I still haven't found any horrors as good as Stephen King :(

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BB49 · 16/09/2025 15:36

My fave author of all time. Can anyone recommend any authors / books that may be on a par?

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champignonhill · 24/09/2025 21:07

I thought The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones was excellent and a bit SK in places.

snurtifier · 04/10/2025 18:21

The OG of all this stuff is HP Lovecraft, but I haven't read any since I was a kid so no idea whether it's actually any good.

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BB49 · 13/10/2025 14:41

K0OLA1D · 23/09/2025 09:20

I am following this thread! Thanks op.

King is also my all time favourite. I have read all his books. A good amount multiple times. I have just finished my third journey to the tower!

Third!!! I am well overdue to read all of the Dark Tower books again. I need to find a cave with a door and a good light.....

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Ilovemychocolate · 13/10/2025 14:46

Try Luke Smithered.
He is an amazing writer.
Got a new one out called “I’ll quit when I’m dead” on Amazon audibles, I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of the paperback and couldn’t put it down!

NotEnoughKnittingTime · 23/10/2025 18:04

BlooomUnleashed · 16/09/2025 15:48

Try The Rats by James Herbert.

But don’t blame me if you too become scared shitless of anything with a hairless tail no matter how small and innocuous looking.

Avoid any impressionable 11 year olds getting their hands on it (like I did). They may refuse to enter any non-sea bodies of water for decades while wibbling on about Wail’s disease (I can’t remember how i’d actually spelled).

I think it was a trilogy. But the sheer horror must have made my mind go blank on the later books.

Jesus I remember this. Luckily I wasn't 11 though!

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