Horror Fiction *Not* Written by American Authors

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mal

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Howdy! I'd go with M. R. James that Mr. Nobody mentioned above. I'm currently re-reading a book of short stories by him, all horror. He was a Cambridge guy back in the late 1800's. Those stories of his are super and haunting. There is even a '...Mezzotint...' one (forget the title) that is somewhat similar in concept to 'The Road Virus Heads North' by sai King. If you read them you'll like them. All the best, mal.
 

Coolallosaurus

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This is a wonderful start! Thank you all so much!!!
Additional categories: any recommendations for horror by south asian, east asian, latin, or Caribbean authors? So far a number of people I've asked have recommended the Indian horror show Ghoul, but I haven't gotten book recommendations.
 

Wayoftheredpanda

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This is a wonderful start! Thank you all so much!!!
Additional categories: any recommendations for horror by south asian, east asian, latin, or Caribbean authors? So far a number of people I've asked have recommended the Indian horror show Ghoul, but I haven't gotten book recommendations.
Junji Ito is Japan’s hp lovecraft, I recommend you read a short story by him. Though he writes comics instead of novels if that matters to you. I suggest “The Enigma of Amigara Fault”
 

Kurben

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M-R.James; Fantastic ghost stories. He was an english don i cambridge i think he was writing some short stories in his free time.
John Ajvide Lindqvist Swedish); Let The Right One In, Handling The Undead, Little Star and Harbour are all great.
Early James Herbert
Sarah Pinborough (Mayhem, Murder)
Mary Shelley
Sheridan Le Fanu (Carmilla)
Bram Stoker
Neil Gaiman
Ramsey Campbell
Robert Louis Stevenson (Jekyll and Hyde)
Oscar Wilde (Picture of Dorian Grey)
Daphne du Maurier (The Birds, Rebecka)

Just a short list.
 

Mr Nobody

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Oh! If you can track down a copy of Du Maurier's Echoes From The Macabre (as per Kurben), you'll have some great stories (specifically 'Don't Look Now', 'The Apple Tree', 'The Pool', 'The Blue Lenses', 'Kiss Me Again, Stranger', 'The Chamois', 'Not After Midnight', 'The Old Man', and 'The Birds'). And yes, I looked the titles up from my (inherited) copy. :D