Frightening Reads With a Supernatural Bent

[undercovergeek]

ive heard the Road is supposed to be quite unpleasant

[BanzaiCat]

ive heard the Road is supposed to be quite unpleasant

I almost listed that one. That book IS supremely depressing. His style in it is mesmerizing, though - he doesn't use quotes to indicate dialogue.

[Gusington]

The Road is the one book I've read that has made me cry.

Unlike almost every WWI game I've played.

[undercovergeek]

now i know it doesnt take much to get you to well up, but was it that bad?

[BanzaiCat]

If you read The Road and you have a son, it will gut you emotionally.

[bob48]

It couldn't be any worse than the torture described in The Keep...thanks for the above Steelie, I like my reads to be quick, if possible. But if the Historian is really that good will I mind that it's 650 pages?

Gus, 'The Historian' is one creepy book.

[Gusington]

My copy is beckoning to me right now, much like ucg's mom.

[undercovergeek]

lmao

you thought Salems Lot was scary?

[airboy]

Dracula by Bram Stoker (you can get it free for a kindle if you look around)
A Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Call of Cthulhu

Those Who Stalk the Night - a very intelligent vampire book set in the late 1800s.  The protagonist is a guy who is a retired military spy for the UK.

I found The Stand to be horrifying.  But it fits well with the Bible and I believe that Satan is real.  If you don't have those beliefs, it may not be that frightening.

[BanzaiCat]

Survivor Type is a horrifying short story by Stephen King. It's about a guy that gets marooned on an island and writes a diary. He slowly eats himself to survive.

[Gusington]

Thanks Cat and Airboy...I've read Dracula and almost everything by Lovecraft...have not heard of Those Who Stalk the Night, will check that out.

Cannibalism isn't really on my bucket list.

[BanzaiCat]

Welp...you asked for horrifying.  :D

[Gusington]

Ha true. The Road has more than its fair share of cannibalism btw.

[Steelgrave]

I just downloaded "Every Dead Thing" for my kindle. Can't say I don't take my own advice  O0

[Toonces]

Thank goodness I clicked on this thread!

Ok, first, both my wife and I are in the "did not like The Historian" camp.  I didn't stick real long with it, to be fair, and neither did my wife.  It certainly isn't a book that grabs you early, like Steelie mentions.  Maybe I'll revisit it, but I wouldn't put it high on your list. 

Re: Salem's Lot...super awesome book.  I've read it probably a half dozen times.  I have a hardback copy that has three King books in it: Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining.  I think I got it at Borders or B&N for like $10 a few years ago.  Might be worth a trip to the book store for that one.  Salem's Lot isn't a long book, so you should be able to get through it in a couple of days.

King's The Stand is probably my favorite book of all time, certainly in my top 3.  It was the very first book I bought for my Kindle, to put it in perspective, and I have two hardback copies because I read the first copy until it died.  I'm not religious at all and I still thought it was fantastic (there is definitely a good/evil religious aspect to it so I see Airboy's point). 

King's It is also very scary, but it is LONG.  However, it is a great book and it hooks you pretty early on.  I haven't read it in years and years, maybe 15 or 20 years? so I really do need to pick it up again soon.

I didn't care for the Wasteland books.  I keep getting to Book 2 and hitting the wall.  Maybe I need to stick with it longer, just power through Book 2 and then judge.

The book from which the first Alien movie was based is very scary, if I remember correctly.  Now we're talking a really long time ago!

That's about it.  I don't read too many scary books outside of Stephen King.