Literary Horror Fall 2022!

10. Who is considered to be the founder of cosmic horror?

20. What is the single word uttered by the sinister bird in Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem The Raven?

19. H.P. Lovecraft's most famous creation is this giant "Great Old One" with tentacles, wings and claws.

8. Who was the original author of the novel "Jaws?"

12. Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" features a plague that turns people into what?

9. Which of these novels is supposedly based on true events?

16. In Stephen King's "Carrie," the titular character manifested what abilities as she grew into a young adult?

17. A murderer is driven mad by an incriminating noise he thinks he hears in what Edgar Allen Poe story?

14. Which Washington Irving novel features the Headless Horseman?

3. "The Turn of the Screw" is a classic novella, adapted numerous times. Who is the author?

Who was the author of Dracula?

13. The concept of duality is explored in this Robert Louis Stevenson Story.

18. Franz Kafka presaged the horror genre with this short story about a man who awakens as an insect.

4. Which of the following is the full title of the horror novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley?

5. Which of the following was Stephen King's first novel?

11. Which book features a clown that manifests into children's worst fears?

15. In "Dracula," the great fiend was pursued by what famous vampire hunter?

8. Which author's book was read on the radio and led to wide-spread panic for fear that it was real?

2. Who wrote the popular ghost story "The Haunting of Hill House" in 1959?

6. In the novel "World War Z," which of the following took over the world?