Good horror writers who aren't Stephen King or Lovecraft

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Borneo Jimmy: Feb 27, 2007; by Smythe

And don't say Dean Koontz.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:14

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Harald: Jul 10, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

R. L Stine

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:15

TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

stephen king

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:16

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

James herbert.

Clive barker.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:17

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Whoever wrote the Doom House novelization

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:21

Effectronica: May 31, 2011; Fallen Rib

Ramsey Campbell

Caitlin Kiernan

Richard Matheson

Robert Bloch

T. E. D. Klein

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:22

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

J G Ballard

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:22

Zzulu: May 15, 2009; (â°ËvËâ°)

Dean Cunts

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:23

Zzulu: May 15, 2009; (â°ËvËâ°)

eheh hehe heehe

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:23

Al Borland: Oct 29, 2006; by XyloJW

lol you said Stephen King and good in the same sentence..

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:23

1st_Panzer_Div.: May 11, 2005; Grimey Drawer

Richard Matheson.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:23

Police Automaton: Mar 17, 2009; "You are standing in a thread. Someone has made an insightful post."
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TEAYCHES posted:

stephen king

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:23

glowing-fish: Feb 18, 2013; Keep grinding,
I hope you level up!

1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

Richard Matheson.

If you are interested, I have a Twilight Zone thread in TVIV.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:24

Lil Swamp Booger Baby: Aug 1, 1981

You forgot Poe you boy.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:26

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

Richard Matheson.

Don't watch the Will Smiff movie, sucks

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:31

Torka: Jan 5, 2008

thomas ligotti's good

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:31

mind the walrus: Sep 22, 2006

Laird Barron but pretty much just his short story stuff, he hasn't quite worked out how to write a novel yet. He's also got a pretty consistent internal monster mythology that ties many of his shorts together.

If you're looking for why you should read him here's his unofficial marketing tagline-- "Raymond Chandler protagonists go through a Lovecraft story." You are either very much on board with that or not.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:35

Just Burgs: Jan 15, 2011; Gravy Boat 2k

Harald posted:

R. L Stine

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:35

Nascardad: Oct 22, 2009; "Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_the_Beast_%28novel%29

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:37

Philthy: Jan 28, 2003; Pillbug

JebanyPedal posted:

You forgot Poe you boy.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:38

MegaGatts: Dec 12, 2004; The Enteroctopus dofleini, also known as the giant Pacific octopus (GPO) or North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the phylum Mollusca and is tripping balls.

Richard Bachman

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:41

Toadvine: Mar 16, 2009; Please disregard my advice w/r/t history.

Robert Chambers

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:44

king salmon: Oct 30, 2011; by Cowcaster

tony hillerman

peter watts

reza negarestani

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:47

ProfessorMurder: Aug 27, 2003; I can wet the bed in the shape of Abraham Lincoln

Harlan Ellison is awesome

# ? Oct 24, 2014 01:51

Action Yak: Nov 9, 2008

I was super into Clive Barker during high school but I liked a lot of terrible poo poo back then and I haven't read any of his stuff in like ten years so I have no idea if he's as good as I remember.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:00

Cardiovorax: Jun 5, 2011; I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.

Al Borland posted:

lol you said Stephen King and good in the same sentence..

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:06

Cardiovorax: Jun 5, 2011; I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.

Action Yak Police posted:

I was super into Clive Barker during high school but I liked a lot of terrible poo poo back then and I haven't read any of his stuff in like ten years so I have no idea if he's as good as I remember.

Nah, he's awful. He doesn't even really write horror, more like gore porn.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:06

Windows 98: Nov 13, 2005; HTTP 400: Bad post

Harald posted:

R. L Stine

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:09

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
a post

can i cheat and say the guy who did uzumaki counts?

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:12

Action Yak: Nov 9, 2008

Cardiovorax posted:

Nah, he's awful. He doesn't even really write horror, more like gore porn.

Unsurprising, I also really liked Johnny the Homicidal Maniac back then.

I don't even read anymore because that's precious time that could be spent loving around online.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:13

Windows 98: Nov 13, 2005; HTTP 400: Bad post

The Enigma of Amigara Fault is pretty hosed up

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:15

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
a post

Windows 98 posted:

The Enigma of Amigara Fault is pretty hosed up

this hole is my hole, it was made for me

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:16

Action Yak: Nov 9, 2008

mr.capps posted:

can i cheat and say the guy who did uzumaki counts?

Windows 98 posted:

The Enigma of Amigara Fault is pretty hosed up

Yeah, Junji Ito is really good.
http://openawesome.com/junjiito.html
This is the first result I got but there's plenty of sites that have all of his stuff for free.

# ? Oct 24, 2014 02:17