I don't know if the readership reached
by traditional Christian publishers is or will ever be ready for Christian
horror. However, we all like a good fright now and again, and these
authors bring it in spades.
I've already listed Frank Peretti and
Ted Dekker so I won't list them again here, though they certainly belong
in this category. It could be argued that they helped invent
it.
Lisa is best known for her historical
novels, but The Begotten is a fun spiritual
warfare novel. It was praised by Publisher's
Weekly and earned a starred review in Booklist.
Shaunti first hit the Christian reading public as
a Y2K expert, back in the day. She and I actually wrote a Y2K sourcebook
together, then I went on to edit the year-long newsletter called
"Countdown Y2K" that was Shaunti's vehicle for dissemenating preparedness
news.
Shaunti is a sweet lady and a good writer. Her For Women Only and For
Men Only books with Multnomah have done very well.
Shaunti has also written two spiritual warfare
novels. The first takes place at Harvard University, from which
institution Shaunti is a graduate.
These appear to be spiritual warfare novels or
supernatural thrillers. The first is book 1 in The
Laodicea Chronicles and the second is book 1 in The Countdown series.
Book 2 of The
Laodicea Chronicles is available from Lulu.com, as isIron
Dragons, a fantasy novel by Sharon's husband,
Derek.
I'm not familiar with this author, but
a site guest like you recommended this book of hers. It appears to be a
book about an angel moving from grief to joy.
T. L. Hines (who is male, and not to be confused with
T. L. Higley, who is female), is a promising new author with a fun
speculative title from Bethany House.
Shane's Chayatocha was the first novel I've read that I
would consider almost Christian horror. It's a fabulous premise and a good
read. Shane's speculative fiction has been nominated for a Christy
Award.
Jeffrey is a Christian writing for a
secular publishing house. His first novel is what he calls
"Christian-influenced Thrill-Horror." It's a PG-13 novel about a
terrifying killer (or killers) haunting a small Indiana town. Set for a
September 15, 2007 release.
I've known Bob for years. He once
reviewed some of my speculative fiction for New
Man magazine. Now he's an author in his own right, with all kinds of
movie deals always circling around him and his books. Awesome covers,
too.
Kathy has a wonderfully creepy
speculative mind. She's got screenwriting experience (including working on
Peretti's Hangman's Curse) in addition to
her fiction credits.
I credit Kathy with introducing me to
the term "Christian chillers."
Watch for a new series from Kathy
releasing through Realms.
Paul is best known for his pioneering and prolific
work writing and directing hundreds of the Adventures in Odyssey radio series for children
from Focus on the Family, where he is Writer in Residence.
But Paul is also a gifted speculative
novelist for adults, which can be seen in his inspired idea for Twilight: a grieving private detective is hired
by a new set of clients with one thing in common—they're all dead.
Paul is
also the author of the Time Twisters trilogy
of time travel novels for youth.
Greg bills himself as a Christian horror author.
This trilogy is "a monster hunter epic about demons descending upon small
town middle America and the ordinary people who must overcome their
misconceptions about the Christian faith in order to take up arms and make
their last stand."
I introduced Bill back in Christian
Science Fiction, but his young adult series, Forbidden Doors, is so clearly in the chiller
category that I'm listing them here.
Brian's Chronicles of the Host series is good
speculative fiction about how the great struggle between God and Satan may
have been, is being, and will be fought.
Eric is a talented young writer whose
expertise covers Christian speculative fiction from both the writing and
reviewing perspectives. His canny Amazon reviews have earned him a name as
a knowledgeable critical reader.
All of Eric's novels are full of
supernatural thrills and chills.
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