Mrmorial Day Weekend is a week away. People will be thinking of swimming as the pools open and others head for three days at the beach. Daytime will last until 8:30 p.m. And yet, people read scary reads even though Halloween is still about five months away. Horror
books are as good a read for the beach or to read indoors in the AC as that latest bestseller by James Patterson.
What
is horror? Horror fiction, horror literature and also horror fantasy is a genre of
literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers,
scare or startle viewers/readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. It
creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural
or non-supernatural. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can
be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society. The genre has
ancient origins which were reformulated in the 18th century as Gothic horror,
with publication of the Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole.
So, see you can even take on the old classics. Like Dracula by Bram Stoker, H P. Lovecraft’s
tales, those scary tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson ghost story, The Haunting of Hill House, and many
others. Today, horror has changed into many different ways. From urban fantasy. psychological, to gory fiction to weird, science fiction horror, paranormal romance, and Johnny-come-lately term, cozy horror (can being scared ever be called cozy?) not unlike cozy mysteries.
So many ways to read yourself shuddering palpitations of the heart.
What are you reading, or what other scary books are you planning to read
this summer? Leave a comment, so others can find these great reads in their
local library, or at their bookstore or online estore.
Happy Haunting. . .I mean Reading!
