Alexandria Publishing Group is participating in the A to Z Blogging Challenge again this year. Here’s one of my posts: http://alexandriapublishinggroup.com/2015/04/09/h-is-for-horror/
Horror is an emotion shared by everyone who’s human. The horror genre explores that emotion in all its forms—subtle, graphic, and all shades in between. Horror doesn’t have to mean blood and guts and chainsaws. One of my favorite horror writers, Charles L. Grant, is known for his “quiet horror.” I was excited when I found his work, because his approach to horror mirrored my own. Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas series is horror every bit as much as Stephen King at his creep-crawliest. Zombies, serial killers, paranormal spookiness—all horror.
Horror as a genre has made a renaissance of late, and like science fiction, can be used as social commentary as well as straightforward story. The Horror Writers Association (HWA), premiere professional writers association, doesn’t define horror narrowly, but includes dark literature and dark fantasy within its purview. And it isn’t just for adults; HWA recently began a blog aimed at writers of young adult horror.
Here are some horror/dark fantasy books and stories written by Alexandria Publishing Group members:
Valerie Douglas – Shades
Donna K. Fitch – The Color of Darkness and Other Stories, Second Death, The Source of Lightning
Terry C. Simpson – The Arcanus Archives: Shadeborn (Bk 1)
Kai Wilson-Viola (as Sabrann Curach) – Footnotes to a Lesson, Litanies, Pillow Talk
Explore the world of horror!
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