Horror Aficionados discussion

Finally! The days are getting shorter, there is a faint chill in the air and things go bump in the night. The best month of year is just around the corner and it's time for our October Group Read.
This month the theme is, of course, HALLOWEEN. Send a chill up our spines and nominate books that have something to do with the best holiday of the year, the creepier the better.
edited to add: The story should take place on or around Halloween and have a reference to the holiday. (hope this helps)


Books that have been read by our group in the past 12 months are not eligible. As always, books with more nominations (seconds, thirds, etc.) have a greater chance of making it into the final poll. ***Authors, please no self-promoting here.***

Nominations close on Monday Sept 18.

Idk if this has been read by the group before. So please forgive me.

Lady by Thomas Tryon

It looks interesting. I haven't read it myself, but I'd be pleased if we did.

The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg?

I have a copy of it but haven't read it yet. I see it on amazon kindle, but it's 10 dollars! I found my copy on thrift books for a few bucks.

Charlotte wrote: "Idk if this has been read by the group before. So please forgive me.

Lady by Thomas Tryon

It looks interesting. I haven't read it myself, but I'd be pleased if we did."

We have a list up here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
that shows the previous reads for at least the last year. Hope this helps.

Also, in looking up Lady, I'm not sure what it has to do with Halloween. I'm looking for books that either take place on Halloween or have some reference to Halloween. I apologize for not making that clear.

How about Pumpkin Man by John Everson. Only 3.99 on kindle.

Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry could be good?

Rachel wrote: "Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry could be good?"

This is an awesome book. Everyone should read this one.

I second Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg!

Halloween Man

Spook House by Michael West.

I'll second Ghost Road Blues.

The Halloween Children or
We Came Back

Alexis wrote: "The Grip of It

or

The Ritual

The first one's a haunted house story and the second is supposed to be a movie real soon."


I love The Ritual, but I don't remember it having anything to do with Halloween, unless I've already forgotten that detail:-).

I'll third The Halloween Children. Bonus for those of us watching our wallets, it's only $2.99 on Kindle.

I'll second Ghost Road Blues

I'll fourth THE HALLOWEEN CHILDREN. It's already on my to-read list and this will be a good way to force me to read it.

The Halloween Children sounds cool to me.

Something wicked this way comes

Kimberly wrote: " The Halloween Children or
We Came Back"

The Halloween Children sounds interesting. I'll fifth it, lol.

We Came Back isn't a bad nomination either, pretty decent read.

I nominate Gods of the Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween by James Tipper. This one has Irish Druid flavour and is fitting the Halloween theme. 🙀

I know it's not released until October, but the Valancourt Book of Horror stories volume 2 would be perfect.

The opening story is a Bernard Taylor yarn about Samhain, and the Michael McDowell story takes place on Halloween. Not to mention the rest so far are top notch ghost stories (about halfway through now).

How about by John Connolly
It's set around a boy that goes trick or treating and discovers some nasty stuff happening. Might be something to check out.
Personally, I'll also be reading by Kevin David Anderson just because it involves people dressing up. It looks pretty funny.

I just bought The Halloween Children this morning and I have The Gates in my audio library. I nominate those two.

The Haunted Forest Tour

I will 3rd The Gates by John Connolly ! --Jen from Quebec :0)

I'll second The Haunted Forest Tour

I am going to do two also: :)

Halloween Man and
The Haunted Forest Tour

Maxine wrote: "I nominate Gods of the Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween by James Tipper. This one has Irish Druid flavour and is fitting the Halloween theme. 🙀"

I second this Gods of The Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween

I'm in for The Halloween children.

3rd Gates by Connolly

The Halloween Children. :)

Another HALLOWEEN book, Dark Harvest, Norman Partridge.

A Soul to Steal by Rob Blackwell

Ghost road blues is a fantastic start to a wonderful trilogy. The Halloween children was a great read for me last year. Currently reading "The Night Country" by Stewart O'nan.

Today is the last day for nominations. I'll have the poll up tomorrow.