Not familiar with Farris, but here is some horror with
hardboiled attitude. Most of this stuff is from 80's and
90's. I'm not a fan of vintage horror. 1) Richard
Laymon-writes a type of sadistic, voyeuristic crime horror
hybrid. Any of his books are excellent. Best perhaps is The
Cellar. One Rainy Night has been reissued in paperback by
Leisure recently. It shouldn't be hard to find. 2)Joe
Lansdale-has written the cool Hap and Leonard books of late,
but early in his career came The Nightrunners. Bizarre,
hard-edged horror. If you're not familiar with the guy you
should also check out Cold In July. Cool and funny as hell.
3)Jack Ketchum-is as disturbing and bleak as anyone. Period.
Stranglehold and The Girl Next Door are his best books. Read
em if you can find em, but be forewarned -they are ROUGH.
4)Brian Hodge- has written a number of very dark horror
novels. Nightlife is really the only one I might recommend.
Although he did recently release an enjoyable thriller in the
manner of Leonard or Hiaasen called Wild Horses. 5)Ed Lee-is
a personal favorite, but the only thing really in the HB vein
would be Creekers and that's a stretch. His good stuff tends
to be very hardcore horror. Very. On a related note, the dark
fantasy and horror dude, Tom Piccirilli, has written two very
good mysteries. The Dead Past and its sequel, Sorrow's Crown.
Check em out. Hope this helps. Monte
-----Original Message----- From: Roy Epstein <
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rara-avis@icomm.ca> Date: Thursday, March 30, 2000
6:36 PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: HB Horror?
>
>Although HB crime fiction will always be my
favorite,
>I will occasionally surf into other genres and
I
>always enjoy the HB Western and SCI-FI threads
that
>pop up here every now and then. Can't recall any
on
>horror. Been reading one of my favorite writers
in
>this genre, John Farris. His stuff has always
struck
>me as a touch on the HB side. Anybody else read
Farris
>or know of any other horror writers who might fit
the
>HB bill? Anybody familiar with Ed Gorman's
horror
>novels under the name Daniel Ransom? Always
wondered
>if those were worth reading.
>
>
>Roy
>
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