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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: Vol 1 by Paula Guran

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Vol 1

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Paula Guran

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Cover of The Fall of the Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the Usher

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Cover of The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry

The Dragon Factory

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Jonathan Maberry

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Cover of Seize the Night: New Tales of Vampiric Terror by Christopher Golden

Seize the Night: New Tales of Vampiric Terror

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Christopher Golden

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Cover of The Ghost and the Halloween Haunt by Bobbi Holmes

The Ghost and the Halloween Haunt

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Bobbi Holmes

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Cover of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2012 by Paula Guran

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2012

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Paula Guran

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Cover of The Horror Emporium by K.A. Knight

The Horror Emporium

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K.A. Knight

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The Folcroft Ghosts

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Darcy Coates

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Cover of The Ghost and the Baby by Bobbi Holmes

The Ghost and the Baby

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Bobbi Holmes

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Four and Twenty Blackbirds

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Cherie Priest

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Cover of Don't Disturb The Dead: The Story of The Ramsay Brothers by Shamya Dasgupta

Don't Disturb The Dead: The Story of The Ramsay Brothers

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Shamya Dasgupta

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Home for the Holidays

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James A. Moore

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Cover of Quarter to Midnight by Darcy Coates

Quarter to Midnight

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Darcy Coates

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Cover of Prowlers by Christopher Golden

Prowlers

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Christopher Golden

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The Best of Edgar Allan Poe. Vol 3

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Cover of The Ghost and the Silver Scream by Bobbi Holmes

The Ghost and the Silver Scream

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Bobbi Holmes

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Cover of Mister October - Volume 2 by Christopher Golden

Mister October - Volume 2

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Christopher Golden

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Bar None

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Tim Lebbon

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Cover of Dark Cities by Christopher Golden

Dark Cities

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Christopher Golden

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Cover of Mister October - Volume 1 by Christopher Golden

Mister October - Volume 1

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Christopher Golden

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