What ever happened to the classic horror writers,books?
There used to be the greats. Poe, Lovecraft, etc. Now a horror writer is just a writer and there are no more greats. The only one of I can think of right now is Stephen King. Books used to be works of art, now, they are just books. Whatever happened to the great horror writers and the great horror stories of the world? Now if you publish a story, it quickly gets lost, in the world of literature.
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July 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am
There are still people writing good material, but it’s few and far between. Styles and genres change with the passage of time, but we still have the older works with Poe, Lovecraft, Lord Dunsany, August Derleth, Robert Howard, Ambrose Bierce, Frederick Brown, the incomparable Robert Bloch and others. Glad we have them to bring some darkness into our lives. Nice to know that someone still remembers them.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am
they became to stereo typical and people got bored :/ they used to be good though
July 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am
I like Dean Koontz books because they have characters that almost seem real and once I start reading one it’s hard to stop! I really like his Frankenstein series, it gives a new look at the monster and his maker. Try reading some of his books and see what you think.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am
they ran out of nightlights.
July 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am
"Classic" works in ANY medium are the ones that survive to entertain multiple generations; to know who the "classic horror writers" of today are, you’ll need to come back in 60 or 100 years and see!
Silly goose!
July 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am
The pursuit of money over the care of literature/art? I don’t know. They aren’t really horror ‘literature’ writers I can think of. Maybe JG Ballard?