Comments on: 31 Shots of Shock: Rob needs your help!

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:42:42 +0000

Wow talk about bringing up an old post Veens . Yeah I did this in the lead up to Halloween. Shame you didn’t see it at the time. I would have liked more participants.

Still, I’ll be doing it again this year so if I remember then I’ll give you a ‘heads up’ closer to the time.
Warmest
Rob

By: Veens

Veens — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:36:31 +0000

Why didn’t I see this post! I would have loved to join you in doing this. You have a great list already and I will check that out first!!

By: 31 Shots of Shock « The Reading Challenge Clearinghouse!

31 Shots of Shock « The Reading Challenge Clearinghouse! — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:48:53 +0000

[...] RobAroundBooks is hosting 31 Shots of Shock. Between October 1, 2009 and October 31, 2009, read 31 horror-related short stories. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Wise-Up Mini ChallengeNew Zealand Book Month ChallengeLeif Olsen goes from relative unknown to trick-shot wizard overnight“OCTOBER” Reads [...]

By: Lindy

Lindy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:23:32 +0000

I am very late, will have to do double.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:35:50 +0000

Thanks again for the suggestions guys. I’ll thank you more thoroughly in my ‘final 31′ post.
Warmest
Rob

By: BookSexy

BookSexy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:14:09 +0000

I almost forgot – Flannery O’Connor has some short stories that my qualify as horror (even Southern Gothic). A Good Man is Hard to Find, particularly. And here it is online:

http://www.turksheadreview.com/library/texts/oconnor-goodmanhard.html

When I read this story I realized how much Cormac McCarthy was influenced by her.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:57:55 +0000

I love anything HP Lovecraft

By: tolmsted (BookSexy)

tolmsted (BookSexy) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:09:28 +0000

Neil Gaiman had a short story in his collection Fragile Things called “Closing Time” that is truly creepy. While I didn’t like most of the stories in the book – this one I still think about sometime. The other one would be “October in the Chair” in the same collection.

Also, anything by H.P. Lovecraft is always a good choice.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:53:32 +0000

I’m a little pushed for time this evening but I just wanted to jump on to thank everyone for their suggestions so far. Awesome! I really do appreciate it. Keep the suggestions coming and I’ll drop by tomorrow (hopefully) to respond more fully.
Love you all
Warmest
Rob

By: Memory

Memory — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:35:30 +0000

I'm glad you're taking up the mantle, Rob! There are tons of great ghostly tales out there; the tough part, as you've said, is finding them online. (That's the main reason I stuck to Victorian/Edwardian stuff last year. I needed stuff that was in the public domain. Even then, though, I had trouble finding a few choice tales on the internet). As Christine pointed out, Horror Masters is a great source for classic horror. They've got hundreds of stories, including many by major authors. You may be able to find some modern horror through Free Speculative Fiction Online, too. If you do decide to keep the challenge personal, (meaning you don't necessarily need to find the stories online), I highly recommend Sarah Monette's THE BONE KEY. It's a fairly recent publication, with the earliest of the stories dating back to 2003, but stylistically it's quite similar to the sort of work that was published back at the start of the 20th century. If you're in the mood for something a little lighter, Robertson Davies's HIGH SPIRITS both satirizes and celebrates the classic ghost story by reworking some of the standard tropes in a more humorous way. And each volume of THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, which ran for twenty-one years, contains tons of great horror. I credit Ellen Datlow, who edits the horror half of the volume, with reviving my interest in darker fiction. And of course, there's always M.R. James. I know you've read a couple of his stories already, but his COLLECTED GHOST STORIES is well worth checking out.