Thursday 12 June 2014

Novels, that will scare you to death

When it comes to literary horror, there is nothing like a perfect story that can increase your heartbeat and pump your blood. If you love being terrified and dumbstruck; and want to explore the places that hold traces of evil and have become the houses of mysteries, hiding secrets in their wall. If you wish to venture into this horror world, then just read out the three spooky and horrifying excerpts of lelobooks, which will surely be a real treat for the horror addicts. Get your hands on at these three horror flicks which will strike fear in your hearts, even with the jaded imaginations, created in your mind after reading and discover which of these will make you lights on while sleeping.

At The Mountains of Madness: And Other Tales of Terror by H P Lovecraft

This is a short story book of ghosts, filled with voodoo supernatural and baffling deaths. H P Lovecraft has employed different horror-writing strategies, in order to connect the terror with reality in the most appropriate and real manner. At the Mountains of Madness: And Other Tales of Terror is about bizarre remnants of unidentified mortals, who have been found in an excavation after millions of years and the discovery lead to terrifying terror in the book. Along with this, you will be provided with three more stories by H P Lovecraft in this very thrilling collection.


Carrie by Stephen King

Carrie is an American horror novel and has been penned by Stephen King. The book is about Carrie, the protagonist of the novel, who is a shy high school girl and uses her recently discovered telekinetic powers to take payback those who teased her in the past and continue to do. King has commented that this work of fiction has been engraved in order to create a certain type of pain and horror in the heart of the reader. With its unique theme, the book stands among those which have been banned very soon after its release in United States schools. Much of the part, in this book has been written in an epistolary structure and newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and excerpts from books only.


Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is a novel which has been penned by Mary Shelley about a scientist who created life and was himself horrified by what he had created out of his imagination. Shelley started writing this story when she was just eighteen-years-old and got it published when turned twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818 and with the second edition, Shelley’s name came into limelight after being published in France in the year 1823. Frankenstein is infused with elements of the gothic and romantic genre and is also considered as one of the earliest examples of science fiction.


The above 3 books have been written a long ago, but are still gaining new audiences. And, now when you have a list of the best horror novels ever, why not go over to some of the authentic bookstores or you can also browse online bookstores like lelobooks. So, just add a few more books to your list of the best horror novels. Share it with us in the comments!

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