Alistair-cross Quote by Alistair Cross

“Readers love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror. Truthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

“The standards for horror fiction should be no less than those for 'serious literary' fiction in which originality of concept, depth of characters, and…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Horror is not a genre, it is an emotion. It is a progressive form of fiction, one that evolves to meet the fears and…

— Douglas E. Winter

“horror MUST stimulate the reader’s mental pressure points more effectively and more consistently than other genres.”

— Joe Mynhardt

“Horror writers shouldn't play nice. Disturb & unnerve your reader. Make them uncomfortable, but not so much they stop reading.”

— Pamela Morris

“Good horror is written by people who understand that fear is one of the cardinal passageways into the core of humanity. Good horror is…

— Alistair Cross

“I think horror can and should be classy. I enjoy seeing it raised up not lowered down to the lowest common denominator. There's prejudice…

— Carole Gill

“A horror writer is one who is not only willing to look into the darkest of shadows...but to reach into them too.”

— Thomas Scopel

“Horror is best written in the dark.”

— Dennis McDonald

Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.

— Dean Koontz

I never actually wanted to write horror, oddly enough. It was a kind of misnomer, because I didn't ever actually write horror in the…

— Peter James

There are many talented and worthy writers engaging horror in new, imaginative, and yes, terrifying ways.

— Paul G. Tremblay