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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 Scattered by Shannon Mayer

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Shannon Mayer

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A Long December

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Richard Chizmar

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Revival

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Stephen King

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The Shell Collector

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Christopher Golden

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Dark Screams: Vol 5

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Richard Chizmar

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Cover of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2017 by Paula Guran

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2017

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Paula Guran

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Christopher Golden

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In the Garden of Spite

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Camilla Bruce

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Dark Screams: Vol 6

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Richard Chizmar

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James A. Moore

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The Evil Guest

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu

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Dark Screams: Vol 7

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Richard Chizmar

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Child of the Hunt

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Christopher Golden

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The Wisdom of War

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Christopher Golden

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The Ghost and the Silver Scream

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Bobbi Holmes

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The Ghost and the Birthday Boy

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Bobbi Holmes

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The Dragon Factory

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Jonathan Maberry

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The Best of Edgar Allan Poe. Vol 3

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The Ghost and the Church Lady

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Bobbi Holmes

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Hark! the Herald Angels Scream

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Christopher Golden

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