Shirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw, written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones, called “a literary master” by National Book Award winner Tananarive Due and “one of our most talented living writers” by Tommy Orange.Īlma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. The good kind, of course” ( BuzzFeed) from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest chilling novel that “will give you nightmares. For Jeffrey Halcomb promised his devout eternal life…and within these walls, they’re far from dead. There, Lucas sets out to capture the real story of the departed faithful. With nothing left to lose, Lucas leaves New York to live and work from the scene of the crime: a split-level farmhouse on a gray-sanded beach in Washington State whose foundation is steeped in the blood of Halcomb’s diviners-runaways who were drawn to his message of family, unity, and unconditional love. His chance comes when he’s promised exclusive access to death row inmate Jeffrey Halcomb, the notorious cult leader and mass murderer who’s ready to break his silence after thirty years, and who contacted Lucas personally from his maximum-security cell. With his marriage on the rocks and his life in shambles, washed-up true-crime writer Lucas Graham is desperate for a comeback, one more shot at the bestselling success he once enjoyed. With horror book authors managing to claim much-deserved fame in the world of literature, you might be wondering which one among the many would be the best ones for you to check out.In her all-new supernatural thriller, bestselling indie horror author Ania Ahlborn asks: How far would you go for success? What would you be capable of if the promise of forever was real?
This genre of literature has some of the best writers who ensure that every page of their book is so skillfully written that readers can actually experience the eeriness. These stories are vigilantly crafted to keep the readers hooked by building up on the scary backdrop gradually so that they can visualise everything while perusing. Also, those which deal with terrifying aspects of the horror genre, are the ones that give readers an adrenaline rush and promise a scary experience filled with ghosts and spirits. The best horror novels are the ones which send chills down the spine while keeping up the spirit to turn the pages and discover the horrifying climax.
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Revolving around haunted houses, vampires, evil serial killers, zombies, and hell houses full of deadly violence and spirits, these horror novels take readers on a thrilling expedition into the world of fiction against the dark backdrop of eerie stories. Horror stories belong to a peculiar genre of literature that draws humongous attention from individuals who crave jumpscares while reading their favourite horror books.
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