Who do you think is the best and why?
And who is your favourite; the best isn't the one you necessarily like the most, after all.
Best Dark Writer?
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Christopher Pike he seriously is brillant for unlike the rest of the point horror writers he's not afraid to push himself and make stuff gorey or anything. He's an amazing writer and I enjoy all his books.
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I'm surprised no ones said Stephen King, who, one could argue--despite his perhaps too long character introspection and dragging of story--is all but the godfather of horror and yes, dark fantasy.
I'm reading a book rght now by Joe Hill, called Heart Shaped Box. Its a fantastic horror, one of the genuine good scary reads I havent come across in a while. I heavily recommend him. -
Well, Jig, if I had of been in this usergroup before you'd posted this, I would have said Stephen King.
I wouldn't say his character introspection is too long, however. I think it just gives you a chance to know every character as they are. I don't think there's been many types of people that haven't been used in one story or another!
But I have to say that one of my favourite books of his, The Green Mile, isn't a horror. Like a lot of his other stories, the ones he seems to be most praised for are the ones that aren't horror. -_-
And, odd coincidence, I was just looking for Heart Shaped Box on the internet. Although, odds are, I wouldn't be if i didn't know that he was Stephen King's son.
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Erm, H.P. Lovecraft, no doubt about it.
I think he is more the Godfather of Horror than Stephen King being that he lived decades earlier and molded the genre to what we know it as now.
I just posted a soapbox on Horror in the Tutorials section.
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Stephin King!!!!
I don't know why I like him that much, he's just so mysterious and ... I don't know -
H. P. Lovecraft! *hearts* I don't care that much for King... but Clive Barker and Poe aren't bad.
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What? Seriously? He's King's son?
Wow.
Didn't know that. Well, he was awesome anyway -
I'll agree with everyone who said H.P. Lovecraft or Stephen King. Both are awesome writers, and always a favorite read for me.
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Stephen King by far. I love his stories, even if they are a bit "mature" for a 13 year old...
I love his imagination though. It's incredible. -
I think his imagination is great too, his inventiveness is simply awesome. However, he's far too long winded, which quickly becomes boring. I need to read more of Lovecraft, 'tis true.
Insomnia - I didn't know he was Stephen King's son. He writes nothing like his dad though, thank god and in my limited experience with King novels (he's just too bloody boring. And you can argue that it makes for a better novel, but it doesn't make for better horror) I have to say, he's actually better.
He didn't display the same brilliant inventiveness that his father does - King is behind so much in horror (yes, Lovecraft was before him, but King has had more of an impact on the genre today, I think) that his original stuff has all but come conventional within the genre. Also, most of his books have become films, so in both cinema and text, the predominant mediums for storytelling, King dominates.
I'm saying all this and I barely like the man, ha.
However, he is behind my own twisted writing today, thanks to Rose Madder, one of the very first novels I ever read. -
I don't quite know if Edgar Allan Poe's work quite qualifies as horror, but The Premature Burial was quite gorey. Edgar Allan Poe never fails to creep me out... well almost never.
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Richard Bachman!!!! I'm surprised nobody has said Dean Koontz yet - but oh well. S.K. writing as Richard Bachman is pure coolness!!!!
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I'm gonna have to say Stephen King, too. Has anyone read "Cycle of the Werewolf?"
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Nope. Any good?
I also nominate myself, ha. :p
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