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Originally Posted by xg4bx
That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley. I thought so highly of the book that I own all 3 editions of it. If you like Lovecraftian horror, it's a must read (in my humble opinion). The atmosphere is awesome and the book genuinely scared me.
http://www.amazon.com/That-Which-Sho...+should+not+be
His second novel, The Void, is semi-Lovecraftian science fiction. It's not as good but there are some pretty creepy ideas in it. |
Oh man, I really loved
That Which Should Not Be - a great, fun read for the Lovecraft fans out there.
If Lovecraft is your thing, I also recommend
Black Wings, an anthology of short fiction inspired by Lovecraft and edited by S. T. Joshi.
I also highly recommend Thomas Ligotti's works -
Grimscribe,
Noctuary and
Teattro Grotesco are available in ebook format. I wish someone would publish an ebook of his first collection,
Songs of a Dead Dreamer, or better yet,
The Nightmare Factory, an omnibus collection of most of his short stories.
I am also really enjoying Jeff and Anne Vandermeer's massive collection,
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories.
Finally, Wayne Barlowe's
God's Demon is a strangely beautiful and terrifying story of Hell and redemption - it maybe more properly classified as fantasy, but it has plenty of horrifying details.