(VaBusa @ Oct. 24 2006,12:52) I've read all of the SK books (my favs) and Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub...loved reading The Exorcist and of course all of the books by Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter's creator)
Nope, I'm out of really good books...found one on Amazon that has great reviews even though it's from 1979..."By Reason of Insanity" by Shane Stevens...hrmmm, maybe I'll get it...
Have you read Straub's "Lost Boy Lost Girl?" It's a pretty good little novel. I used to be an avid reader of Koontz back when he produced higher quality plots and subplots, like "Strangers," and "Whispers," "The Door To December," and even some of his newer stuff like "One Door Away from Heaven." But lately his prose just isn't doing for me.
Hey, King's "Bag of Bones," is probably one of my favorite novels by him. It's not so much scary, but it's a great read.
VA, have you read Clive's "Coldheart Canyon?" It wasn't so much scary either, more of a ghost story, but it was pretty good. Also, his older stuff, such as "Damnation Game," is good. I really enjoyed that book. If you want to be scared out of your mind, try Joyce Carol Oates', "Zombie." It a tiny book, but very well written, and scary as hell, at least from my perspective. Also you might want to give Richard Laymon a try. I always enjoy his stuff: "Resurrection Dreams," was okay, "Night In The Lonseome October" was good, "Endless Night" was awesome. He's got alot out there. Also, if your bored with pop fiction, try anything by Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce or Walter Benson. Perceval Landon has some entertaining shorter stories out there too, also Nikolay Gogol.
Anyway, just my two cents.
