Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 Unexpected Horror Writers

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:34:57 +0000

And “Fall on Your Knees” by Ann- Marie MacDonald. It is not a horror story (more of a family saga), but haunting nonetheless. I read it once and I don’t think I can ever read it again.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:32:22 +0000

“The House Next Door” by Anne Rivers Siddons. Whenever I read it, I am haunted for days. The movie was not as good (especially since Lara Flynn Boyle annoys me to no end).

“The Lottery” is a doozy, too.

By: the lorackian idiot

the lorackian idiot — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:57:21 +0000

why is it that short stories always come out long?

By: ironjade

ironjade — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:58:09 +0000

“Dune Roller” by Julian May: one of the scariest stories ever.

By: maritzac

maritzac — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:38:58 +0000

Graham Greene. He has a short story named “The End of the Party” which ending is so haunting you’ll be shuddering for days. It’s about some twins that share a telepathic link and one of them is afraid of the dark. Then they have to go to a party where it’s scheduled to play hide-and-seek… in the dark.

Read it if you can find it. It’s a masterpiece.

Other writers that sometimes produce extraordinary horror works:

Luigi Pirandello, Guy de Maupassant, Arthur Conan Doyle, Carlos Fuentes, Arreola and Dickens.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:22:58 +0000

Roald Dahl. The Landlady is one of the scariest short stories I have ever read.

By: MetFanMac

MetFanMac — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:18:24 +0000

“An Affair at 7 Rue de M-” isn’t horror, it’s a comedy! I read it in “Bennett Cerf’s Book of Laughs”.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:24:32 +0000

I LOVE the Yellow Wallpaper, it is completely fasinating. This was a great list and i did enjoy reading the two shorts.
thank you for the post.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:29:30 +0000

“1408″ by Steven King was terrifying, but I don’t think I’ve ever been as scared as I was during the last 100 pages of “The Shining”

Loved the Yellow Wallpaper, and Edgar Allen Poe is a particular favorite of mine.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:20:30 +0000

“Picnic at Hanging Rock,” by Joan Lindsay. The book is a little more disturbing than the movie, but unfortunately more difficult to find, as well.