Literary Horror discussion

I've already started Shadows and Tall Trees 2014, so in the interest of sloth I'm going to suggest that one. Also it happens to be very good, so far.

Don't sell yourself short. You'll think of everything eventually. Provided you live forever, of course.

I don't suppose anyone would like to visit one of these Aickman collections: Dark Entries or Cold Hand in Mine. ?

It's cool if no one else wants to. I just thought I would throw it out there. I know most everyone here has already read them both.

Besides the _Cold Hand in Mine_, and _Shadows and Tall Trees 2014_ (excellent suggestions by the way), I'll nominate books which had a good showing in previous polls but didn't win:

The Light is the Darkness by Laird Barron

The Nightrunners by Joe Lansdale

The Gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

Nightingale Songs by Simon Strantzas

I'll nominate The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron because everyone seemed to enjoy read North American Lake Monsters and maybe we could do another collection. I'm also reading it so that helps. I absolutely love it so far. All the stories I've read have been 5 star ones. :)

Wow, we have some good suggestions going on here.

Charlene wrote:

I don't suppose anyone would like to visit one of these Aickman collections: Dark Entries or Cold Hand in Mine. ?

If you want to formally nominate one of Aickman’s collection’s, Charlene, I might throw my weight behind it. I frequently think about revisiting him, but (to be honest) probably require a bit of an external nudge — I admire his writing and often find his “strange” stories fascinating, but am sometimes put off by their opaque quality.