Horror Aficionados discussion

Hello everyone,

It’s time to cast your votes for our May read, and the theme is “Creature Feature” it can be animal or human gone extra :D so let’s annihilate some pages together!

Books read or listened to as a group in the past are not eligible, and can be found in this list:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Authors may not nominate their own work. Books with more than one nomination ( +1 ) are more likely to make it onto the final poll, so feel free to second a book you'd like to read with us.



The noms will close on Sunday 4/17 at end of the day and poll will be up next day :)

Southern Book Clubs Guide To Slaying Vampires!
I just think it would be funny to read it as part of a book club lol.
I've read it already but awesome book!
The Living Dead by Romero would be a great option as well, been wanting to read this for a while!

Check out this book on Goodreads: Giant Killer Bats of Alamogordo: B-Movie Horror https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman is supposed to be full of monsters and also I’ve been wanting to read it for a while now. It’s a horror that takes place in medieval times. A disgraced knight, a faithless monk and a kid go on a quest, basically. And then monsters…

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Progeny by Patrick C. Greene sounds promising.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The Rats by James Herbert. I’ve heard it’s good but know little about it.

Between Two Fires

Hard to go wrong with The Ritual.

The Tomb by f. Paul Wilson! It is the first book in the Repairman Jack series!

Within the Woods, by Tony Urban. It’s been on my tbr list for a while and has good reviews.

Within the Woods

I have three:

Bigfoot in the Bronx by Hunter Shea

Carnivore by Justin Boote

and

Primal Terra by Tim Meyer

I've been meaning to read The Monkey Toy. Why not now? But all these suggestions are looking pretty good.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Great read!

The Montauk Monster by Hunter Shea

Classic monster tale!!

The Narrows by Ronald Malfi looks promising...haven't read him yet, but I keep hearing good things.

The Narrows

Oooooo my favorite type of horror!!! Can’t wait to see what people suggest.

Creature by Hunter Shea

I love monsters and tales of nature gone awry, too, Ami!

Don't Move

Prehistoric spiders... what's not to like!

Damir wrote: "Hard to go wrong with The Ritual."

Great story I agree but previous reads are not eligible, please nominate something we haven't read yet. You can do a search of previous reads here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

+1 Within the Woods (Coming of age in the 80's or 90's will always get my vote)

+1 The Narrows (Malfi is also an instant yes for me)

I haven’t read The Ritual yet and I waaaant to

Something's Alive on the Titanic by Robert J. Serling.

How many seconds can we do? I forget

Here are some of my favorites!

Those Across the River

A God in the Shed

Malignant Summer

Jason wrote: "Check out this book on Goodreads: Giant Killer Bats of Alamogordo: B-Movie Horror https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..."

I went to high school in Alamogordo!! How funny there's a horror book on set there lol

Victor wrote: "The Narrows by Ronald Malfi looks promising...haven't read him yet, but I keep hearing good things.

The Narrows"

I really this book.

Sally wrote: "How many seconds can we do? I forget"

I'd stick to 2-3 :)

Love this one and would gladly read it again with you guys :)


Ferocious by Jeff Strand

Rusty Moss has raised his niece Mia since she was a baby. Now that she's almost eighteen, he's worried that the life he's given her—living off the grid in a cabin deep in the woods—is holding her back from her full potential. But that angst gets pushed aside when the undead forest animals arrive.

At first it's just a squirrel—shockingly violent and almost impossible to kill. Followed by a grizzly bear, also aggressive and resilient, even when point-blank shotgun blasts to the face are involved.

Now the cabin is surrounded by all manner of zombie creatures. They have no way to call for help. The truck that could take them to safety is three miles away, stuck in the mud.

But Rusty and Mia have their courage. They have their wits. And, most importantly, they have an axe and a fully fueled chainsaw...

Kasia wrote: "Sally wrote: "How many seconds can we do? I forget"

I'd stick to 2-3 :)"

Thanks Kas, then I'm adding one more

+1 Primal Terra (because I love portals)

Kasia wrote: "Love this one and would gladly read it again with you guys :)


Ferocious by Jeff Strand

Rusty Moss has raised his niece Mia since she was a baby. N..."

I came to see if anyone nominated this! I love Jeff Strand and have been meaning to read this one.

I'd like to nominate Master of the Forest by Artyom Dereschuk

+1 for Between Two Fires & A God in the Shed

Castaways
by Brian Keene

Amanda wrote: "Here are some of my favorites!


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Thanks for the nomination! I second it. :-)

HorrorBabe911♥️ wrote: "Castaways
by Brian Keene"

We already read this in May 2020.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Just hit Control F if on a pc and then you can do a search

Here are two perfect equivalents of popcorn flicks.

Survive The Night by Danielle Vega.
A brutal romp through the sewers after an underground party hunted down by a creature!

Don't Move by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth.
A religious retreat gone wrong, there's something terrifying in the woods.
This book is a little cheesy but it's a lot of fun!

+1 Ferocious
+1 Creature
+1 Montauk Monster

@ WendyB I didn't notice that you already recommended this haha, it's a very fun book!

Joey wrote: "@ WendyB I didn't notice that you already recommended this haha, it's a very fun book!"

Proof that great minds think alike! :)

+ 1 Bigfoot in the Bronx
+ 1 The Narrows
+ 1 Something's Alive on the Titanic

Creature Feature is one of my favorite tropes. Especially when the author has a little fun with it, and it's not all doom and gloom.

Oh I agree Ash, it's a whole other "animal" when it comes to horror ;P

Infested killer bugs seems appropriate for a May read, at least here in the South!

Monster Island I've never read a Zombie novel and this ones been on my wishlist for a while now!

I nominate The Cormorant, by Stephen Gregory


I second Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman.

Clickers

Breeding Ground

Mister B. Gone

Dweller

Also humans and animals were mentioned. What about plants?

Seeders

Or comedic horror creature feature?

Gil's All Fright Diner

Also +1 God in the shed by dubeau

+1 within the woods by urban

And

+1 the narrows by malfi

+1 for

+1 for

+1 carnivore
+1 claw
+1 Ferocious