Horror

[close] Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Even though our main themes are horror, fantasy, and science fiction we also love other genres too which are reflected in threads within this group. If you love spooks, dragons, demigods, crime and mystery stories then join us. Masthead art - Tomb of Thaurenvex ,The Last Giant Book Series by Scott Richard

[close] Click HERE for the latest group announcements. "It reminded me of ____ but in space." "I read ____ in high school, and actually liked it." "It's like a cross between ____ and ____ with a little Harry Potter thrown in." "YOU'VE NEVER READ ____?!?" You know the drill. Your friends reference it, your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/"sort of thing?" raves about it, even your favorite movies quote it, or it IS your favorite movie but you've never read the book. This group is for those of us for whom one of the following may apply... - we have finally developed a taste for reading and are severely behind on classics; - we kindaaa, sortaaa, but actually slept through English class in high school and used Sparknotes/Hollywood remakes to write our book reports; - we buy a book that everyone is talking about and it sits on our shelf, and sits there... and sits there; - we've heard the hype and are finally getting around to reading the actual book; - we want to expand our horizons beyond the single genre we usually read and want to do so with some time-tested material; - we just plain old want to get everyone off our backs for not having read _____. Every month we'll choose three books to read: 1) a classic (that everyone has probably read but us), 2) a "modern" classic or popular book that everyone is talking about, and 3) a bookshelf catch-up in which we choose a book the group has already read to catch-up with other members.

[close] Welcome! We are a challenge group. We offer new challenges monthly, readathons, buddy reads, BOTM, SOTM, and a badge system we call Buttons!

[close] Welcome to The Velvet Coffin 🖤 A horror book club for readers who like their fiction dark, strange, unsettling, atmospheric and occasionally downright fucked up. We read horror in all its beautiful and horrible forms — gothic fiction, psychological horror, supernatural tales, folk horror, extreme horror, queer horror, weird fiction, cult classics, forgotten paperbacks and wonderfully disreputable books that probably should have been left buried. We're particularly interested in the obscure, the overlooked and the strange — those books you discover at 2am and wonder how you've somehow never heard of them. Expect: 🩸 Monthly group reads 🕯️ Gothic & supernatural horror 🧠 Psychological horror 👁️ Weird & literary horror 🌈 Queer & trans horror 📼 Forgotten 70s–00s horror 🔪 Cult classics & exploitation fiction 💀 Trashy, nasty & gloriously ridiculous horror 🌑 Books that genuinely get under your skin No literary snobbery. No pressure to love the classics. No requirement for a book to be respectable. If it's disturbing, fascinating, atmospheric, beautifully written, horribly written, deeply weird or simply impossible to forget — it belongs in the coffin. Come in. Close the lid. Pick a book. 🖤📚🩸