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Horror novels

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Horror novels is a genre of fiction whose purpose is to create feelings of fear, dread, repulsion, and terror in the audience in other words, it develops an atmosphere of horror. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which are in the realm of speculative fiction. In the horror genre, story and characters are just as important as mood and atmosphere. A horror story often shocks and provokes with its exploration of the unknown.

Horror feeds on audience’s deepest terrors by putting life’s most frightening and perplexing things death, evil, supernatural powers or creatures, the afterlife, evil clowns, ghosts, demons, vampires, monsters, zombies, ....

The horror genre in literature dates back to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, where horror stories explored themes related to death, demons, evil spirits, and the afterlife. And Horror literature in the nineteenth century and twentieth centuries often focused on tales involving occult ideas, like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein (1818) or Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). Modern horror novels have expanded the genre to include new elements and contemporary themes, like serial killers and slasher stories Stephen King’s The Shining (1977).

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Cover of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 by Paula Guran

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011

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Paula Guran

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Cover of Relics by Tim Lebbon

Relics

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Tim Lebbon

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Cover of 30 Days of Night: Fear of the Dark by Tim Lebbon

30 Days of Night: Fear of the Dark

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Tim Lebbon

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Cover of Congregations Of The Dead by James A. Moore

Congregations Of The Dead

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James A. Moore

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Cover of The Everlasting by Tim Lebbon

The Everlasting

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Tim Lebbon

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The conspiracy against the human race

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John Joseph Adams

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House of Shadows

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Darcy Coates

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Survivor Song

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Paul Tremblay

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Cover of Till Death by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Till Death

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Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Cover of The Mind Parasites by Colin Wilson

The Mind Parasites

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Colin Wilson

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The Ghost and the Bride

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Bobbi Holmes

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You Let Me In

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Camilla Bruce

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Out of the Madhouse

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Christopher Golden

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Cover of The Ghost and the Mystery Writer by Bobbi Holmes

The Ghost and the Mystery Writer

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Bobbi Holmes

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The Ghost Who Stayed Home

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Bobbi Holmes

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The Haunting of Gillespie House

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Darcy Coates

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Darkness Creeping- Twenty Twisted Tales

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Neal Shusterman

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Cover of Vampires: The Recent Undead by Paula Guran

Vampires: The Recent Undead

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Paula Guran

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Cover of Dawn by Tim Lebbon

Dawn

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Tim Lebbon

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Cover of The Ghost of Second Chances by Bobbi Holmes

The Ghost of Second Chances

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Bobbi Holmes

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