Recs if you like Below...

Horror novellas under 200 pgs. Bite size scary reads for spooky season. These span the horror spectrum from psychological horror to gory, body horror to gothic ghosties and more. Let me know what else I should add!

Kudzu climbs up the hills, katydids sing in the hollers, and there's something calling from the woods...

Think: whistling winds, howling coyotes, rural isolation, small towns, folklore, religious fanaticism, and ghostly voices coming from the forest

❗️Some of the these books are classified as extreme horror/splatterpunk. PLEASE protect yourself, and check all trigger warnings.❗️

Horror books with a page count of 200 pages or less.

Before we started defining novellas by word count, they were defined as being any book less than 200 pages. Source: my Analysis of Short Stories & Literature professor in community college. I loved that class. But he loved James Joyce. So, ymmv, I guess.

*or gothic and generally horror-adjacent. i have not read all of these! some self-published i think as well

Stephen King is overrated, read these horror books instead.

💬OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. Just comment and I will add.

Under appreciated horror and books lost in the annals of history.

💬OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. Just comment and I will add.

Not all of these books will have cannibalism... but there is a non-zero chance at least 1% will.

Horror books with silly, fun, or unique plots. I'd love recommendations!

horror books under 250 pages

Books with any form of creature that is considered unnatural in the real world, often being studied. Includes general fiction, science fiction, fantasy and horror.