Horror Subgenre Challenge! - hosted by dexlud

Sci-Fi Horror
These stories combine sci-fi elements (like space travel and futuristic societies) with common horror elements (like creatures and aliens). You get the best of both worlds. Sci-fi horror is a popular genre in the film world (Aliens, The Invisible Man, Underwater). But there aren’t that many writers producing sci-fi horror novels these days. Hopefully, that will change in the future. This subgenre is wide open, in terms of possibilities. It’s a blank slate for speculative fiction writers who want to blaze their own trail and do something that’s never been done before.

Interesting novels in this subgenre: Blindsight, by Peter Watts. Contagion, by Erin Bowman. Nightflyers, by George R.R. Martin. Infected, by Scott Sigler. Carrion Comfort, by Dan Simmons. The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling.
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The Deep by Nick Cutter

The Deep

Nick Cutter

394 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly

Ice Station

Shane Schofield #1

Matthew Reilly

534 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction thriller adventurous tense fast-paced
Made for You by Jenna Satterthwaite

Made for You

Jenna Satterthwaite

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery science fiction
Leech by Hiron Ennes

Leech

Hiron Ennes

13 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman

Dark Orbit

Twenty Planets

Carolyn Ives Gilman

303 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Earthly Bodies by Susan Earlam

Earthly Bodies

Susan Earlam

377 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Know Your Station by Sarah Gailey, Liana Kangas

Know Your Station

Know Your Station #1-5

Sarah Gailey, Liana Kangas

144 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction comics horror mystery science fiction speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Never and Again by Justina Ireland

Never and Again

Justina Ireland

8 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction dystopian
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham

The Kraken Wakes

John Wyndham

7 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 1953 (editions) user-added

fiction classics horror science fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
La Couleur tombée du ciel by Gou Tanabe, H.P. Lovecraft, Sylvain Chollet

La Couleur tombée du ciel

Gou Tanabe's Adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's Masterpieces

Gou Tanabe, H.P. Lovecraft, Sylvain Chollet

185 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction horror manga adventurous challenging informative medium-paced