Anyway, start with these:
- The Missing or Virus by Sarah Langan
- The Feeding Ground or The Reckoning by Sarah Pinborough
- Slights by Kaaron Warren
- Threshold by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- The Secret Books of Paradys by Tanith Lee
- Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice (she has to be listed)
- Haunted (a collection of short stories) by Joyce Carol Oates
- The Sineater by Elizabeth Massie
- The Price or The Unseen by Alexandra Sokoloff
- Come Closer by Sara Gran
- Generation Loss or Bibliomancy (contains dark short stories) by Elizabeth Hand
Then there are some classics:
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus
- Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" (a must read)
There are also the paranormal romance/detective/urban fantasy writers:
- Charlaine Harris's series about Sookie Stackhouse (vampires and weres)
- Laurell K. Hamilton's series about Anita Blake (vampires and weres)
- Kim Harrison's series about Rachel Morgan (witches, demons, vampires)
- Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Series (young romance)
- L J Smith's Vampire Diaries (young romance)
For a more comprehensive list see Paula Guran's September 2009 blog on juno-books.com
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