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Robert Bloch
Clive Barker
Edgar Allan Poe
H.P. Lovecraft

I have heard of all of them besides Robert Bloch, but I'm interested in looking at some of his literature.

Lovecraft is one of my favourite authors, especially the Macabre Series.

Heres a few more.
Marjorie Bowen
Aymas Northcote
Algernon Blackwood
Sabine Baring-Gould
E.F. Benson
Arthur Machen
Edith Wharton
Ambrose Bierce
Bobette Bryan
J.D. Beresford
Bernard Capes
William Hope Hodgson
James Herbert
Maruice Level
Elia Peattie

I'm thinking that Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley oughta be in there, too.

Also there's William Peter Blatty, Shirley Jackson, and Robert Bloch.

Bill walace

Some of Ray Bradbury's early stories were very effective horror. The Small Assassin, The October Game to name a couple.

Bighuey wrote:Some of Ray Bradbury's early stories were very effective horror. The Small Assassin, The October Game to name a couple.

Something Wicked This Way Comes certainly qualifies, too.

I think there are so few true "horror" writers because people tend to confuse horror with "gore", horror comes mostly from psychological and the unknown conditions that the human mind puts us in. Edger Allen Poe, perfect horror, not many people can touch that and actually be coming up with something original.

Which horror stories would you recommend?

I would recomend to anyone John Harwood, particularyl his book "the seance". It's the best of all, in my eye.

Adam Nevill

Thanks for this list! I quite enjoy Sheridan Le Fanu. I have most of his work with me and read them when I need to relax from schoolwork.

Bighuey wrote:Some of Ray Bradbury's early stories were very effective horror. The Small Assassin, The October Game to name a couple.

His book THE OCTOBER COUNTRY is an excellent early collection of horror stories which, while not overtly traditional in their horrific themes, still scared the crap out of me. "The Skeleton" is a perfect example of this. Ray Bradbury is and always will be my favorite writer.

Those are all really good authors. My favorite of all of them is Edgar Allan Poe. That man had a way with words when it came to his stories and poems. I was so creeped out by them, but could not muster up the will to put the stories down.

Stephen King