Both The Concrete Grove and Dead Bad Things were amongst the best novels of last year. Gary McMahon is one of the most exciting writers within genre fiction. A straight-shooter and one of the most prolific pulp horror writers in the business today. Whether writing fiction, non-fiction or in-person, Shaun does not mince his words. If nothing else, one must admire his work-rate having consistently released one or two novels, almost every year since his debut in 1982. The famous Liverpool FC fan is one of the most famous pulp writers of the eighties, alongside Richard Laymon, Graham Masterton and Guy N Smith. Love him or hate him, it’s unlikely that you will have an indifferent reaction to the author that has brought us titles such as Slugs, Spawn, Necessary Evil and most recently, the novelisation of Twins of Evil. There’s a strong case that Autumn led a zombie revival in fiction, with authors such as Wayne Simmons, Iain McKinnon and Craig DiLouie all following-on from Moody’s initial undead footsteps. He also set up his own publishing house Infected Books before he was picked up by Thomas Dunne Books in 2008. When Moody’s apocalyptic series, Autumn was put up for download on his website it received over half a million downloads. He was one of the first genre writers to take advantage of the e-revolution, so much so that he was publishing online in 2001, years before the existence of Smashwords, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads and other companies and products that have been integral in ensuring the success of e-publishing. David Moodyĭavid Moody’s journey from bank manager to full-time writer is both a fascinating and inspirational story. Recommended reading: Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories 9. His life’s work includes a wide range of novels, plays, short story collections and his only non-fiction title, Episodes Before Thirty, a memoir of his youth. Joshi said of short story collection Incredible Adventures that it “may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century”. Lovecraft as one of the Modern Masters of supernatural horror and Indian-American literary critic, S.T. His reputation is such that he was described by H.P.

It’s difficult to have a conversation about supernatural or weird fiction without mentioning Algernon Blackwood. Don’t forget to leave your thoughts and comments below. It’s worth noting that this is neither an extensive nor a definitive list-but we do promise you this, reading these authors will be both a pleasure and an education in horror. With that in mind, it seemed highly appropriate that we bring you this list of ten horror authors that have helped shape horror fiction into the joyous creation that we know and love today. Today is both St George’s Day and World Book Night.

Twins of Evil by Shaun Hutson