Which books have given you nightmares??? The Mechanic from The Mechanic Trilogy by Rob Ashman scared me
Which books have given you nightmares??? The Mechanic from The Mechanic Trilogy scared me ???
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Which books have given you nightmares??? The Mechanic from The Mechanic Trilogy scared me ???
The Abattoir of Dreams and The Man in the Wall ??
As an author I’ll class that as an achievement. As the nice man I am, sorry I scared you!
None have given me nightmares, but I was very uneasy after reading No Safe Home by @Tara and immediately The Watcher by @Netta.
I’ve been put off eating honey after Flesh Evidence by @Malcolm
@Conrad and Chris Carter books come closest to giving me nightmares
The only book ever to give me nightmares was to kill a mockingbird when we read that at school
Rosemary’s Baby. Scared to turn the page towards the end.
Not Nightmares per se but Rags by Mick Lewis gave me some surreal dreams
Frailty and opticians Wife by Betsy Freeman Reavley. The feeling those books left me with, stayed for quite a while. And @Rob and his Mechanic trilogy.
Betsy. Dont be sorry. I loved them. X
David have you read Beneath the watery moon by Betsy? If not I highly recommend it.
@Alexina . No I haven’t. I’ll give it a go. Thank you.
@David good luck! I read parts through my fingers, but is so well written.
Alexina, I’ve just read the description of the storyline. And bought it because it’s got Betsy’s feel to it, I loved Frailty and Opticians Wife.
@David i am torn as it was my favourite of hers, but her new one might just have knocked it off it’s spot… which is out 4 th May
@Alexina . I’m certain to buy that one too.
Thank you @David.
To be honest, I have never had a nightmare from a book and I read some pretty hard core stuff. Must be hardened to it!
Years ago now but …The Exorcist.
The film certainly gave me the shivers the night I saw it and had trouble sleeping, but I was only 15 and sneaked in with my older brother… Read the book years later but the effect was no longer there.
Ah….I read the book first at night time whilst living on my own …so even more scary ! The film scared me too .
The Liars Promise gave me the heebie jeebies big time! X
Heebie Jeebies. Love it!
loved horror books till I read Stephen King’s It, I was 17 and in hospital at the time. Haven’t read one since.
The Mechanic series made me dream but wouldn’t say nightmares
@Conrad put me off pork mince for life
Frailty by Betsy Freeman Reavley and The Missing Children by @Mel made me feel very uneasy
I’ve done you a favour , @Sarah it’s not good for you ????
None have given me nightmares but Frailty by Betsy haunted me for a while. I also still can’t look at honey without going green thanks to Flesh Evidence by @Malcolm!
Sorry! X
Lorna Doone. I had an abridged version as a child which did not prepare me for the unabridged novel, I had nightmares for years and my copy is still on my friend’s bookshelf because I didn’t want to get rid of it but was too scared to have it in the house.
I need to re read it. I read the version when young… but, can’t wait remember it all. However it must have been a powerful read as It stirs emotions when mentioned
I think I would have been less affected if I’d waited until the children were older, but there’s just one scene which is really horrible.
The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I don’t scare easy
Definately IT
I haven’t had nightmares- but there are characters I wouldn’t want to come across in real life or have felt emotions for.
The Shining! The most scared I’ve been reading a book – scariest movie, the end of Carrie!
Steven King’s IT. Never looked down a drain since incase i see a clown grinning at me.
Lot No 249 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle… I seriously just got goosebumps just from writing its name ?
IT by Stephen King. I had s very realistic seeming hallucination of Pennywise in my bedroom doorway! ?
Never had a nightmare but was once married to one. Does that count lol
Helter Skelter
Just caught up with this @Audrey – loving it! I still smile at you feeling too scared to let your dog out at night. It’s a writer’s dream to make the twisted things that happen in a storyline seem so real that they scare people in reality. Thank you. x
And you’re a twisted guy, @Rob ?? . Having my signed copies is the icing on the cake xx
Thank you @Audrey, it was a pleasure signing your copies. Not long now before Faceless comes out on the 31 May, I’m looking forward to scaring you again.
@Rob can’t wait. 31st of May is my birthday!!!!! How spooky is that xx
I knew that of course @Audrey …. x
Christine
Karen Slaughter. As good as she is… never again!!
Inferno Park. JL Bryan