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Belinda:

 

#1 Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick. Zombies. The gag inducing kind. Just ewwww.

#2 Pure by Julianna Baggott. The potential for this to come true freaks me the heck out.

#3 The Killables by Gemma Malley. Again, maybe a little close to the plausible truth.

#4 Dollhouse by Anya Allyn. I don’t think I’ll ever look at certain dolls the same way ever again.

#5 Siege by Sarah Mussi. A nightmare for anyone who can put themselves in the protagonists place

 

 

Lisa:

 

 

1# All the Truth That’s In Me, by Julie Berry. Not too scary, but truly gruesome and unimaginable things happen to the main character.

2# Pure, by Julianna Baggot. Also because it might actually happen to us!!

3# The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey. For the same reason as Pure!

4# Wake by Lisa McMann. Nightmares!!!

5# Project Cain, by Geoffrey Girard. Horrifying and somewhat true!

 

 

Krista:

 

 

#1 Ashfall by Mike Mullin  Real Life Potential.

This one hits close to home as the Super Volcano erupts in the USA.

#2 Scowler by Daniel Kraus Escaped Convicts and Meteorites.

Domestic violence, greed and the sky falling. True terror for one family stranded in a farmhouse.

#3 The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda Vampires.

True terror when you think you find safety among other humans when hiding from the vampires. Only to find that solitude might be the best answer.

#4 Bonechiller by Graham McNamee Native American Legend.

Amazing writing style that brings in imaginative visuals as one nightmare begins to come true. Still to this day I get a chill when thinking about this monster.

#5 The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle Vampires.

 An unknown terror on the outside of this Amish farm, but will sympathy for those on the outside be their undoing?

 

 

 Joelene:

 

 

#1 A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb. What if apathy could make you slip out of your body? And while you were out, what if something else could slip in?

#2 Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake. Hunting ghosts…or are they hunting him?

#3 Curses, Inc. by Vivian Vande Velde. A creepy collection of short stories.

#4 We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Half a family poisoned while the other half remain bound to each other in secrecy and lies.

#5 The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Because sometimes society is more terrifying than anything else.

 

 

Mandy:

 

 

#1 – *Sigh* I couldn’t decide. So I cheated, and have a tie. My top creepy, scary reads are: Pet Sematary by Stephen King and Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Two very different authors, two very different stories, both made into movies. King is the master, the entertainer, while Lindqvist is more subtle, delicate in a gruesome, almost vulgar kind of way. I LOVE these books. Absolute must-reads for any horror fans.

#2 – Handling the Undead – John Ajvide Lindqvist. What happens when your dead loved one comes on home? What happens when ALL the dead loved ones come home? A touching story about grief that will creep you right out.

#3 – The Tommyknockers – Stephen King – Probably not most peoples’ idea of the scariest King novel, but it was the first of his I read (and started a lifelong addiction) so will forever hold a terrifying place in my heart.

#4 – Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett – A collection of wonderfully sick and twisted short stories, wrapped in a ribbon of the most beautiful, sing-song writing style.

#5 – Madigan Mine by Kirstyn McDermott. Sure, it has the icky stuff, but Kirstyn McDermott has an amazing way of twisting your brain around too.

 

 

 Jamie:

 

 

#1 Escape from the Carnival of Horrors by R. L. Stine. The first book that ever truly scared me; and the one that turned me into a fatalist. A choose your own adventure tale where every choice leads you closer to a messy end.

#2 Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith. One of my all-time favourites that still manages to scare me after a dozen reads. Demonstrating just what nightmares can do to you.

#3 Drawing Blood by Poppy Z Brite. The visceral descriptive nature of this book I think scares me more than the story; but the author has a special way of creeping into my brain and haunting me for hours.

#4 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison. A short story that is both horrific in story and in detail. In a few short pages this tale makes me want to crawl under the covers and hide.

#5 1984 by George Orwell. Politically scary and just disturbing all over. This book has made me shudder every time I see a rat.

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