Classic Horror Lovers discussion

Excellent! Thanks, Lady Danielle.

Welcome Aaron! It's always nice to have more viewpoints in the discussions!

Thanks, Martha. Glad to be here.

Hello all. Lightfoot dropping in to say hi . . . HI

I'm a AB girl: Androse Bierce/Algernon Blackwood, with a lot of Arthur Machen, MR James, Hoffman and Kafka mixed in.

I bleed Poe, don't cut me though, I like to keep his essence trapped in my blood stream.

I'm an aspiring writer of literary horror currently working on my second novel. Look forward to the discussions.

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Welcome! Make yourself at home!

Welcome, Lightfoot. We're glad to have you. I like all of those mentioned, although I haven't read Kafka yet. Plan to, though.

Welcome Mike! We are glad to have you!

Welcome aboard, Mike. I'll have to look up Gregory and McGrath. I am not familiar with them.

Hey Mike! I love your list of favorites!

Thanks for the warning, Mike!

1. Phil
2. HPL, M.R. James, Poe, Dickens
3. Better editorial standards, for a start, and usually better structured stories.
4. Exiled Yorkshireman. Just released my first Lovecraft Mythos novella for e-readers on Amazon / Smashwords.

Welcome, Phil! Agreed on the editorial standards, for sure! Feel free to revive any older topics or create your own. We could always use suggestions for our short story reads, too.

Hi Phil! Glad you joined us.

Welcome, Kyle! Glad to have you!

Welcome, Kyle.

1. Ken
2. Its easier for me to say what I don't like than to put together a list of all the authors that I read. I don't like vampires that sparkle! There, I said it! Also, not a real big fan of Anne Rice, though I've read several of her novels. I can't get my head around all of the homo-eroticism in her books. There, said it again. I like my horror figures dark and scary, not cuddly lovers.
3. I grew up watching classic horror flicks on late-night KDOG channel 26 in Houston, TX. I guess the genre has become "comfort food" for my mind.
4. Feel free to friend me. I've been doing Goodreads for a couple of years and never done the group thing and never added friends.

Welcome, Ken. Sorry I am just now welcoming you! Glad you joined.

Welcome, Ryan!

If you don't see a discussion that takes your interest, please feel free to start one!

Hi, Ryan! Welcome here, too!

Welcome!

Welcome, Ryan! I know it's hard to pick one, but if you could--which story of Lovecraft's is your favorite?

Thanks for participating, Ryan!

Ryan wrote: "Greetings to all of you. My name is Ryan, and this club looks tailor made to what I like to read. One of my favorite authors is HP Lovecraft, and I'm currently re-reading his entire collection. I e..."

I love classic horror and 18th/19th century gothic. Welcome.

Ryan wrote: "Aaron wrote: "Welcome, Ryan! I know it's hard to pick one, but if you could--which story of Lovecraft's is your favorite?"

That's is a tough one. I think it's probably The Dunwich Horror. I just ..."

I'll always love The Rats in the Walls. Not exactly the cosmic horror for which Lovecraft is known, but brilliant.

Ryan, The Call of Cthulhu and The Colour out of Space are favorites of mine, too.

Aaron, The Rats in the Wall is another favorite of mine. It is indeed brilliant!

Rats in the Wall is mega-creepy. That and Pickman's Model, Beyond the Wall of Sleep, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and The Dunwhich Horror are stories I prefer by HPL.

My HPL favorites vary depending on which ones I've reread lately. The stories I was blown away by most when I first read them were The Shadow Out of Time, Dreams in the Witch House, Rats in the Walls, and From Beyond.

I haven't read "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" or "From Beyond." But I really like all of the other Lovecraft stories mentioned above!

Hello again.My name is Marie , screen name lmdorney. I teach K- 1st grade at a lovely charter school in a small mountain community outside Los Angeles. I have long been a reader of gothic lit. some of my favorite writers are: LeFanu, Willie Collins, MR James, Saki, Lord Dunsany,Algernon Blackwood. I would like to read more women authors from the genre. I would love some suggestions. Thank you for facilitating this group.

Hi, Lisa. I'm glad you joined.

Here are some woman writer suggestions that have a good amount of gothic/horror:

Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Vernon Lee
Marjorie Bowen
May Sinclair
The Ghost-Feeler: Stories of Terror and the Supernatural is a volume of ghost stories by Edith Warton

Gothic Tales is a collection by Elizabeth Gaskell

Great suggestions. Welcome Marie--I also live in a mountain community. It certainly does influence my reading and film choices at this time of year.

MountainShelby wrote: "Great suggestions. Welcome Marie--I also live in a mountain community. It certainly does influence my reading and film choices at this time of year."

I also live in a small mountain community in the Rockies. Why does it influence your choices?

I am reminded of Radcliffe's descriptions of the mountains and their "awful grandeur."

Lisa wrote: "Hello again.My name is Marie , screen name lmdorney. I teach K- 1st grade at a lovely charter school in a small mountain community outside Los Angeles. I have long been a reader of gothic lit. some..."

Hi Lisa

This is a good introduction to Victorian/Edwardian women writers of ghostly fiction:

The Darker Sex: Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre by Victorian Women Writers.

Hi there everyone
1. Bazzie1967
2. Oscar Wilde;H.P.Lovecraft;Robert Louis Stevenson;Mary Shelley; Henry James
3. Classic Horror is so different than modern horror. I've yet to read a modern horror book that genuinely frightens
4. I'm from the UK and work as a Healthcare Library Manager

Welcome, Bazzie1967!

To any new members, take a chance to go to our Tales to Chill Your Blood Halloween 2011 Edition folder and make a suggestion for an online short story for us to read in the month of October. We want to keep the mood spooky around this group next month!

Hi there Lady Danielle :-

Hi everyone!
1> I'm Jo
2> I don't really have favorite writers so much as I have favorite books/short stories. (ie All Souls by Edith Wharton & The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson but I wouldn't consider them favorite authors).
3> Despite being a horror movie fan, I like classic horror because I'm not a fan of gore (especially over the top gore) and I like a good suspenseful tale that gets your mind going!
4> "In a nutshell:" I'm a constipated writer, joyful gardener, avid reader and photo taker. Eclectic, creative & happily married 30 something who happens to be disabled with Seronegative Arthritis and Fibromyalgia.

Welcome, Jo! I think I am a bit constipated as a writer myself. I have a lot of stories stopped up inside me somewhere.

Thanks for the welcome Danielle! I write, more often I don't, and it's also a matter of getting my act together!

Welcome Jo and Bazzie! Feel free to start discussions or nominate short stories for group reads!

Thanks Martha!

1. Karolina from the Antipodes.
2. Sheridan Le Fanu, Lovecraft, Poe - lots of others.
3. "Carmilla" imho is one of the best vampiric stories ever written. An absolute must-read along with "Green Tea" also by Le Fanu. The mention of the word "Twilight" makes me cringe - I was convinced by a book shop owner, and the nice cover, to buy it new. It was absolute bollocks. Read about 10 pages and threw it in a corner. Among the new vampiric books "Let the Right One In" is excellent. Scan author - Lindqvuist or something like that. You know the one.
Age: I woke up in a pyramid this morning ;)

Glad to have you Karolina! I'm a LeFanu fan myself.

Welcome Karolina.

Dianne
Right now I am reading Uncle Silasand The After House I used to like reading horror, But not the new stuff so I am hoping this will help.

Welcome, Dianne!

Martha wrote: "Welcome Jo and Bazzie! Feel free to start discussions or nominate short stories for group reads!"

Hi Martha. Sorry I missed your welcome! The time zones differ. Bazzie