Classic Horror Lovers discussion

October is coming pretty quick and I am doing my yearly October Scare Fest again. Please feel free to join and post your October reading here, if you like to do scary/spooky/horror reading throughout the month. I am already getting my list together, although it may change slightly.

Crawling through The Italian ("Hooray, The Inquisition has shown up!"), next The Beetle. Listening to The Portrait on CD_-certainly not Gothic, but continuing the dark mood. Looking forward to what others are reading.

I'll post mine after I tweak it a little.

I've got the following lined up for October:

Looks like a good list, Simon.

I have read The Hungry Moon, and I really enjoyed it.

Hungry Moon is very good -- and I think Campbell's Ancient Images is even a tad bit better, and perfect for October!

Okay, this is my tentative October Scare Fest reading list:

Danielle's October Scare Fest 2011
Update:
Completed:X/X

Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron
The Dark Descent by Various (I will start, but I know I won't finish it)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
Dark Gods by TED Klein
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (won't finish it this month)
Pumpkin Jack Skull and Other Tales of Terror by Jacob M. Drake
The Middle of Nowhere by Jessy Marie Roberts
Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
Nocturnes by John Connolly

That's an ambitious list Danielle!

That's how I roll. :) But seriously, I read about 16-20 books a month, so I think I can swing it. I know I won't make it through all the anthologies, but I plan to read stories out of them this month, and pick them up as I can throughout the upcoming months.

16 to 20 books a month is amazing. Where/how do you find the time? I can manage at best two a week, given that one of the two is audio, listened to on the zombie commute.

I just squeeze in books whenever I can, MountainShelby. I am so happy I started getting audiobooks from the library, because it really helps.

I just ordered Dracula, which I love to read around Halloween.
btw The Literary Gothic website is a great resource for gothic short story e texts.

Lisa, I agree with you about The Literary Gothic. We've posted stories for our Tales to Chill Your Blood series from that site.

It looks like this year will be mostly modern horror. I am rereading The Poe Reader in preparation for October, and will continue it during that month. I will be participating in our Tales to Chill Your Blood story discussions, of course!
It looks like my lineup will be:

Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Mayberry (just started)
The Isle of Blood by Rick Yancey
The Missing by Sarah Langan
Black & Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge

I may not be able to do more than those, but if time allows I may start one of my new anthologies, Dead but Dreaming and The Book of Cthulhu.

Looks like a great list, Martha. I am excited that a new book is out in the Monstrumologist series.

My October line-up includes lots of free Kindle compilations of the classics, plus some newer stuff:

The Haunters and the Haunted
Black Spirits And White
Let the Right One In
Uncle Silas
A Book Of Ghosts

And if I, by some chance, run through all that, I'll probably buy some Laird Barron -- I've been wanting to read him for ages.

Danielle's October Scare Fest 2011
Goal: Complete at least six of the books listed below or books that are scary and get me in the Halloween mood.
Update: 10/4/11
Completed:1/6

**I picked up some additional books for review, so I might not get to some of these I listed previously. It's all good as long as I read six of these, and even if I don't!

Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron 10/3
The Dark Descent by Various (I will start, but I know I won't finish it)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
Dark Gods by TED Klein
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (won't finish it this month)
Pumpkin Jack Skull and Other Tales of Terror by Jacob M. Drake
The Middle of Nowhere by Jessy Marie Roberts
Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
Nocturnes by John Connolly
Chilling Tales: Evil I Did Dwell -- Lewd Did I Live by Various
Showdown at Midnight: Tales of Horror & Dark Fantasy From the Weird Weird West by various
Cuentos by Edwin Stark
Zero Sight by Justin B. Shier
Night Shadows by Steven L. Brayton