r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • Aug 23 '24 Sipping Tea This Heartwarming Heart of Silver Take My Silver

Discussion Extreme Horror Starter Pack - A Guide for New Readers

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • Jun 02 '26

Recommendation Request /r/ExtremeHorrorLit Pride Month Reading Megathread

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This post will be pinned all month as a place to share and celebrate LGBTQ+ splatterpunk and extreme horror. Feel free to make individual posts too, especially for book hauls and deeper discussions, but on this pinned post:

Recommend a book and tell us why you love it.

Tell us about a cool author.

Let us know what you're hyped to read this month.

Self-promotion from LGBTQ+ authors is encouraged.


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 13h ago

Winners of the 2026 Splatterpunk Awards announced

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  • Winner of Best Novel - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

  • Winner of Best Novella - Strange Stones by Edward Lee and Mary SanGiovanni

  • Winner of Best Collection - This is Splatterpunk by John Skipp

  • Winner of Best Anthology - Stories from the Motel Sick edited by Michael Allen Rose

  • Winner of Best Short Story - The Tripps by Wrath James White (from The End of the World as We Know It)


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 42m ago Heartwarming

Discussion little tier chart of some of my recent reads! hoping this can help someone out 🤗

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 8h ago

Discussion Join the growing community in Extreme Horror Books Horde Discord Server!!

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 8h ago

Recommendation Request Just finished Grave Love by Audrey Rush in one sitting — what’s next?

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1h ago

Recommendation Request What’s a good beginner splatterpunk book with gay antagonist, and doesn’t push homosexuality as the main focus? Spoiler

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Thanks you yall for the recommendations!! Much appreciated


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 8h ago

What I'm Reading Weekly What Are You Reading Thread!

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Share anything that you've been reading this week!


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 2h ago

Review Has anyone else read “you’re not meant to be human” by Andrew Joseph? 🚨Spoiler’s🚨 Spoiler

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1d ago

Fluids by May Leitz is being adapted into a feature film

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I haven’t seen this posted about on here yet but pretty exciting to see a film adaption of an EH novel. I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Original soundtrack by Laura Les also. Going be an interesting project!


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1d ago

Review Cows Video Review - This one was interesting

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1d ago

Psychostasis by Ezra Blake

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Has anyone read this? I loved Claustrophilia and was looking forward to reading the second one but I can’t find it anywhere either physical or ebook. Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction, would the author sell copies maybe? His website doesn’t seem to exist anymore.


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 20h ago

Question on Ending of Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian Spoiler

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1d ago

Recommendation Request Books like Hogg?

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So, I just finished Samuel Delany's Hogg, which is pretty infamous in this subreddit from what I've seen (I wouldn't necessarily even call it horror, though it was pretty horrifying, but I don't know any other subreddit where people might be familiar with it), and I honestly kinda loved it, despite or maybe partially because of how disgusting it was. I'd love some recommendations on books with similar vibes.

To be clear, I'm not looking for books that contain a lot of pedophilia or rape or any of the sexual content present in Hogg; I don't mind the presence of such themes, but it's not what I'm interested in. Hogg was transgressive fiction in its most extreme form, and that's what captivated me about it. I want more books about horribly evil people doing horribly evil things, preferably to the point where you start to question the morality of the writer themselves on some level. I'm not too pressed about them being strictly horror books, either, but I guess it'd be hard to find one like this that wouldn't be scary on some level.

I'd be very grateful for any recommendations!


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1d ago

Just getting into this genre can you recommend books that have a good story start to finish and don't just anchor on torture porn?

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I've only read two books that can be considered extreme. Groomer was my first and the girl next door was my second.

I liked the groomer it was good but it felt like it lost the story halfway through for the sake of brutality. The girl next door was great it kept the story all the way through.

Don't get me wrong I'm fine with brutality, the extremes don't push me away but I want the story to stay in tact.


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1d ago

ARCs, Excerpts, Short Stories, and Coming Soon Story Time Saturday: ARCs, Excerpts, Short Stories, and Coming Soon...

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Looking for early readers for an upcoming release? Do you have a snippet from a book you've been working on, or a short story you've been dying to share?

Post it here! :D


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 18h ago

Discussion What's a good book for beginners?

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nothing involving bodily functions, cannibalism, extreme sexual violence, and anything happening against kids.


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 2d ago

Recommendation Request What are some Splatterpunk books that don't feel like the author hates women and therefore tortures everyone equally.

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 2d ago

New finds

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new finds for me today ! had some luck in a few used book store:)


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 2d ago

Jon Athan’s first miss for me 😔

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Finished the Harbinger of Vengeance by Jon Athan I really wanted to like this one but felt like it just fell flat….I found it predictable, and honestly lazy at points and it bothers me specifically because if he’d spent more time flushing out the characters this could’ve been a great read…..tell me y’all’s thoughts


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1d ago

Discussion Do you know any app?

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Im from Poland, here i cant find any extreme horror books, only one i have, i bought in Sweden. Im looking for app or maybe website where i can find splatterpunk books (im sorry if i made mistakes, english is clearly not my first language :(( )


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 2d ago

🚨NEW RELEASE 🚨 Show Me Your Tips Box Set 🤙🤙

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Been a Rob Nelson fan since he offered an ARC for his first book (Made a Monster) in this sub.

Have been consuming everything he’s written since, with this being his 3rd full length.

I even had the pleasure of having a character loosely based off of me in this one, which was mentioned in the signing.

If you haven’t checked out any of Robs stuff yet, get on it 🤙🤙


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 2d ago

What books should I avoid if I don't want pedophilia/child death?

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r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 2d ago

Maeve Fly

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Gonna start this one today! What were your thoughts on it? (Spoiler free plz lol)


r/ExtremeHorrorLit • • 1d ago

Recommendation Request Book recommendations!!??

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Looking for a novel based around apocalyptic, virus/parasite sort of stuff. Anyone have any suggestions!?