STEPS
Jerzy Kosinski’s previous effort THE PAINTED BIRD is widely identified as a horror novel, and STEPS is nearly as horrific in its probing and unflinching study of moral ambiguity in the form of a dispassionate, and perhaps psychotic, individual
THE STORY OF NOICHI THE BLIND
Here’s something unique: a novella, penned by veteran horror scribe Chet Williamson, written in the style of the late Lafcadio Hearn
STORY OF THE EYE
Those of you who read this short novel as the “erotic classic” it’s commonly classified as may be disappointed, if not totally bewildered
THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND
Very likely the magnum opus of Japan’s ero-guro master Suehiro Maruo (of MR. ARAHSI’S AMAZING FREAK SHOW, ULTRA-GASH INFERNO and many other sickies), this an absolutely stunning manga adapted from Edogawa Rampo’s 1926 novella
STRUWWELPETER
Originally published in Germany in 1845, STRUWWELPETER is a collection of rhymes describing various horrible misfortunes that befall misbehaving kids
THE SUBJUGATED BEAST
THE SUBJUGATED BEAST is said to be Ryan’s most overtly sadistic novel, and seeing as how Ryan is (in John Pelan’s words) the “Godmother of Splatterpunk,” that claim is not to be taken lightly
THE SUCKING PIT
This novel has the distinction of being one of the most widely criticized yet least read books of all time
SUPER FETUS
After TEENAGE TIMEBERWOLVES, this novella gets my vote for the sickest publication of 2009
SWAN LAKE
This story reportedly pissed off a lot of people when it was first published in an anthology. Even the author, in a newly written afterward, acknowledges readers may want “to kick his ass for writing this story”
SWEET EVIL
Charles Platt described his conception of SWEET EVIL thusly: “Having exorcised most of my sexual inhibitions by writing erotica, I decided to plumb the depths of my ambivalence toward violence”