Horror Genre Challenge 2023 - hosted by autisaur

Body Horror
"This subgenre of horror intentionally focuses on grotesque or psychologically disturbing violations of the human body. From disease to dismemberment the core of it is what can happen to the human body. It is not unusual for this to also include sexual, alien infestation, strange movements, transformations, and utter destruction of the human body. We’re talking everything from Human Centipede (is this really even horror?) to John Carpenter's “The Thing.”"
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Last Days by Brian Evenson

Last Days

Brian Evenson

200 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
Reconstructing a Relationship by Micah Castle

Reconstructing a Relationship

Micah Castle

68 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction horror
Playground by Aron Beauregard

Playground

Aron Beauregard

364 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction horror dark sad tense fast-paced
The Troop by Nick Cutter

The Troop

Nick Cutter

358 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw

128 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
The Haar by David Sodergren

The Haar

David Sodergren

209 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror dark emotional funny fast-paced
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

221 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced
The Cipher by Kathe Koja

The Cipher

Kathe Koja

356 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction dark tense slow-paced
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

The Strain

The Strain Trilogy #1

Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

585 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

Sister, Maiden, Monster

Lucy A. Snyder

264 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense fast-paced