Can someone recommend an author that has short stories that are as scary or scarier then poe's works?
Can someone recommend an author that has short stories that are as scary or scarier then poe's works?
Give H. P. Lovecraft a try - his horror short-stories are always enjoyable, and the whole mythos he constructed is incredible!
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
I agree with Lokasenna about Lovecraft, but you could also try M.R.James. I've also got a book of Ambrose Bierce short stories on my desk, and when I say short, they really are short, many of them only a couple of pages long. I bought a set of Penguin horrors for the Library, and they all look interesting, and many of them are short stories. Some of the others there I haven't read yet, but they may be the sort of thing you're looking for.Originally Posted by winzer
http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/u...ernatural.html
Though persoanlly I don't think anyone beats Poe, I would recomend Lovecraft as being of interest and worth to look into.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Check out J.S. LeFanu, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Theophile Gautier, and certainly Ambrose Bierce and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Beware of the man with just one book. -Ovid
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.- Mark Twain
My Blog: Of Delicious Recoil
http://stlukesguild.tumblr.com/
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
