Horror Subgenre Challenge! - hosted by dexlud

Post-Apocalyptic
Civilization is gone, replaced by something dark and dangerous. Yes, I’m talking about post-apocalyptic fiction, doomsday stories that “wipe the slate” clean and start over again. The ultimate reboot! Some post-apocalyptic stories fall into the dystopia category. Others can be considered a subgenre of horror because they include horrific and often terrifying elements (zombies, vampires, deadly plagues, etc.). To muddy the waters even more, some post-apocalyptic novels can stand alone within their own genre. But let’s keep it simple. In this context, we’re talking about stories where civilization gets brought down by some terrifying force or entity. Those kinds of novels are definitely a subgenre of horror fiction.

Interesting books in this category: Swan Song, by Robert McCammon. Monument 14, by Emmy Laybourne. Feed, by Mira Grant. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson. The Passage, by Justin Cronin.
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Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine

Your Shadow Half Remains

Sunny Moraine

4 hours • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

Hell Followed with Us

Andrew Joseph White

10 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Primitive by J.F. Gonzalez

Primitive

J.F. Gonzalez

344 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction horror dark medium-paced
Homesick, Season 2 by Ms. Freaky

Homesick, Season 2

Homesick #2

Ms. Freaky

47 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) not a book user-added

fiction comics thriller
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Daisy Darker

Alice Feeney

338 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley

The Beauty

Aliya Whiteley

99 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror science fiction dark medium-paced
Blindness by José Saramago

Blindness

Blindness #1

José Saramago

12 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Winter's Legacy by Gage Greenwood

Winter's Legacy

Winter's Myths #2

Gage Greenwood

408 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy horror
Winter's Myths by Gage Greenwood

Winter's Myths

Winter's Myths #1

Gage Greenwood

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

336 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced