Non-Emetic Horror Novels

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LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY cloudhurler)

To be a connoisseur of horror literature, it seems that a reader must almost entirely rely upon short fiction. There are exceptions, of course, but after reading countless poor novels -- by good and bad authors alike -- I have almost quit reading horror novels entirely. And even with the better novels I have, for the most part, come away somewhat unsatisfied where the aspect of horror is concerned. It is obvious that the various emotional facets of horror cannot be sustained for the duration of a novel, but even so most horror novels are extremely wanting. As an aside: Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird is harrowing throughout, but I certainly would not want to read a book like that too frequently. Continuing, yesterday I was perusing S.T. Joshi's The Modern Weird Tale and came across the following:
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