Fairytale Horror?

[Gravy]

In my research, I even managed to find a Romanian belief from the Dark ages that believed vampires were werewolf bitten victims who died and came back from the dead. But the manner theses "vampires" were described implied they were "zombies" similar to today's outlook.

This is very interesting.
I believe I read that before somewhere...or saw it.
Maybe that's where the modern "zombies" came from.
All it takes is one person adopting/changing a term for it to catch on.
It's not like George A Romero could've called them vampires after Dracula...

Poor Graverobber, I will continue to keep an eye out for books fitting your thirst for reading >,<

Yes...poor me

As I actually intended this to be all supernatural horror...albeit with a lean towards the fae...I'll suggest a few.


Afterage by Yvonne Navarro
Vampire apocalypse...though they are still a bit romanticized but not much.

Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant
Zombie apocalypse.

[Bighuey]

Like they say, truth is stranger than fiction. Another eerie story about brownies, not the cute little creatures in childrens stories, but evil nasty things who murder and eat their victims is No Mans Land by John Buchan, the author of The 39 Steps. He wrote some very effective and creepy supernatural stories about things seen and unseen.

[RussetDivinity]

Look for Neil Gaiman's work. A lot of it has a fairy tale feel, and The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains may be exactly what you're looking for.

[Nitatsu7]

Speaking of Neil Gaiman, I need to get my American Gods back from a friend... thanks for the reminder LOL

[Gravy]

I've never got how anyone could consider Anne Rice horror...does anyone think of her writing as horror?

[Nitatsu7]

No, I don't think of her writing as horror either. When I think of Horror in books it's like Stephen King sort of stuff. To me she is Paranormal fantasy feel with Romance tendencies. It's dark at times, but not in a sense that keeps me awake at night like I expect a horror read to do for me.

[Gravy]

Any good hairy ghost stories?
I guess if I can't have my scary fairies I'll have to take second best.
I've read The Shining...
It was a great story but didn't really get to me...

[hvotruba1]

For a good, scary ghost story, try Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill and Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. For a weird take on fairy tales, pick up The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly.

[Gravy]

For a good, scary ghost story, try Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill and Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. For a weird take on fairy tales, pick up The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly.

I'll have to look into these
Thank you!

[wchrimes]

At the risk of sounding trite (which is not my intent ) have you read the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black? It is a series aimed at children, but there is some great scary fairy material there.

Also, The Lord of the Rings trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien), while not typically categorized as horror, has some terrifying passages that make my hair stand on end, and TONS of fairies.

-- 25 Nov 2014, 08:57 --

Oh - Heart Shaped Box made me think of another short story Joe Hill did with Stephen King - In The Tall Grass. While the fairies aren't definitive, they are present.

[Gravy]

At the risk of sounding trite (which is not my intent ) have you read the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black? It is a series aimed at children, but there is some great scary fairy material there.

Also, The Lord of the Rings trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien), while not typically categorized as horror, has some terrifying passages that make my hair stand on end, and TONS of fairies.

-- 25 Nov 2014, 08:57 --

Oh - Heart Shaped Box made me think of another short story Joe Hill did with Stephen King - In The Tall Grass. While the fairies aren't definitive, they are present.

Sounds promising...
I actually find these wonderful hair-raising moments in so many books...
Rob Thurman...

scritch...scritch..."Mine."

Kelley Armstrong...
Body parts crawling around...in just the right way...
Phaedra Weldon...
Purgatory where souls inhabit bricks...funny and still disturbing.
Kat Richardson...
Many, many, things.
They've all had great moments that will have me cringing or my hair creeping...
My dream is a book (hopefully about fairies!) that could do this consistently.
Unfortunately...even The Shining only got me in one part...

[MaragothThorn]

I would have mentioned House by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti, but to be honest, it wasn't as good as I though it'd be. I would also NOT recommend Creepypastas, although they can leave one sleepless for a few nights. What really scare me aren't actually horror stories but the real life stories of horrible events or the supernatural.

[TLGabelman]

Enchantment by Orsen Scott Card was good and has a lot of the characteristic you describe. Have you read that before?

[BookWorm07]

Salem's lot by Stephen King is a good take on vampires. If you wanna read Dracula type vamps instead of sparkly ones, I'd definitely suggest that. Has some really gripping feel to it. Much better than what passes for horror these days.

[TLGabelman]

For a good, scary ghost story, try Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill and Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. For a weird take on fairy tales, pick up The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly.

I'll have to look into these
Thank you!

Ditto! Not that I need more books. Ive just been challenged to whittle down my collection since its seriously encroaching on my bed....