I’m waving hello. I have a lit-horror WIP as well, but it’s been such a struggle to finish. To answer your question, the best ..."

Hi Amy,
Great to meet you here! And thank you so much for these recommendations - some I've heard of - none of which I've read, so you have in one swoop given me a great tbr. Thank you! I especially like the look of The Pillow Friend and My Death (and love the cover for the NYRB reissue). Trouble is, now I want to go and read them all and not do any writing...
Claire

Well, I'm back. I joined this group originally in 2018 and participated in the group read of Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood. I had to drop a few groups in 2019 as life got really crazy for a while, but I'm back again now. I used to go by Randy (my real life name) but I kept running into other Randys so now it's RJ, at least until I start running into a lot of those.

I did comment on the recent group read of Hurricane Season, which I enjoyed, even though it's probably not "horror" per se.

Nice to be back. Looking forward to talking books with everyone. Friend requests always welcome unless you're an author just looking to pimp your own work. (Author friends are OK too, don't get me wrong, I just don't want anyone humping my leg.)

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Well, I'm back. I joined this group originally in 2018 and participated in the group read of Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood. I had to ..." A somewhat belated, hi!

J.S. wrote: "RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Well, I'm back. I joined this group originally in 2018 and participated in the group read of Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by [author:Algern..."

Thanks J.S. :)

Hi everyone, I'm the author of a literary horror novel, but still feel I have a lot to learn about this tradition of writing, so thought I'd see what some more informed people are reading.

Jonathan wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm the author of a literary horror novel, but still feel I have a lot to learn about this tradition of writing, so thought I'd see what some more informed people are reading." Hi to you too. Lots of interesting reads as well as other writers in this group.

Hello, all. I'm a published short story writer and poet who reads quite a bit of horror but finds it hard to find REALLY good horror. Maybe that'll change with some of your group reads and recos. And a friend request, should anyone be so inclined. Some of my best reads have come off of others' feeds! Anyhoo. Hi.

Hello Michael. Welcome to the group. Lots of different horror likes here, so hopefully you'll find something that ignites your reading flames.

Hello everyone, my name is inci.
I keep seeing your monthly reads when my friend Whitney comments/votes on them and the titles always impress me and they're also usually books I already have on my tbr.
I like all kinds of horror, though it's a special kind of pleasure when it is literary and of high quality, I also read weird, crime/noir and science fiction.
Have a great Monday!

inciminci wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is inci.
I keep seeing your monthly reads when my friend Whitney comments/votes on them and the titles always impress me and they're also usually books I already have on my ..." Hello Inci,
Welcome to the group. We are an eclectic group of readers.

Thank you very much J.S.!

inciminci wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is inci.
I keep seeing your monthly reads when my friend Whitney comments/votes on them and the titles always impress me and they're also usually books I already have on my ..."

Hey, Inci! Nice to see you in this neighborhood.

Hey Whitney, nice to see you here too 😉