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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).

Cover of Wild Things by Christopher Golden

Wild Things

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Christopher Golden

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Cover of The Ghost Who Was Says I Do by Bobbi Holmes

The Ghost Who Was Says I Do

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Bobbi Holmes

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Cover of The Ghosts of Who You Were by Christopher Golden

The Ghosts of Who You Were

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Christopher Golden

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Cover of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 by Paula Guran

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014

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Paula Guran

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Cover of Darkness Creeping- Twenty Twisted Tales by Neal Shusterman

Darkness Creeping- Twenty Twisted Tales

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Neal Shusterman

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Blockade Billy

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Stephen King

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Cover of Dark Screams: Vol 3 by Richard Chizmar

Dark Screams: Vol 3

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Richard Chizmar

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Cover of Blood Red by James A. Moore

Blood Red

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James A. Moore

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Cover of The Best of Cemetery Dance, Vol 1 by Richard Chizmar

The Best of Cemetery Dance, Vol 1

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Richard Chizmar

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Maplecroft

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Cherie Priest

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Cover of The Twisted Book Of Shadows by Christopher Golden

The Twisted Book Of Shadows

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Christopher Golden

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Cover of The Ghost and the Muse by Bobbi Holmes

The Ghost and the Muse

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Bobbi Holmes

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The Ghost from the Sea

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Bobbi Holmes

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The Ghost and the Leprechaun

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Bobbi Holmes

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Cover of The Ghost and Little Marie by Bobbi Holmes

The Ghost and Little Marie

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Bobbi Holmes

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Cover of The Room in the Dragon Volant by Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu

The Room in the Dragon Volant

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu

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Cover of The Walker Place by James A. Moore

The Walker Place

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James A. Moore

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Cover of Zombies: The Recent Dead by Paula Guran

Zombies: The Recent Dead

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Paula Guran

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Cover of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 by Paula Guran

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013

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Paula Guran

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Cover of The Thief of Broken Toys by Tim Lebbon

The Thief of Broken Toys

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Tim Lebbon

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