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Do we have any horror or crime readers here? Which genre do you prefer?

Oooooooh weeeee. I like both. I prefer crime. I like 1/2 of Stephen King. I like his crime stuff like Mr. Mercedes series, but not The Stand, It, etc. I do love The Shining and Pet Cemetery though.

I only read horror if it is proposed as being true such as The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Same with true crime such as Helter Skelter.

I read a lot of crime, the late Elmore Leonard being my favorite. I liked horror more when I was younger. When I’m so much closer to death, stories like Final Destination are more like a preview of coming attractions than I’d like to experience.

lol Randall.

I love true crime. If I read a really scary fictional story, I want it to be something they could be real.

I’m with you Randall, I’ve already got one leg in the grave.

I read horror. I love it. I've read some crime too. Need to get more into that.

I think I'll stick to my normal stuff. I'll let you guys have the creepy stuff. I can't watch or read any of that. I'd have nightmares for the rest of my life!

I am newer to horror and have been slowly working through Stephen king Paul tremblay. Michael DA Clarke is also awesome anybody have any other recommendations for me?

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.

A friend has been reading the Bosch novels and loves them. I started and just finished No. 3, which is the best so far. Since we watched the series, I vividly picture Harry as I’m reading.

I read limited amounts of horror. Eric LaRocca's 'At Dark I Become Loathesome' is my latest.

I’m a horror writer, partly because I love writing and find the genre interesting, but also partly because I attempt to write stories I’d like to read. My duties are generally “clean” (nothing sexual, unless in context and very little foul language) and the violence, although sometimes disturbing, is meant to be left to the imagination. I think my stories are probably more creepy than outright horror, though. I am a big reader of weird/horror written before 1960, especially pulp.

I enjoy bit of crime fiction (Elmore Leonard and David Morell come to mind), but prefer stories with a grounded strangeness to them makes sense. Christopher Priest’s The Prestige comes to mind, and even some of HP Lovecraft’s work seemed plausible.

I was surprised when reading the following that Wyoming was included.

California has the highest total number of recorded serial killers and serial killer victims in the United States, largely due to its massive population. However, when looking at the numbers per capita (adjusted for population size), smaller states like Wyoming and Alaska often rank the highest.

Robert wrote: "I was surprised when reading the following that Wyoming was included.

California has the highest total number of recorded serial killers and serial killer victims in the United States, largely due..."

I read the book The Cold Vanish and what's really scary is the number of people who vanish/disappear each year. Annually, there are about 150 victims of serial killers, there are about 600,00 that disappear. They say 99% is solved (whatever that means), but what happened to the 6,000? This just blew my mind.

We vacationed in South Dakota one year, and you could dispose of a body there without anyone ever finding it. Places like Wyoming and Alaska also have vast wilderness areas.

The U.S is vast and just about every state is easy to hide a body. As Lake Mead in Nevada’s water level continues to drop they keep finding more skeletons. Here in S.W Missouri where I live there are hundreds of abandoned mine shafts. They have found several bodies and some still in cars that have been disposed of over the years. Don’t forget Highway Truckers either. They kill their victims, dump them and within hours are miles and states away.

CJ Box has a series with a trucker serial killer starting with The Highway, followed by Badlands, Paradise Valley, and The Bitterroots. It’s his Cassie Dewell series proceeded by Back of Beyond, another excellent serial killer novel with a protagonist from The Highway.