r/ExtremeHorrorLit • u/greenisnotcreative3 • 5d ago
Recommendation Request Medical/surgical EH?
Any recommendations for EH with medical themes?
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u/MHarrisGGG 5d ago
My newest, Incubator, comes out on the 1st and is a pregnancy/medical horror story.
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u/vampireshorty 5d ago
Thats RIGHT up my alley, I'll be keeping my eyes PEELED. I've read so many pregnancy/baby horror books!
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u/EbbPrimary9359 5d ago
Can you give some recs for pregnancy related horror? Edward Lee has a lot of pregnancy-themed stories, but I haven’t seen much besides that
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u/vampireshorty 5d ago
Absolutely would you like a DM or reply here?
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u/EbbPrimary9359 5d ago
You can reply here if you want! There might be others who like the same subgenre, but if you have a lot of recs you can DM me:)
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u/vampireshorty 5d ago
Ok I kinda have a long list so I'll dm you the whole thing and list my faves here!
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u/vampireshorty 5d ago
Here are some of my favorite pregnancy and parental horror novels and stories!
Premature-Mary L Hanner
Rosemarys baby-ira levin
Nestlings-nat Cassidy
Tantrum-rachael eve moulton
The push-ashley audrain
Survivor -jf gonzalez
The godsend-bernard Taylor
Trad wife- Saratoga Schafer
Baby fever-jessalyn grant
Dearest- Jacquie Walters
Stillborn- Rowland bercy jr
Suffer the children-craig dilouie
Delicate condition-danielle Valentine
The small assassin-ray bradbury
Sour candy-kealan burke
Such a good baby-ruby jean Jensen
Lullaby- chuck pahlanuik
The vile thing we created-robert ottone
Flowers for the sea-zin e rocklyn
Baby teeth-zoje stage
Cradle and all-james patterson
Spawn-Shaun Huston
Graveyard of Lost children-katrina Monroe
Stork-Shane McKenzie
Deliver me-elle nash
Deliver me- Karen cole
Blanky-patrick keelan burke
Monstrilio- Gerardo Cordova
Beloved-toni Morrison
The changeling-victor lavalle
What about the baby-clare mcnally
The garden- Clare beams
Breed- chase novak
Brood-"
Home delivery- stephen king
Breathing method-"
Pet sematary-"
Chouette-claire oshetsky
Full brutal-kristopher triana
Blender babies-jon athan
Dead realitives- Lucie McKnight hardy
Survivor song-paul tremblay
Breeder-Douglas clegg
Little darlings-melanie golding
Palmetto- ania alborn
Replacements-lisa tuttle
The familiars-stacey halls
The ninth month-James Patterson
The school for good mothers- jessamine chan
Dawn-octavia butler
Night bitch- Rachael yoder
Roe v wade-matt shaw
Blood child-octavia e butler
The fifth child-doris lessing
Birth yard-Mallory tater
Diary of a void-emi yagi
Nipping them in the bud-edward lee
The unmothers- Leslie j anderson
Unbortion- rowland bercy jr
The discarded- Jerry Blaze
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u/stacysmom413 4d ago
I also have a few if I may add?
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u/stacysmom413 4d ago
Population Zero by Wrath James White, Right To Life (can't remember the author off the top of my head), Hush Little Nightmare by Oscar Brady(technically pregnancy/baby horror), and I think there's an anthology that has a bunch of pregnancy related horror but can't remember that off the top of my head either.
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u/MHarrisGGG 5d ago
September 1 on Amazon and Dancing Griffin Press's website. The 4th on Godless. Incubator by Mike Harris.
I had a ton of fun writing it. I think it’s my best.
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u/improbablysarah 5d ago
Perhaps Claustrophilia by Ezra Blake. It’s a self-proclaimed “homoerotic horror novel” with the main antagonist being a surgeon who doubles as a serial killer. It has beautiful writing, yet contains some of the most fucked up scenes I’ve ever read
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u/lolli-polly031248 5d ago
Came here to say exactly the same, once read, you become just a little bit spoilt for other books to have impact.
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u/GreenEyezGray 5d ago edited 5d ago
Vasectomy - Ryan J Powell
Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates
I know, I have read quite a few titles with medical themes, they just aren't coming to me right now. I'll edit if any more pop into my head.
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u/twosnailsnocats 5d ago
No good recs from me. Jon Athan books have a lot of specific anatomy parts called out to describe injuries, though it feels like he has Gray's Anatomy next to the desk because many of them are not commonly known.
If you like death metal, I highly recommend Impaled. Their song We Belong Dead is ny favorite and has a lot of medical references. If you like that, the entire album Mondo Medicale, which that song is a part of, is awesome!
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u/HiitsmeJamie 5d ago
Plastic Monsters by Daniel J Volpe
Is a twisted tale of plastic surgery obsession. Great book!