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Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare. [1] Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror.
Genres of horror fiction, a genre of fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten or scare. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror , which are in the realm of speculative fiction .
Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror". Horror fiction often overlaps science fiction or fantasy, all three categories of which are sometimes placed under the umbrella classification speculative fiction.
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This is a navigational list of notable writers who have published significant work in the horror fiction genre, who also have stand-alone articles on Wikipedia. All items must have a reference to demonstrate that they have produced significant work in the horror genre.
Speculative fiction/Horror portal Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
Non-fiction books about horror (6 P) Horror novels (18 C, 8 P) S. ... Pages in category "Horror books" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Lovecraftian horror, also called cosmic horror [2] or eldritch horror, is a subgenre of horror, fantasy fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible [3] more than gore or other elements of shock. [4] It is named after American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937).