Anyone know of a Fantasy/Horror book/short story?

[Rechan]

A friend of mine is a horror writer, and wants to find an example of a horror story set in a fantasy setting, so that he can try his hand at it.

I cannot think of any examples off the top of my head.

Anyone have suggestions?

 

[Crothian]

Ravenloft books?

 

[jonesy]

There's Lovecraft's Kadath, but I'm not sure if that counts as horror. It's dream madness in a fantastic setting. Kadath seems to divide people strongly into those who think it's scary and those who think it's boring.

 

[Umbran]

Hm. Stephen King wrote "The Eyes of the Dragon", but that's a full novel.

For short stories, you might point your friend at "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" - it isn't all horror in fantasy settings, but it is all short form, and there are so many years of it that I'll be surprised if you don't find some useful examples.

 

[trancejeremy]

Clark Ashton Smith

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/

He had 3 weird fantasy settings that were fantasy-horror basically: Zothique (in the far, far, future), Averoigne, sort of a medieval France, and Hyperborea, pre-history.

Best are:

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/208/the-tale-of-satampra-zeiros
(one of the best D&D-ish stories written)

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/192/the-seven-geases

(This is where the D&D version of geas comes from)

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/61/the-empire-of-the-necromancers

(this is a little gross)

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/181/a-rendezvous-in-averoigne
(traditional horror story in a fantasy setting)

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne

The other really notable one is Karl Edgar Wagner's Kane series. It's basically Conan in a more Lovecraftian setting.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I not come up with the name of it, but there was a recent collection of Mythos short stories I read last year...one of which featured Conan. And if you search, you'll see that Conan & Cthulhu have a bit of a history...

There are Lankhmar stories that veer towards horror, at least involving undead.

 

[Rechan]

[MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION] - I read Eyes of the Dragon - it's straight fantasy, no real horror elements. Still a good book.

Thanks [MENTION=924]trancejeremy[/MENTION] - that's great, I'll send that along!

Others, thanks; I'll send him a link to this thread.

 

[Umbran]

[MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION] - I read Eyes of the Dragon - it's straight fantasy, no real horror elements. Still a good book.

I think that depends upon what you call horror, I suppose. I find the level of fear and dread in the main characters qualifies it anyway. YMMV.

 

[Hand of Evil]

If you can find them and pay for them, Karl Edward Wagner's Kane books had some shorts dealing with horror and fantasy.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A correction: while there are indeed Mythos-tinged Conan stories, what I was thinking of was not one.

What I was thinking of was the collection of Brian Lumley's Mythos tales, Haggopian and Other Stories, and particularly, the story "Curse of the Golden Guardians".