[Xayn]

I recently came across two (old) horror books by authors I had no idea they had ever ventured into the horror realm.
"Shade of the Tree" by Piers Anthony
"Black Easter" by James Blish

I found these books wonderfully entertaining and wonder if anyone here would happen to know of other horror books written by authors normally associated with Fantasy and/or Science Fiction rather than Horror.

[AuntiePam]

How about Thomas M. Disch's Minnesota Supernatural series? The M.D., The Sub, The Businessman and (forgot the other one).

[Xayn]

Hey, thank you.
I had heard of "The Businessman", but haven't been able to get a hold of it yet. Didn't know, though, that it was part of a whole series. Guess I gotta do me some research on that.
Especially since I always liked Disch a lot, and already found some of his short stories quite scary.

[AuntiePam]

Xayn, you're welcome. It's not a series in the usual sense -- I don't believe there are any recurring characters and the books don't need to be read in order.

But I could be wrong; it's been awhile since I read The M.D. and The Businessman, but I just recently read The Sub, and none of the characters rang any bells.

Dan Simmons of Hyperion fame has written horror -- "Summer of Night", "Carrion Comfort", "Song of Kali", and some short stories.

George R. R. Martin has done both. "Dying of the Light" and "Windhaven" qualify as SF, but "Armageddon Rag" and "Fevre Dream" are horror.

[astrianna]

She doesn't write fantasy or science fiction, but I certainly didn't suspect her of writing horror and so I was shocked to discover A Modern Mephistopholes and A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott. Both are thrillers, no gore or ghoulies, but they're a far cry from Little Women, Little Men and Jo's Boys.

[AuntiePam]

Would you recommend them?

[Llama]

The other Disch book is THE PRIEST.

[Lawson]

Oscar Wilde's novel 'The Picture of Dorian Grey.' I'm not sure if it's *really* out of genre, but it definitly is out of medium. I think of Wilde more as a Playwright, then a poet. So the novel really threw me. Very good read though.