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Here are the top ten articles for the Horror Literature Site! These rankings are live and get reset at the beginning of each month, so check back often to see what your fellow visitors are most interested in! 1. Origins of the Werewolf Specific origins of the werewolf legend are buried in history but there are stories and speculation that help us understand the superstitions and fears behind the folklore. 2. Who is H. P. Lovecraft? H.P. Lovecraft is one of horror writer's greats, yet many people don't know who he is. Whether you know of him and enjoy his writings or not, a horror literature site would not be complete without a study of his writing. 3. Dystopian - Apocalyptic - Post-Apocalyptic Novels The terms dystopian, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic are often misused when describing a novel. Here are ways to tell them apart and narrow down your favorites. 4. Dickens’s Christmas Carol Revisited A timeless Christmas classic tale that shows Ebenezer Scrooge facing three ghosts. Each of the ghost shows Scrooge a different part of his life. The story shows the choice that only Scrooge can make. Does he continue on his life's current path or does he change his future? 5. Types of Horror Literature Horror may arguably be divided into many categories and sub-genres...here are three of the more common types of horror literature. 6. A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner A look at Faulker's time-honored Gothic tale of love, loss, and murder set against the backdrop of a decaying southern town. 7. The Gothic of Horror Literature Where has horror literature come from? In tracing the genre to its gothic counterpart, its tempting to question: "Are the genres of gothic and horror literature one and the same?" Take the journey and answer for
yourself...if you dare.
8. Suffer the Little Children by Stephen King Evil comes from the most unexpected of places. 9. Southern Gothic Faulkner and a discussion of the "southern gothic" movement in horror 10. Dread by Clive Barker Clive Barker´s short story "Dread," originally published as part of his popular "Books of Blood" series, serves as a close examination of the collective fascination with being scared and indicts each of us in our own twisted and perverse pleasure of another’s misery.
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