Top Sites for Reading Horror Fiction

Regardless of what you like to read, every reader knows that for every great book they read there are another five books for which they would like to be refunded. Not in dollars, but in the hours - or even minutes - they spent reading a horrible book.

True, many of these books started out poorly and perhaps time and aggravation could have been saved by simply refusing to finish. However, out of respect, boredom, or a masochistic desire to see just how bad a book is - people like me generally finish most if not all of the books and short stories we start. In the horror field, the unfortunate fact is that large publishers often have such a low view of horror readers that they'll put any drivel out there and we find ourselves generally confronted with offensively moronic series, stories boasting ridiculous plots, and books with sub-par proofreading. 

Apologies for the long intro; on to my point. This general disregard (not only for horror readers, but for horror writers) means that those of us who love horror are justified in performing some grade "A", top-notch, OCD, research in order to hunt down quality horror fiction.

To help your search, here are some sites that I've found very useful in finding great horror books and short stories:

http://www.horror.org/readlist.htm

http://www.horrormasters.com/

http://www.horror-suspense.com/

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/horrorindex.html

http://www.shortnscarystories.com/

http://www.short-story.me/horror-stories.html
http://www.everythingscary.com/dir/Horror_Fiction
http://www.buried.com/features/novels.shtml
http://www.horrorbound.com/articles.php?cat_id=1
http://www.horror.net/Horror_Fiction/

Hello Horror Reader

Hello,

If you love horror, particularly books and short stories, and would like to explore the subtle and not-so-subtle elements that make even James and the Giant Peach horrific, please come back.

Here at FearDance I will help horror readers connect with brilliant horror writers who may never grace the shelves of a local book store. I will uncover horror disguised as Literary Fiction because the publishing industry doesn’t want “ruin” a book’s shot at success by relegating it to the dark corners of the Horror section.

I even plan to help myself and others overcome genre-bias so that we can enjoy exceptionally written horror stories whether they star ghosts, zombies, mutated mountain men, or the Mad Hatter (yes I find the Lewis Carroll one scary and very disconcerting).

I, like many, don’t have much spare time on my hands, but when I do I want them to be spent reading horror, like Sleeping Beauty or Salem’s Lot. So if you’re reading this, I hope you will come back to give me your thoughts and throw some suggestions my way.

Sincerely,
Staci