If you liked the horror plot in The Skins of the Fathers by Clive Barker , here is a list of 18 books like this:
1. El horror de Dunwich
By: H.P. Lovecraft , Aurelio Martínez Benito
3.81
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Deadly forces are about to be awakened! In the degenerate, unpopular backwater of Dunwich, Wilbu… read more
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2. The Masque of the Red Death
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.06
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more
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"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
3. The Yattering and Jack
By: John Bolton , Steve Niles
4.18
Format: 60 pages, Hardcover
Introducing Eclipse Graphic Novels, an exciting new series featuring some of the world's bestsellin… read more
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4. The Oval Portrait
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.94
Format: None pages,
In this story of artistic obsession, a wounded man finds shelter in an abandoned chteau in the Appe… read more
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5. 20th Century Ghosts
By: Christopher Golden , Joe Hill
3.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A collection of short stories. Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and kno… read more
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6. The Color Out of Space
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.00
Format: None pages, ebook
Set in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, an unnamed narrator investigates a local area k… read more
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7. The Artist's Way
By: Julia Cameron
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Artist's Wayis the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, mill… read more
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8. The Gun
By: Philip K. Dick
4.04
Format: 202 pages,
The plot of The Gun centers around a group of space explorers who investigate a planet which appear… read more
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9. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon
3.90
Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more
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"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
10. Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
By: Thomas Harris
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Years after his escape, posing as scholarly Dr. Fell, curator of a grand family's palazzo, Hannibal… read more
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11. The Tell-Tale Heart
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None
4.24
Format: 31 pages, Library Binding
A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more
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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
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13. Strawberry Spring
By: Stephen King , Garrett Hedlund,
3.71
Format: 272 pages,
Published in 'Night Shift' read more
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14. The Eyes Have It
By: Philip K. Dick
4.05
Format: 336 pages, ebook
It was quite by accident I discovered this incredible invasion of Earth by lifeforms from another p… read more
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15. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
By: Oscar Wilde
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim… read more
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16. The Festival
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.80
Format: 8 pages,
"The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the Jan… read more
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17. The Time Machine
By: H.G. Wells , Greg Bear , Carlo Pagetti
3.89
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
“I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account … read more
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"For after the Battle comes quiet."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]"-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
18. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
By: Washington Irving
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Headless horsemen were staples of Northern European storytelling, featuring in German, Irish (e.g. … read more
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20. The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
By: Thomas Harris
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
There's a killer on the loose who knows that beauty is only skin deep, and a trainee investigator w… read more
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21. Night Shift
By: Stephen King , John D. MacDonald
4.04
Format: 409 pages, Paperback
A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by th… read more
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"You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you."-Stephen King, Night Shift
"She wasn't like a jukebox; you never had to put in a dime and she never came unplugged."-Stephen King, Night Shift
"If seven hundred monkeys typed for seven hundred years, one of them would turn out the works of Shakespeare,"-Stephen King, Night Shift
"There are spiritually noxious places, buildings where the milk of the cosmos has become sour and rancid. This church is such a place; I would swear to it."-Stephen King, Night Shift
22. The boogeyman
By: Stephen King
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
A young man is traumatized by memories of terrible events in his childhood bedroom. Years later he … read more
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23. Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
By: Thomas Harris
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Will Graham stands in a silent, empty house communing with a killer. An FBI instructor with a gift … read more
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24. The Cask of Amontillado
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.08
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more
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"For the love of God, Montresor!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
25. A Sound of Thunder
By: Ray Bradbury
4.08
Format: 15 pages, ebook
Free online fiction. The short story, A Sound of Thunder, involves a Time Travel Safari where ri… read more
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26. The Only Good Indians
By: Stephen Graham Jones
3.70
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, c… read more
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"Names are stupid, though. Pretty soon he won't even need his."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"Lewis finds the fourteen-foot aluminum ladder under boxes in the garage, Three Stooges in into the backyard..."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"Dealing with cops is like being around a skittish horse: No sudden movements, nothing shiny or loud. Zero jokes."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"An elk mother, cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings, and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because …"-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
27. Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell
By: Nathan Ballingrud
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A gripping collection of six stories of terror—including the novella “The Visible Filth,” the basis… read more
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28. Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
By: John Scalzi
4.24
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined t… read more
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"It’s war, you jackasses,"-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
"Christ on a Popsicle stick."-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
"What we don't know can't hurt us."-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
"We don’t get to choose our battles."-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
29. I Am Legend
By: Richard Matheson
4.06
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and c… read more
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"Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word “horror"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
30. Cari Mora
By: Thomas Harris
2.83
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of Hannibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed, and … read more
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"Monsters know when they are recognized, just as bores do."-Thomas Harris, Cari Mora
"Felixin lisäksi krokotiili oli syönyt vain yhden ihmisen, kännikalan, joka oli pudonnut umpitunnelissa veneestä ja jota ei tapahtuma-aikaan surtu. Tapausta ei koskaan edes yritetty selvittää eikä mie…"-Thomas Harris, Cari Mora
"Krokotiili ei tehnyt ihmisten syömisestä mielessään suurta numeroa, mutta valtavassa ruoka- ja ruokapaikkamuistissaan sillä oli kuva siitä, kuinka virkistävän vähän ihmisillä oli karvoja, höyheniä, s…"-Thomas Harris, Cari Mora
31. The Skins of the Fathers
By: Clive Barker
4.00
Format: None pages, None
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