Splatterpunk

Splatterpunk—a term coined in 1986 by David J. Schow at the Twelfth World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island—refers to a movement within horror fiction distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence and "hyperintensive horror with no limits." It is regarded as a revolt against the "traditional, meekly suggestive horror story". ...more

No One Rides For Free
Maeve Fly
Playground
Rotten Tommy
Rest Stop
Are Your Parents Home?
Moonflow
Puzzle House
Brainwyrms
Grandpappy
Along the River of Flesh (Gone to See the River Man, #2)
You've Lost a Lot of Blood
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances
Blender Babies
Fluids
Playground
Woom
The Slob
Dead Inside
Gone to See the River Man
Exquisite Corpse
100% Match
Cows
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
No One Rides For Free
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)
Full Brutal
The Black Farm (The Black Farm, #1)
The Groomer
Maeve Fly
Dark Forces by Kirby McCauleyThe Dark Descent by David G. Hartwell999 by Al SarrantonioSNAFU by Geoff BrownRead Us or Die by Jason Gehlert
Best Horror Anthologies
457 books — 540 voters
Weave World by Clive BarkerImajica by Clive BarkerThe Great and Secret Show by Clive BarkerThe Thief of Always by Clive BarkerBooks of Blood by Clive Barker
The Best of Clive Barker
20 books — 184 voters

The Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumHuman Cruelty by Wade H. GarrettThe Angel of Death by Wade H. GarrettSplatterpunk by Wade H. GarrettThe Angel of Vengeance - The Most Gruesome Series on the Market by Wade H. Garrett
Extreme Horror Books
79 books — 61 voters
Night Life by Alba V. SarriaMy Lord by L.B. ShimairaThe Binding of Bloom Mountain by Vesper DoomThe Bayou by Arden PowellAmerican Survivor by Debbie Hightower
Chartreuse Horror
17 books — 6 voters

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Themes
20 books — 13 voters
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. BriteThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRoccaManhunt by Gretchen Felker-MartinFit for Consumption by Steve BermanYou Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
Gory/Disturbing Queer Books
52 books — 25 voters


Malachai Blackthorn
The house did not shelter. It devoured.
Malachai Blackthorn, The Gluttonous House

Malachai Blackthorn
You’ll wake with a mouthful of cobweb and thread. Your voice now a puppet he dangles from bed.
Malachai Blackthorn, The Ossuary Psalms

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