Horror Aficionados discussion

hi, there aren't a lot of Masterton books tranlated to Spanish, I only have read some short stories, The Manitou very good and Sleepless not so good. Which are his best books to start with? I prefer straight horror tan thrillers

Family Portrait (1985) was a real page turner. I also liked Charnel House (1978).

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Has anyone read "Charnal House" by Masterton?

I haven't read anything by him that I'm aware of but I'm following here for suggestions & such.

Family Portrait is excellent, read The Mirror which was not so good. The Katy Maguire books are quite good too but more crime than horror.

Latasha wrote: "I haven't read anything by him that I'm aware of but I'm following here for suggestions & such."

Highly recommend you read Family Portrait,

Simon wrote: "Latasha wrote: "I haven't read anything by him that I'm aware of but I'm following here for suggestions & such."

Highly recommend you read Family Portrait,"

ohh that sounds brutal.

I read the "Manitou" a long time ago but I remember it well, that's when I know how good a book really is when you remember so much about it years later. I sometimes forget about a title and contents of several books within a few weeks. I suppose they were that unremarkable!

Robert wrote: "Has anyone read "Charnal House" by Masterton?"

I have. I thought it was a solid offering from the late 1970s. Here's my review.

https://intothemacabre.com/2016/08/11...

Latasha wrote: "I haven't read anything by him that I'm aware of but I'm following here for suggestions & such."

We really need to remedy that, Latasha. Do I hear another Buddy Read? Lol

Lol! Well maybe but it’s gonna be a while.

His Katie Maguire series is some of his best work, albeit more crime thrillers, but usually with a horror tilt to them. You do want to read them in order just because of character progression, but you don't absolutely have to, as each book is self-contained story.

Graham Masterton has written some of the creepiest scenes I've read. I'm sure he has some stinkers but I've mainly stumbled upon his good stuff. His stuff is strangely psychologically surreal too. This reminds me I need to read more by him.

I could swear I've listened to a Graham Masterton story on a podcast. But for the life of me I can't recall which one. I checked Pseudopod's back catalog; it wasn't them (but it should have been!).

Anyone know of audio renditions of his works?

A bunch of his books are available on audible.com.

My personal favourite so far is Famine. One could argue it is more of a thriller than horror, but imo the graphic descriptions qualify it as horror as well.

All Masterton's books are excellent! I am a huge fan of his Manitou books, and have enjoyed his Dream Warrior novels also.

What about The pariah?

Personally, I loved The Djinn and The Manitou.

Jeff