"Scariest Piece of Fiction?" Topic

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Flashman14	19 Feb 2026 7:27 a.m. PST
was written by what author? If the works of HP Lovecraft don't scare you, what fiction does (or has)? Lovecraft still should be an option. Stephen King Edgar Allen Poe Shirley Jackson William Peter Blatty Mary Shelley Bram Stoker Horror fiction doesn't scare me
miniMo	19 Feb 2026 7:58 a.m. PST
Jasper Kent hit it out of the park for scary with his debut novel Twelve, set in Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Major Mike	19 Feb 2026 8:02 a.m. PST
A number of the books by Robert McCammon. The Repairman Jack series by F. Paul Wilson. He is rather remarkable in describing some of the critters in his books.
Parzival	19 Feb 2026 8:18 a.m. PST
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents— Sir Terry Pratchett. Seriously. You're laughing throughout the book, and then suddenly you're terrified for the fate of the rodents… The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs— thoroughly chilling, and you can't put your finger on exactly why… As a child, Tolkien's Black Riders scared the bejeezus out of me and gave me nightmares. I don't think any other written work has ever done that for me. I find most modern "horror," when I bother to read it, as either mildly suspenseful (at best) or simply horrific— meaning grotesque and disgusting rather than actually scary. There's a difference.
FilsduPoitou	19 Feb 2026 9:00 a.m. PST
The Outsider would be my favorite Lovecraft story.
BigfootLover	19 Feb 2026 9:20 a.m. PST
The Exorcist and The Amityville Horror both creeped me out. And I remember, at age 14 or 15, lying on the living room couch after everyone else had gone to bed, reading The Shining, and being too afraid to get up to go pee.
Eumelus	19 Feb 2026 9:21 a.m. PST
1984 (now more than ever)