Fairytale Horror?
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Fairytale Horror?
And of the flavors of supernatural I prefer the fae...or fay, fey, fairies, faeries, or sidhe.
I've found this type to be sparse at best.
I thought I'd give this a try...so
Please recommend any good supernatural horror but especially any about the fae?
Thanks in advance
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Hmmm, only one I know of that might be what you are looking for from looking about is 'The Fae Chronicles' by Amelia Hutchins. It's a series and it has really good ratings: 4.5 stars out of 5 with 300+ reviews
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I know! I've never understood the lack of fae in horror.Nitatsu7 wrote:Man, I am scratching my head on this one. I feel like I read one a long time ago but can't think of it. Other than that, my more recent reading are the dark fairytales in various collections but not a good fictional novel sorts.
Hmmm, only one I know of that might be what you are looking for from looking about is 'The Fae Chronicles' by Amelia Hutchins. It's a series and it has really good ratings: 4.5 stars out of 5 with 300+ reviews
Hope this helped~!
I mean, they are the original horror stories!
I'm hoping with the uptick of fae-like horror in movies that books will follow *fingers crossed*
Thank you very much.
I'll be sure to look into those
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It' weird that in Games that Fae's are normally monsters such as in Rift. I suppose fae have been softened YEARS ago just like society is doing now with vampires... being sparkly... -,-
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There is no fairytale horror!
The few books/series I find...I wouldn't consider horror (Laurell K Hamilton's Merry Gentry).
I find more of what I want in movies and that's just sad.
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I do know a UK Publisher who is taking submissions for Fairytale Horror or Dark stories telling the other side of the tales at the moment. Perhaps this is a read you can look forward to?
http://www.tenebrisbooks.com/2014/07/ne ... anthology/
But we all have to wait before we can read it O_O
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I'm still really hoping it catches on soon in books...although movies tend to follow book trends instead of the other way around.
But there's always hope!
Until then I guess I'll have to be content with fae-ish movies.
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LivreAmour217 wrote:Well, many the original stories about fairies aren't exactly kid-friendly...maybe the traditional tales would fit into the "fairytale horror" description. And I'm not just talking about unmodified Brothers Grimm tales, either. The "fairies" of the traditional Celtic people were anything but nice! They were greatly feared and respected. I hope that I'm being helpful!
Very true. There are stories about a HUGE war. Hmmm, Danaans versus Fir Bolg if I recall right...
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This is exactly my point.LivreAmour217 wrote:Well, many the original stories about fairies aren't exactly kid-friendly...maybe the traditional tales would fit into the "fairytale horror" description. And I'm not just talking about unmodified Brothers Grimm tales, either. The "fairies" of the traditional Celtic people were anything but nice! They were greatly feared and respected. I hope that I'm being helpful!
How can the original horror stories be so scarce in horror today?
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In my research, I even managed to find a Romanian belief from the Dark ages that believed vampires were werewolf bitten victims who died and came back from the dead. But the manner theses "vampires" were described implied they were "zombies" similar to today's outlook.
Poor Graverobber, I will continue to keep an eye out for books fitting your thirst for reading >,<
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A very good book about werewolf legends is The Book Of Werewolves by Sabine Baring Gould. He researched the old legends all the way back to Pliny, Herotodus, Virgil, up to the 19th century and true accounts of cannibalism, blood drinking, serial killers, people who thought they were wolves, etc. A very informative book.
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