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A haunting psychological horror novel set in the dying, iron-choked landscape of an endless war.

"The armor we build to survive is about to take on a life of its own."

A Terrifying Unique Premise: Blending the gritty, atmospheric horror of trench warfare with surreal, psychological phantoms that challenge the very nature of perception.

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Hello! Horror noob here. I'm trying to put together a list of horror books to read and discuss this summer for a small book club. I was thinking we'd read the classics (like frankenstein, dracula) and then go chronologically and explore how their predecessors build on their themes, tropes, and storytelling. Would one of you kind souls be willing to donate your wisdom as we curate our 'syllabus'? Bonus points for companion movies! Also, we are queer women- inclusion of some feminist/queer horror would be fantastic. And we're not afraid of less conventional formats, especially for more recent books.

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There's a gritty scifi book on amazon for anyone who may be interested in the genre/story. It jives with some classic 80's/90's horror and scifi flicks.

Death From Life by Ethan Matthews

Death From Life

A greedy corporation, named Black-Star, has built a small space station/laboratory inside of one of Jupiter's moons. They sent a crew there to get set up and prepared to experiment on valuable alien life discovered on the distant planet, Hades.

A second crew is returning from Hades with the alien lifeforms onboard after they all nearly perished while capturing the deadly creatures. Black-Star wants to exploit the aliens for personal gains, the crew just wants to survive, and the aliens do what they do best, kill.

I am the worst person for deciding things lol

www.bonemealbook.com

If you grew up on Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Stephen King, you’ll love Bonemeal! A collection of short stories, poems and illustrations exploring horror subgenres.

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Couldn’t make it through the book We Need to Talk About Kevin. Very long and drawn out and boring. Movie good. I want a book kinda like that. Or a book version of the movie Se7en. Or even something really gory like Saw. Don’t kill me but I love the creativity of each trap in those 🤣🤣🤣
Can you find me what I’m looking for?

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Any suggestions ??

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Looking for a similar read- I could not get enough of this book (pun not intended) but haven't been able to find something similar! I started another Luke Dumas book but it's not pulling me in the same way. I loved the body horror aspect.

Need some good horror reads….

I'm thinking about starting this novel (house of leaves)but I saw a guy say it's boring sooo is it worth my time?

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Hi!

I'm trying to get into proper horror fiction. I've been reading horror short stories online for years but have never been able to get into proper horror books.

I've tried some Steven King, but I am not a big fan of his writing style. I also am a bit too squeamish for something in the realm of splatterpunk and the like.

Any good recommendations for some books that have real scares in that realm?

Thanks!

I love horror. I’m able to predict outcomes of books very easily. Which sucks. I hate anything paranormal. It doesn’t scare me. I don’t want Stephen King. Help me find an author that fits my niche. Please and thank you in advance. The more sleep I lose the better. And I adore psychological horror novels as well. Based on true stories are awesome too.

My 2nd book ever! Death From Life by Ethan Matthews - SciFi/Horror

I just dropped my 2nd book as a new author. It's titled Death From Life by Ethan Matthews. if you enjoy the sci-fi and horror genres you may enjoy this one. I pulled inspiration from the scary monster and alien movies/books i consumed as a child in the 80's/90's. Description below and I would so greatly appreciate an honest review if you read it. If you leave me a review I'll give you the second book in the series when released. Thank you for any support to help me get my work seen on the internet as a new author!

Death From Life - Book 1

Description:

In the year 2180, a company on Earth named Black-Star privately exudes corporate greed, and they’ve found other lifeforms in the universe through space exploration. They hope to advance medicine and technology by leaps and bounds through the amazing opportunities they’re seeking to exploit in space.

One of their ships named the Orpheus carries a crew to Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons, now that the company has set up a space station and laboratory there. Its sister ship, the Persephone, is on its way back from a planet named Hades with alien lifeforms collected there for experimentation. It was a disastrous trip with only one person leaving unscathed, a Black-Star employee who will do anything to be the man in charge.

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