Lists of Bests: What You Are Meant to Know: 21 Horror Classics (from On Writing Horror) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/46109 In the revised 2007 edition of _On Writing Horror_ (put out by the Horror Writers Association) there's a chapter called _What You Are Meant to Know_ listing 21 horror classics anyone who wants to write horror should read (but it's good if you like to _read_ horror, too). (Here's a link to the book itself: http://allconsuming.net/item/view/2328951 ) _In chronological order._ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:23:53 GMT en-us 0 50 21 0 0 Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23705"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Shelley</div> Dracula (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13896 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13896"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451523377.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444870_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bram Stoker</div> The Ghost Pirates http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2674338 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2674338"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1557424098.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Hope Hodgson</div> The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67178 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67178"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140102264.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. R. James</div> Burn Witch Burn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3203960 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. Merritt</div> To Walk The Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3203953 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Sloane</div> The Dunwich Horror and Others http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40639 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. P. Lovecraft</div> Fear http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335518 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335518"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0884047598.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. Ron Hubbard</div> Darker Than You Think http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2069287 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2069287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739410504.01-A3L91G8GCDG7UG._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Williamson</div> Conjure Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3203962 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Leiber</div> I Am Legend (ties into movie) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031286504X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057189625_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Matheson</div> Rosemary's Baby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515602 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/515602"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E12BOI.01-A2AXN9TZNRHUH0._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ira Levin</div> Collected Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/484892 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Matheson</div> Hell House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963607 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/963607"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0727860992.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Matheson</div> The October Country http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982668 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982668"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380973871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Something Wicked This Way Comes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9603 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9603"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380729407.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> The Exorcist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1600 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1600"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061007226.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Peter Blatty</div> Falling Angel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868689 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/868689"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1933618086.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Hjortsberg</div> Salem's Lot http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77715 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77715"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0450031063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Stand (Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14963 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14963"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517219018.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056449805_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Watchers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12084 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12084"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425188809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dean Koontz</div>