Top Tier Horror Authors Thread

I was always fond of Joe Lansdale.

Obvious one but H.G. Wells

>>17723613
That's a new name for me . Thanks anon

Not strictly horror, but Bruno Schulz, and from the weebshit side, Junji Ito

>>17723632
He's criminally underrated IMO. A lot of the classic copypastas you used to see on /x are actually just his short stories.

>>17723609
Is Tom the bird or the tentacle?

Arthur Machen

RL Stine

>>17723793
GOAT

Stephenie Meyer

Robert Aickman

>>17723609
William Hope Hodgson. See: "The Night Land" "The Boats of the Glen Carrig" and "Carnacki the Ghost Finder".

Before anyone says it, yes I know the faux "Ye olde english" prose in "The Night Land is terrible but it' still wildly imaginative.

>>17723790
That's Poe and Lovecraft in the pic...

>>17723609
Lovecraft? DAS RASIS!

Somebody get me my fainting couch! Tumblr, to arms!!!

frank herbert

who isnt afraid of spicey worms in their butt

>>17724251
I think this is acceptable.. the heaven makers was pretty /x/.

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

>>17723609
Ambrose Bierce.

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Danielewsky with House of Leaves.

Joe Hill. He's Steven King's son.
>Heart-Shaped Box
>N0S4A2
>Locke & Key
>Horns

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The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Roberts Shea and Anton Wilson

>>17725208
seconding shirley jackson

>>17725204
seconding clive barker as well.

also
>minette walters
I often mention her in connection with horror even though she's classified as mystery. I have found her books more disturbing than your run-of-the-mill murder mystery. they give me the same uneasy feeling as a good horror novel. would recommend to anybody who likes both horror and whodunits.

>>17725192
I enjoyed this book quite a lot. thinking of rereading it. the copy I bought had the coloured text, and the dark blue was dark enough that I mistook it for black for the first few dozen pages. was a neat little extra jolt when it dawned on me. as in, "shit, what else has been going on in this book that I haven't noticed?"

also I'm surprised nobody has mentioned kafka yet.

>>17723790
>>17725088
good taste