Horror Aficionados discussion

Here is a place to nominate books for our July Group Read. This month we have a theme which is: CREATURE FEATURES!

Creature features consist of stories about any kind of monsters/plant/animals/forces of nature. They can be fun and silly and/or dangerous and deadly. Don't be afraid to second a previous nomination as books with more than one vote have a greater chance of making it to the final poll. We're starting early this month-nominations will be open until 6.24 at which point the polls will go up.
Authors: nominating your own books is not allowed and will result in deletion from this thread.

Speak now Aficionados or forever hold your peace!

I'd like to nominate The Montauk Monster by Hunter Shea.

I'd like to nominate Anastasia by Victoria FaustAnastazijaViktoria Faust

because of GIANT CRABS!!! :D

Great topic. I just read this but thought it was fantastic

Dweller

Randy wrote: "Great topic. I just read this but thought it was fantastic

Dweller"

(I LOVED Dweller too!)

Pressure

Mallory Heart Recommends wrote: "Pressure"

Yep, that's the book that put me in a creature feature frame of mind!

VOSTOK, by Steve Alten , and I'll second DWELLER, by Jeff Strand

I'd like to nominate Breeding Ground by Sarah Pinborough

Charlene wrote: "Mallory Heart Recommends wrote: "Pressure"

Yep, that's the book that put me in a creature feature frame of mind!"

Pressure sounds like a winner to me.

Charlene wrote: "Randy wrote: "Great topic. I just read this but thought it was fantastic

Dweller"

(I LOVED Dweller too!)"

VERY good book!

I nominate Nightcrawlers by Tim Curran :)

Ken wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Montauk Monster by Hunter Shea."

I love that book , that's the first book I read in 2015 , it got me out of a really bad read slump ,

I'll suggest Origin by JA Konrath

I would like to nominate Relic by Douglas Preston

I;d like to nominate The Night It Got Out by Patrick James Ryan. :)

by Ezekiel Boone spiders are not just to be feared, but also may well spell doom for mankind, by Mike Cook( scorpions)

I second The Montauk Monster Hunter Shea.

I nominated this one not long ago, think it fits this category as well.


The Day of the Triffids

I'd like to nominate Rolling in the Deep. By Mira Grant.

Elizabeth wrote: "by Ezekiel Boone spiders are not just to be feared, but also may well spell doom for mankind, by [author:Mike Cook|..."

I'm terrified already

PRESSURE by THE Brian Keene! ;)

Although DWELLER is a good choice, along with the Tim Curran. I've read both, along with the new Keene.

Elizabeth wrote: "Ken wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Montauk Monster by Hunter Shea."

I love that book , that's the first book I read in 2..."

I think Shea is a great storyteller and he's at his best in his cryptozoology novels.

I'll jump on board with The Hatching. The Hatching

Jae wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "by Ezekiel Boone spiders are not just to be feared, but also may well spell doom for mankind, by ..."

its really good, its only the first book but it still good

I have no idea what to suggest since this is out of my usual realm of reading but I want to vote & participate when the time comes.

Randy wrote: "Great topic. I just read this but thought it was fantastic

Dweller"

Oh yes this has been on my to-read list for a while :-)

The Ruins

Absolutely loved this one, unrelenting terror the entire time.

Richard Laymon - THE CELLAR

As much as I hate spiders , Pressure by Brian Keene sounds good.I love a good story about giant predators in the sea.

Rats and Lair by james Herbert

I'd like to second "The Day of the Triffids" (John Wyndham) and suggest "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (H.G. Wells).

I'd like to nominate "Darker Than You Think" by Jack Williamson and "The Terror" by Dan Simmons

I've never read "The Day of the Triffids" so would throw my hand up for that. "Dweller" is awesome, but I've read it. Still, plenty of good ones to choose from!

I second Clickers.

Dweller sounds good.

Jared wrote: "Dweller sounds good."

I've been meaning to read that for so long now--it seems the perfect month for a group read of it!!

Jae wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "by Ezekiel Boone spiders are not just to be feared, but also may well spell doom for mankind, by ..."

While I think The Hatching would be a good choice, it isn't being released until July 5 so it may be a bit difficult to get a copy of it right away. It may be a better choice for August.

I'd like to nominate
and The Hatching sounds good too me too. I've been wanting to read both.

Anything but The Montauk Monster. It's silly and not worth wasting the group read on. I barely got through 1/2 of it before tossing it.

To be fair I'm not really a Hunter Shea fan IMO his books are geared more towards teenager mentality.

Clickers sounds good, Dwellers sounds good, Day of the Triffids is good.

Kimberly wrote: "Jared wrote: "Dweller sounds good."

I've been meaning to read that for so long now--it seems the perfect month for a group read of it!!"

*gasp* You've not read Dweller? And you being the Strand fan you are?

We have some great nominations going on here. Keep 'em coming!

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Nest

There are so many good books! I would like to recommend this one because it is a heck of a lot of fun.

Charlene wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "Jared wrote: "Dweller sounds good."

I've been meaning to read that for so long now--it seems the perfect month for a group read of it!!"

*gasp* You've not read Dweller? And you b..."
Am I be sent back into the box of shame??? ;)

Okay, so whether it gets the final vote or not, this thread has finally convinced me to buy Dweller! It was actually a bit hard to find here in Australia!

Bayden wrote: "Okay, so whether it gets the final vote or not, this thread has finally convinced me to buy Dweller! It was actually a bit hard to find here in Australia!"

I have a personalized copy, and I STILL haven't read it yet! (Although my 10 year old has now read all of Strand's "high-school level" books, and wants to move up to Wolf Hunt.....I may be permissive, but even I haven't broken down to that yet! (I just tell him that he "won't understand it yet" ;) ).