For me personally it would be a tie between A Good Secret Place by Richard Laymon from Fiends or Gramma by Stephen King from Skeleton Crew.
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Favourite short story in the horror genre.
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Favourite short story in the horror genre.
For me personally it would be a tie between A Good Secret Place by Richard Laymon from Fiends or Gramma by Stephen King from Skeleton Crew.
It's a scary night in the lonesome October
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"The colour out of space" by Lovecraft.
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Re: Favourite short story in the horror genre.
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
I don't think this would be placed in the horror genre, but it scared the crap out of me. Dreamed of roaches for days!
Franz Kafka
I don't think this would be placed in the horror genre, but it scared the crap out of me. Dreamed of roaches for days!
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I can't remember what it was... it was the first story in the first "Living Dead" zombie anthology..
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Re: Favourite short story in the horror genre.
Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe. However, a close second is Apt Pupil by Stephen King in Different Seasons.
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The River Styx Runs Upstream by Dan Simmons.
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Re: Favourite short story in the horror genre.
anthem1 wrote:Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe. However, a close second is Apt Pupil by Stephen King in Different Seasons.
Good chocie I adore Apt Pupil.
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Re: Favourite short story in the horror genre.
Does anyone want to discuss some of these stories? Something from Poe, or King or Lovecraft perhaps?
If interested, pick a story and we can start a discussion. June could be scary story month.
If interested, pick a story and we can start a discussion. June could be scary story month.
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Re: Favourite short story in the horror genre.
Luella Miller by Mary Wilkins-Freeman
When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over. - Tony McCollum
Re: Favourite short story in the horror genre.
I would love to discuss Poe or Stephen King. Unfortunately, I haven't read much Lovecraft because I find his books difficult to locate.
