So here’s the thing… I don’t believe in the supernatural, but I try to suspend disbelief while reading. I want to be scared by a supernatural horror. I miss the feeling I got from watching scary movies and hearing or reading ghost stories as a kid. I’ve tried to recapture it as an adult, and while I know the books I’ve read are “scary” by any measure, I never feel scared or creeped out or have trouble sleeping.
Forget psychopaths and non-supernatural horror. I am not looking for that. I know that scares me, but it doesn’t have the sense of the unknown and inexplicable that I’m looking for. Also no non-fiction. I specifically am looking to be scared by things I know rationally don’t exist. I’ve read virtually all of stephen king’s books. I’ve read countless books about possession, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, aliens, you name it. I’ve read books about sentient houses that kill people, sentient plants that kill people, sentient cars that kill people… and yes, some of them were enjoyable, and many were well-written and thought-provoking. But I haven’t been scared by a book that included the supernatural in like twenty years. I wanna feel the adrenaline and to be afraid to walk down a dark hallway.
by millera85