Horror Aficionados discussion

It's that time again Aficionados! It's time to start thinking about what we want to read in June.
This month we're going to have two themed group reads and those themes are: CRYPTIDS and CREATURE FEATURES

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the noun cryptid as "an animal whose existence or survival to the present day is disputed or unsubstantiated; any animal of interest to a cryptozoologist". Some dictionaries and encyclopedias define the term "cryptid" as an animal whose existence is questionable.

Here's a link to a list of cryptids on Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

CREATURE FEATURES are horror stories, (for the purpose of this discussion), that feature animals/insects/rodents gone awry.

Here are the rules:

1. Any books we've read or listened to as a group in the last year may not be nominated. If they are nominated, they will be disqualified.
2. If you are an author you may not nominate your own book.
3. Don't be afraid to "second" or "third" another member's nomination. The more nods a nomination gets, the more likely it will be to make it to the final poll.

This nomination thread will be open until Friday and I'll put the final poll up over the weekend of 5.20.

Let's have fun with this one!

I suggest Meg since the movie is coming out in August

oh yes, i got this thing for Megalodon so I second Meg

OMG i'm so excited for this theme!!! OK. I have a couple of nominations.

1. The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea.

I've been wanting to read it!!!

I'd like to nominate Gotthelf's 19th-century classic The Black Spider under Creature Features.

2. Devil Dragon by Deborah Sheldon.

stumbled on this book a couple of weeks ago and added it to my TBR. available on Kindle for 3.99.

For topic #1. I second The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea!

I'm voting for Meg too, I just picked up a copy last month at the used book store.

I might try to join in for MEG if time allows. :D

For topic #2. I nominate The Lost World by Michael Crichton.

I'm going to say The Boy on the Beach by David Brian. It's only a novella, but i've enjoyed most of what i've read by Brian, and I really liked this one.
It'd certainly qualify as cryptid and folklore.

OOoooOh! YES! :D I LOVE these two themes. <3

I have so many suggestions!

The Swarm

The Nest

Beast

Kraken Island

Invasive

Loch Ness Revenge

Lake Lurkers

Crawling Darkness

Death Crawlers

The Lake

Insects

ok, I will stop now! >.>

I'd also like to nominate The Beast of Boggy Creek The True Story of the Fouke Monster for top #1.


And nominate The Shuddering for #2.

i'll +1 for

The Swarm
Invasive
and
Tentacle Death Trip

Ami wrote: "OOoooOh! YES! :D I LOVE these two themes. <3

I have so many suggestions!

The Swarm

The Nest

[bookcover:B..."

LOVE your enthusiasm, Ami!

I'll also second, third or wherever we're at for The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea. That's been on my TBR pile for a while now.

I'm also going to nominate Ancestor by Scott Sigler, author of
It looks pretty fun! :)

These all look like a lot of fun!

Creature features



Domain by James Herbert

because when it comes to eating humans alive, rats are never choosy nor discriminating 😋

I am really excited about these themes!!

The Flock by James Robert Smith

The Manitou by Graham Masterton

Michael wrote: "I might try to join in for MEG if time allows. :D"

*Greetings, Mike, and welcome!*

Is it THIS Meg ?

Dustin wrote: "Is it THIS Meg ?"

That would be the one! :D

Dustin wrote: "Michael wrote: "I might try to join in for MEG if time allows. :D"

*Greetings, Mike, and welcome!*"

Thanks, Dustin! I haven't had much chance to be too active round these parts of late, and it's been ages since I did a group read. Hopefully June will be my lucky month.

June wrote: "I'm going to say The Boy on the Beach by David Brian. It's only a novella, but i've enjoyed most of what i've read by Brian, and I really liked this one.
It'd certainly qualify as c..."

I’ll second this.

I also vote Meg

I'll second Loch Ness Revenge by Hunter Shea.

I love these topics! I already have a couple mentioned and i've been wanting to get Meg anyway.

Jamie wrote: "For topic #2. I nominate The Lost World by Michael Crichton."

I second this.

I will give a third suggestion for David Brian’s Check out The Boy on the Beach by David Brian


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I also think another one of his novellas called Big Bad would be cool.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I wish I was more into creature feature fan. Perhaps I haven’t read many good ones. That being said, one that I will suggest is Glenn Rolfe’s Becoming



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

And also by the same author, Blood and Rain


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

But....but...how can DISNEY make the film version of MEG?? They can't do HORROR properly, can they??? ---Jen from Quebec :0)

I’m voting for:
Relic by Douglas Preston
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

i almost nominated relic so I will +1 it

I'll fourth or whatever we're up to The Jersey Devil, and third (?) Loch Ness Revenge .

Also throw in a Creature Feature: They Feed

We can nominate more than 1?

In that case i'll add a +1 to Insects and The Lost World as well.

Honestly though this thread is full of great picks!

I'm going to sit over here and watch in delight at all the nominations. This is going to be so fun!

I scrolled through the depths of my kindle books and was completely surprised to see I have a copy of Boy on the Beach. That’s likely thanks to Randy and his awesome free ebook alerts.

The Darkest Part of the Woods
Tengu
The Cellar

I have another nomination because at this point, why not? lol
For creature feature- Dinosaur Lake by Kathryn Meyer Griffith which is currently free on kindle. I picked it up awhile ago when I saw it was free, think it might be perma-free but not sure exactly.

No matter what gets chosen i'm excited! And I have added so many books to my TBR thanks to this thread ^_^

I'll +1 Relic for Creature Feature (topic 2)

Char wrote: "I'm also going to nominate Ancestor by Scott Sigler, author of
It looks pretty fun! :)

These all look like a lot of fun!"

I second Ancestor.

For cryptids, I'd like to nominate Who Goes There?, which is the short story the movie "The Thing" is based on.

Or what about Dweller by Jeff Strand?

For the creature feature, I'll nominate The Rats by James Herbert.

Lena wrote: "June wrote: "I'm going to say The Boy on the Beach by David Brian. It's only a novella, but i've enjoyed most of what i've read by Brian, and I really liked this one.
It'd certainly..."

I'll give a third vote to The Boy on the Beach by David Brian.
I'll also second The Rats by James Herbert.

I am going to have such a hard time picking in the poll.

A lot of these I’ve already read but also, a lot of them have been on my TBR shelf for a while!

Can we just do all of them? :O

I will second the cellar!

Oh! And I second dinosaur lake!

Gully wrote: "Jamie wrote: "For topic #2. I nominate The Lost World by Michael Crichton."

I second this."

I'll third. It's been watching me for some time

I like the enthusiasm for these themes!

Did y'all already read Jurassic Park? I was just thinking The Lost World is book number 2, right? I've had both on my TBR list for a while now....

Jurassic Park was a great book.