tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post5151740197297056924..comments2024-03-29T07:14:38.160-04:00Comments on Dystel & Goderich Literary Management: Halloween horrorDGLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594925221862242748noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-86685129530758282882010-10-28T09:53:15.026-04:002010-10-28T09:53:15.026-04:00I'm surprised that no one has mentioned The Ex...I'm surprised that no one has mentioned The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. Perhaps more people remember the film rather than the novel, but I was scared out of my wits by both!Lynnhttp://itsallmaya.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-90165846414867161582010-10-26T15:39:31.595-04:002010-10-26T15:39:31.595-04:00It's more dark fantasy than horror, but I foun...It's more dark fantasy than horror, but I found Jonathan Carroll's "From the Teeth of Angels" to be deeply unsettling.Jim Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-85072593662989236752010-10-26T14:51:11.690-04:002010-10-26T14:51:11.690-04:00Oh! And my friend Pembroke Sinclair!Oh! And my friend Pembroke Sinclair!Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986544384594087203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-82569364038391922472010-10-26T14:46:54.031-04:002010-10-26T14:46:54.031-04:00As a kid, my dad and a family friend had a long bi...As a kid, my dad and a family friend had a long biblical discussion late into the night about the end of the world, so I would have to say that, as a kid, Revelations was pretty scary.<br /><br />Now I like Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, Cormac McCarthy, Dennis Lehane, and Chris Adrian, among others. (Why can't I think of any women who write horror?) <br /><br />But I have to say I find horror in all kinds of places. I haven't worked myself up to reading Room or The Road or Gone, Baby, Gone yet because what could be more horrible than a child in jeopardy?Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986544384594087203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-70074563246976425102010-10-26T12:50:16.075-04:002010-10-26T12:50:16.075-04:00What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss. Thirty years ...What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss. Thirty years later, and I'm still creeped out by the pale green pants with no one inside them.Jillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-43475555491424842612010-10-26T10:18:49.180-04:002010-10-26T10:18:49.180-04:00Great post!
Some of my favorites...
Ghost Story...Great post! <br /><br />Some of my favorites...<br /><br />Ghost Story--Peter Straub<br />'Salem's Lot--Stephen King<br />House of Leaves--Mark Z. Danielewski<br />Hell House--Richard Matheson<br />Off Season--Jack Ketchum<br />The Road--Cormac McCarthy<br />The Nightrunners--Joe R. Lansdale<br />The Ceremonies--TED Klein<br />Lord of the Flies, William Golding<br />The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson<br />Rosemary's Baby--Ira Levin<br /><br />Sorry to steal a couple of yours, Jim, but those novels deserve multiple mentions. :-) <br /><br />Jonathan JanzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-86938361974660094842010-10-26T09:44:18.892-04:002010-10-26T09:44:18.892-04:00I read The Shining in my teens. Even now, (many) ...I read The Shining in my teens. Even now, (many) years later, it still has the ability to terrify me. Yes, the movie too. :-)Rosalie Lariohttp://www.rosalielario.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-6909201921735550632010-10-26T09:38:01.335-04:002010-10-26T09:38:01.335-04:00No one creeps me out more than H.P. Lovecraft. I w...No one creeps me out more than H.P. Lovecraft. I will NOT read any of his stories now that I live alone. I won't even bring them in my home for fear they'll be "calling me" to read them. :oKaren Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522178275164058849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-58295391658832266602010-10-25T20:28:09.499-04:002010-10-25T20:28:09.499-04:00It's hard to argue with Peter Straub's Gho...It's hard to argue with Peter Straub's Ghost Story. A truly creepy story that I'm sure would keep me awake all night if I read it again now. I'm a huge Stephen King fan, especially The Stand, The Shining, and Bag of Bones. Of recent books, Scott Sigler's Ancestor is a real creepfest. You'll never feel at ease around a cow again.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365669944763136712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-51886275271458051152010-10-25T18:08:45.721-04:002010-10-25T18:08:45.721-04:00Dean Koontz's "Odd Thomas". I'm ...Dean Koontz's "Odd Thomas". I'm an avid re-reader, but have only had the strength to read that book one time.<br /><br />The scene where he sees the evil shadows swarming around the beds of the children freaked me out so much I had to stop reading and study how he did it, because I can't figure out how to do creepy w/o music (and my current WiP has lots of creepy).Touch of Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551995840395409781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-91199861342676032372010-10-25T17:55:14.929-04:002010-10-25T17:55:14.929-04:00Bentley Little is a lot like Stephen King. He'...Bentley Little is a lot like Stephen King. He'll write something that makes your insides crawl, like <i>The Resort</i> or <i>The Walking</i>, then you'll turn around and read a couple hundred pages of <i>The Ignored</i> waiting for the story to magically unfold (it doesn't).<br /><br />I <b>love</b> horror, movies and books. So, when I first started writing that's the genre I tried to focus on. Unfortunately, I sucked at it.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726858055689145824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-73110071763149835212010-10-25T17:14:02.212-04:002010-10-25T17:14:02.212-04:00Amen on the Halloween appreciation. Clive Barker w...Amen on the Halloween appreciation. Clive Barker was one of my horror heroes and I love The Hellbound Heart and Books of Blood in particular. They were so creepy and alien to my young mind. <br />Have to agree with you, though, The House of Leaves is an all over fantastic book. Great title, great premise, and I thought the execution was mind-blowing. It was disturbing reading it late at night, but I couldn’t leave the book alone. It has to be the scariest book I’ve read, mainly because it felt the most real.IanBontemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13942749761260327580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-76580341447925862682010-10-25T17:10:23.636-04:002010-10-25T17:10:23.636-04:00Funny how many of us grew up reading King, when we...Funny how many of us grew up reading King, when we were probably too young. Forbidden fruit maybe? But yeah, a few were clunkers. From a Buick 8 comes to mind. I think my favorite horror novel might be Ghost Story by Peter Straub. You know a book is really scary when it still freaks you out on the second reading. Clive Barker also gives me shivers.J Scott Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151922526673687869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-46982351606065527002010-10-25T17:02:14.444-04:002010-10-25T17:02:14.444-04:00Rosemary's Baby. I Am Legend. 1984. Poe (al...Rosemary's Baby. I Am Legend. 1984. Poe (all except the Rue Morgue ape murderer story) Green Tea (short story by Le Fanu). The Ruins. The Turn of the Screw. The Road. The Silence of the Lambs. The Horla. Man, I love Halloween.April Tucholkehttp://www.agenevievetucholke.comnoreply@blogger.com