Horror Aficionados discussion

Reading The Forever War

Erin wrote: "I haven't read many of her novels, I will definitely be reading more!"

i've been hearing really good things about her newest, what moves the dead. if you haven't read the twisted one or the hollow places yet, i highly recommend them. :)

Ramsey Campbell is among the best, so I'm not surprised, Tony! I hope you continue to enjoy it.

What Char said.

Billy Summers

Randy wrote: "What Char said."

What Char and Randy said.

WendyB wrote: "Billy Summers"

Ohh nice <3

Kasia wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Billy Summers"

Ohh nice <3"

Been wanting to read this for a while but that's true of so many of my books. :)
It's good so far.

WendyB wrote: "Kasia wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Billy Summers"

Ohh nice

Been wanting to read this for a while but that's true of so many of my books. :)
It's good ..."

So good! The ending really got to me.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

I read The woman in cabin 10 by Ruth Ware and ..average I guess.

Monica wrote: "I read The woman in cabin 10 by Ruth Ware and ..average I guess."

I have heard a lot of good things about her latest novels but I haven't had much desire to try any of them. I read a few of her earlier books, including The Woman in Cabin 10, and felt the same thing - it was average.

I started and finished The dismembered by Jonathan JAnz. Very good novella.

Erin wrote: "Monica wrote: "I read The woman in cabin 10 by Ruth Ware and ..average I guess."

I have heard a lot of good things about her latest novels but I haven't had much desire to try any of them. I read ..."

I read two this past month. I think that once you read a couple the soup is pretty much the same; not too memorable. I think that the best things about these kind of books is that they read so fast.

The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea


Sherlock Holmes: Lord of Damnation - Simon Clark

Alice

Just finished House of Reckoning by John Saul. Starting Thinner by Stephen King (Bachman book) today.

Started and finished FInal girls by Riley Sager and I quite enjoyed it.

I started Gallows Hill, by Darcy Coates.

I’m currently reading The Groomer by Jon Athan and am almost finished! 🖤

Been sitting on my bookshelf since 2017. Been meaning to read it for a while.

Currently reading Stephen King’s Fairy Tale.

Sawyer wrote: "I’m currently reading The Groomer by Jon Athan and am almost finished! 🖤"

How are you liking it? I am planning on reading that next.

I started Survive the night by Riley Sager.

The Thicket by Noelle W Ihli

“Anne (w/ an E) wrote:
How are you liking it? I am planning on reading that next”

I finished it yesterday and absolutely loved it! Excellent gore and everything that happened felt very real.

Sawyer wrote: "I’m currently reading The Groomer by Jon Athan and am almost finished! 🖤"

Someone recommended this to me a few days ago, after I finished reading Woom. I'm planning to read it sometime in the next week or two.
I'm glad that you're enjoying it.

Currently reading The Cabin at the End of the World, not sure what I was expecting but it has my attention.

Finished Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 9 and started The Chamber

Christopher wrote: "
The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea


[book:S..."

Michael Shea is unreal! One of his stories, jeez I'll never forget it, but I forgot the title.

Sam wrote: "Currently reading The Cabin at the End of the World, not sure what I was expecting but it has my attention."

I loved that so much! M. Night Shyamalan has a new film coming of it, but they changed the title. I hope it doesn't suck.

I'm currently reading by Gregg Hurwitz. I'm also reading by John Langan. Lastly, I'm listening to by S. A. Cosby. He's a relatively new author, mostly writing about crime and I ADORE his work.

Ooooh I heard about The cabin at the end of the world. Yes let's hope it doesn't suck. Movie adaptations always disappoint me.

I love the Jack Daniels' series.

Char wrote: "Christopher wrote: "
The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea

[bookcover:Sherlock Holmes: Lord of Damnati..."

Shea blows hot and cold for me. I haven't liked a lot of his Cthulhu Mythos short stories but I loved his posthumous novel Mr. Cannyharme.

Char wrote: "Michael Shea is unreal! One of his stories, jeez I'll never forget it, but I forgot the title."

"The Autopsy" maybe? That's been adapted for Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, though I've yet to watch it.

I've read less than a handful of his stories, but like Christopher, I'm hot and cold. "The Autopsy" is far and away the one that hit me hardest. I think it shares an affinity with Campbell's "Who Goes There?" and along with some of its contemporaries like some of Ramsey Campbell's stories, Karl Edward Wagner's "Sticks" and T.E.D. Klein's "Black Man with a Horn" showed a different direction for Lovecraftian fiction from most of what came along at that time.

I recently started NOS4A2 by Joe Hill.
I’m 40 pages in and not sure what to think yet.

For what it's worth, I liked NOS4A2 a lot. It's a bit like early Stephen King, though, in that it takes a little while to gain momentum. Then, at least for me, it maintained that momentum to the end.

The mini-series of it started well, then drove off a cliff.

I’m along for the ride. I’ve heard all good things. The concept is intriguing too.

The Living Dead

Reading three at the moment:

Sallow Bend

The Dismembered

and

Lost to the Lake

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

How is Fairy Tale? I just finished Finders Keepers (book 2 in the Bill Hodges trilogy) and was sorta...meh...about it, but Fairy Tale is on my To Read list. I really liked the Outsider though and will most likely read the third book in the Hodges trilogy.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Heather wrote: "How is Fairy Tale? I just finished Finders Keepers (book 2 in the Bill Hodges trilogy) and was sorta...meh...about it, but Fairy Tale is on my To Read list. I really liked the Outsider though and w..."

Fairy Tale is my fave SK book in ages. I had really enjoyed Later and Billy Summer last year...until the endings. I HATED the endings of both books. But other than Fairy Tale being a bit long-winded in parts, start to finish I think it's his best work in quite awhile. It's not really horror, more fantasy kind of like the fantasy elements of the Dark Tower series.