Poe's always good. So is HP Lovecraft. If you want something more contemporary you could go for Stephen King, or Clive Barker, or lesser lights like Poppy Z Brite.
Ambrose Bierce, M.R.James, H.P.Lovecraft.
Ambrose Bierce, M.R.James, H.P.Lovecraft.
Ambrose, didn't he do something to do with a dictionary? I can't be arsed t' google lad.
H/P Lovecraft...very porn star sounding with added sauce.
He did "The Devil's Dictionary", lad. A lexicon of cynical definitions of everyday words. Right up my street.
For example.
"Selfish: Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others."
Pet sematary.
Geralds game.
Thinner.
all the above written by Mr. King are very good reads.
The Exorcist. William Peter Blatty. totally WIPES THE FLOOR with the movie.
( ...and makes a LOT more sense....)
Don't have nightmares!!!
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce is one of my all-time heroes; I've been a bit obsessed with him from a very early age.
Chickamauga is one of the greatest short stories ever written, horror or otherwise.
Nicola, I cain't see what you posted. I assume 'tis a picture.
It's Cthulhu!LOL@ iamnicola! gurl, I can always count on you for a good chortle