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

Maeve Fly
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Playground
Rest Stop
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes
Rotten Tommy
Moonflow
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
Are Your Parents Home?
Along the River of Flesh (Gone to See the River Man, #2)
No One Rides For Free
Transmuted
Grandpappy
Blender Babies
I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror)
Playground
Woom
The Slob
Dead Inside
Gone to See the River Man
Exquisite Corpse
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Cows
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
No One Rides For Free
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)
The Black Farm (The Black Farm, #1)
Full Brutal
Maeve Fly
Tender Is the Flesh
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The Best of Clive Barker
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Chartreuse Horror
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It by Stephen  King'Salem's Lot by Stephen  KingDark Harvest by Norman PartridgeSummer of Night by Dan SimmonsTommyknockers by Stephen  King
Small Town Horror
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1984 by George OrwellThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyStories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
SFF: Best Themes
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Alex Mura
I’ve always been drawn to the night. It’s like a therapist you don’t have to pay.
Alex Mura, Silence in the Basement

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

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