Suzanne wrote:
I have read most of Poe, I agree, he can be creepy and morbid at times. I just read a collection of stories, Joyce Carol Oates, can't remember the title. She writes about the final days of famous writers, Poe is one of them. Very eewish! She did a good job on Mark Twain too.

:wbounce: That's so intersting. I like Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain. I wonder who else was written about. what was it again? Wild Nights, right? I'll see if I can find a copy

Hmmm...When I read "horror stories" I don't usually get scared by them. Stuff like non-fiction books Journey into Darkness (or something along that line), a compliation of cases that the Behavioral Analysis Science something in Quantico had worked on. Now those - the real, horrifying reality of people's cruelty is very friggin' scary...

Where've you been uod_sa_libro? I've missed you.

She also had stories on a Bronte sister, and Ernest Hemmingway. Hemmingway was interesting, Oates tried to get into his head during his last days.

She tried to write the stories in the writing style of the authors. Like I said, the story on Poe was great!

Suzanne wrote:Where've you been uod_sa_libro? I've missed you.

I missed you, too!:oops: I missed BOOKTALK :ninjajig: and this ninjajig.

It's a new school year here in our country so I've been busy passing requirements

I wanna read that book... I'm gonna look for it...hehehe

May I recommend Shadows of Souls by Allan W. Azouz?

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Ok, I will give this a try. My novella, ZAHIR. Find it at www.gregoryjsaunders.com or lulu.com, or Amazon. When contmplating a horror novel, I looked for a theme that was little done. I ran across a news story from Central America about a creature he called, "Zahir", the one with the evil eye. Welcome to Zahir, where oil speculation meets the true protector of the Amazon. The 'Mother's' defenders. Deep in the jungle no one gets out alive.

p.s. please visit the website, gregoryjsaunders.com. I have short ficton of many flavors all free to read.

I suspect the last two posts, the excitement had gotten the best of you two authors. I don't want to confront you or anything but when authors recommend their own books, that behavior alienates rather than attracts potiental readers. It would be best if you can limit yourselves to the Fiction Suggestions thread and attract readers to your profile with good points and recommendation of others' books. But it is your decision on whether to accept my advice or not, s'up to you man.

Just a friendly word of advice from a guy whose future readers head for the hills whenever he shows up at a social function with flyers about his first novel.

My favorite all time ghost story, and one I would recommend to anyone is The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. This is a very well written and slightly subtle horror story. The house is of course the main character for horror, but it really comes down to psychological problems that the characters have that makes the story really work. Shirley Jackson is a master at people that have troubles in her stories, and this is no different. There are parts in this book that truly send chills.

I would recommend an e-book/novella I read a few months back. I don’t normally read mainstream horror, so I’m not sure how this would compare to other modern horror stories, however I found it to be quite good. It was recommended to me by a close friend.

The book is Shelly, by Joseph Huntzinger – a new author I think.

-P