You know when that kid comes up to you and asks for a "really scary" story (and usually mom is standing a few feet away silently pleading with you to go easy on the scary)? That kid was the inspiration for this list of ghosts, monsters, and other forms of horror.
Disclaimer: I make no guarantees as to the scare factor, age level, or other judge of appropriateness of these books. This is simply a list of six solid books written in the last six months that I qualify as horror
6 New Horror Novels
1. In the Shadows by Kiersten White (visual and text storytelling)
2. The Drowning by Rachel Ward (retelling of a classic ghost story)
3. Frenzy by Robert Lettrick (summer camp gone bad)
4. White Space by Ilsa Bick (complicated, mind-bending, Stephen King style horror)
5. The Doll Graveyard by Lois Ruby (creepy dolls - 'nuff said)
6. Followers by Anna Davies (horror movies meet social media)
Dan Poblocki does a great job as well. The Ghost of Graylock, The Stone Child, The Nightmarys-- all scary.
ReplyDeleteI've not read any of those three but I did enjoy his The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe and am looking forward to this year's The Book of Bad Things.
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