Authors, not readings. All-time favourites would include Damon Knight, Stephen King, Robert R. McCammon, Ayn Rand, Robert Frost, John D. MacDonald and Richard Bach.
Check out my review of John R. Little's Miranda. It may win a Bram Stoker today.
On the same site, you'll find a review of Kirby Crow's Angels of the Deep. Also an excellent read.
Go to http://www.thedeepening.com/horror
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