Horror Authors you recommmand?

[Lustful Butchery]

Besides Lovecraft, Stephen King, & Clive Barker, do you guys know any horror authors out there that are lesser-known to people? I could use some recommendations.

 

[Bolt]

Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson (big fan-favorite, although I personally can't stand his writing style), and some of Robert E. Howard's stories, and those are really the only other notables I can think of that put out consistently quality fiction. Max Brooks should get some kind of mention for all the thought he put into crafting his pair of zombie-themed books, The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, too.

 

[DigDoug]

I don't read nearly as much horror as I watch, but I would definitely recommend Poe. If I remember right, there's a single bound volume that contains all of his works out there somewhere.

 

[thedemoninside]

Poe of course is one of the greatest. Dean Koontz isn't too bad. Peter Straub is great. Robert Bloch and Ramsey Campbell are very underrated. If you need anymore suggestions or books of those authors to read, reply or PM me. I'll be happy to help.

 

[Keith Justice]

Dan Simmons.

Best writer I know.

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

Brian Lumley.

http://www.brianlumley.com/necroscope/

 

[KingRanger]

Brian Lumley.

http://www.brianlumley.com/necroscope/

QFT. The Necroscope books are some of the best stuff out there.