I have been reading the Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton, and just finished the second book of her new series. I also recently read Wen Spencer's Tainted Trail and plan on picking up the second book. Currently I am reading Tanya Huff's Blood series and before that I read Jim Butcher's Storm Front. Luckily I still have a book in Wen Spencer's series, Tanya Huff's series and Jim Butcher's series, but I always have a problem finding new authors to read. So I am looking for suggestions to keep me busy after I finish these. I may start at the beginning of Robert Asprin's Myth series since a new book came out and I haven't read his works in years. But anything along the horror/supernatural/fantasy line would be appreciated.

Before the individual recommendations start to flow [] I'd first point out the following threads that might give you some food for thought:-

• Cthulhu
• Bentley Little?
• Clive Barker....."IMAJICA"
• Looking for Zombie Fiction
• Best HORROR Book ever ? and Best HORROR Author ever ?
• For those of you who like Stephen King and horror. . .come inside. . .

.... and bringing up the rear are:-

• Dean Koontz fans...
• Anne Rice - Vampire Chronicles

PS: if anyone truly thinks Maine's finest living author fits the bill here please (please) just list the previous threads on the guy rather than let this become another one. Thanks!

Judging from the stuff you've read, Neil Gaiman might be something you'd like. Neverwhere and Stardust are both pretty good, and I hear that American Gods is good, although I can't say for sure firsthand.

Ok so who is Maine's finest living author, you have made me curious, unless of course you are talking about Stephen King? I have read and love the Dark Tower series, and several of his other books. And the same goes for Dean Koontz. I think as of late I have really just been trying to get into series so that I know, or at least I should be able to expect something else from the author in the future. Also I read way too quick so i go through periods where I can't find anything to read. I will definitely read those threads though and thanks.

I really liked Gaiman's first books the ones mentioned here as well as Good Omens with Terry Pratchett. I also personally liked Gods and Monsters but buyer beware it is not like the first two books, It gets a little long in the tooth and does not flow as quickly as the first ones.

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Some fantasy recs...

Neil Gaiman - "American Gods" and "Stardust." Also check out his "Smoke and Mirrors" collection.

Someone recommended "Kushiel's Dart" by Jacqueline Carey, to me. I haven't read it myself yet, though.

You might want to check out some of Charles de Lint's stuff. Sort of in the Gaiman mold.

Horror I would suggest...

"Summer of Night" and "Song of Kali" by Dan Simmons. "Summer of Night" brings to mind classic King.

Since you like the Anita Blake novels, check out Nancy Collins' Sonja Blue books. The first three are available in an omnibus TPB called "Midnight Blue."

Poppy Z. Brite and Caitlin R. Kiernan. Especially Brite's first two novels, "Lost Souls" and "Drawing Blood." And Kiernan's first (and only two) novels, "Silk" and "Threshhold."

Thanks Josh-da-man, the Sonja Blue definitely sound like what I am looking for right now. Where does Sunglasses after Dark fall in the series, or is it seperate? Amazon isn't real clear about whether it is before or after Midnight blue, or even if it is part of the series.

"Sunglasses After Dark" was the first Sonja Blue novel.

It is included in the "Midnight Blue" collection, along with "In the Blood," and "Paint it Black."

A fourth Sonja Blue novel, "Darkest Heart," should be out soon.

There was also another Sonja Blue novel called "A Dozen Black Roses," but I've never read it. I'm not entirely sure whether or not it's "canonical" as it takes place in White Wolf's "Vampire: The Masquerade" gaming universe.

Nancy also had another book that was tangentially in her "Sonja Blue" universe called "Wild Blood," which was about werewolves. Not bad, but a fairly light read.

Glen Cook - The Black Company series.

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere, Good Omens, and Stardust are fantastic.

Michael Moorcock - The Elric Series, Avalon.

What are some of the best horror authors out there? Besides King and Poe

Three great threads you should check out.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=104155

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=252735

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=103255

See also: H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos [merged].

Halloween is coming up soon and I was looking for scary books suggestions, anybody can suggest me some stuff please?

Additionally:

• I would like to read some Zombie/Living Dead Horror Books
• For those of you who like Stephen King and horror. . .come inside. . .
• Need some Ghost story recommendations [merged]

Robert McCammon
Shaun Hutson (namely, Relics)
William Hjortsberg (Falling Angel)
Sheridan le Fanu
Clark Ashton Smith
Charles Brockden Brown
Ambrose Bierce (one of my favorite authors)
(if you like the classics like Poe and Stoker, you should dig Brown and Bierce)

If you're looking for something for Halloween, I would suggest "October Dreams" edited by Richard Chizmar. It's a large anthology of Halloween-themed short stories and essays by a variety of horror authors.

Other good anthologies for October reading:

The Dark Descent - edited by David Hartwell. It spans from 1700s to modern times (King and Barker included)

Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural from the Modern Library - edited by Phyllis Cerf Wagner and Herbert Wise. This one was published in the 1950s, so there's nothing newer than that, but it has some great old horror stories, including The Monkey's Paw.

Only a few stories appear in both of these, so you can get both and not have much overlap.

The one author who truly represents October to me is Ray Bradbury. His language is so descriptive and colorful that he makes you feel autumnal no matter what time of year.

As for modern horror authors, check out Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Richard Laymon, Edward Lee, Douglas Clegg, Graham Masterton, Ramsey Campbell, Richard Matheson.

Older authors, look into J.S. LeFanu, Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, Matthew Lewis, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, E.F. Benson, Shirley Jackson.

House Of Leaves

Fixed.

Try Dan Simmons' "Summer of Night."

Picked up a short story collection by M.R. James recently, and just got around to checking it out last night. I read the title story, Casting the Runes, and it was great. Good plot layout, real creepy Victorian stuff - think Sherlock Holmes with ghosts and shadowy mystics in lieu of criminals.

Jack Ketchum's Off Season.

I am running out of stuff to read and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of any good horror books?

Authors I like - Simon Clark, Clive Barker, Lovecraft, Edward Lee, Richard Laymon and plenty more but I can't remember right now.

Authors I don't like - King, Rice and basically any erotic vampire books.

Thanks in advance.

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