fantasy + horror

6 books tagged both “fantasy” and “horror”.

The Green Mile

Stephen King · 1996

Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.

2,549-word summary · 11 min read

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman · 2008

A toddler escapes the murder of his family and is raised by ghosts in a graveyard, learning from the dead while the killer who hunts him waits outside.

2,786-word summary · 12 min read

Coraline

Neil Gaiman · 2002

Coraline finds a door to a better version of home, ruled by the Other Mother with button eyes.

2,081-word summary · 9 min read

The Gunslinger

Stephen King · 1982

Roland chases the man in black across desert to the tower, losing Jake and learning ka is a wheel.

2,071-word summary · 9 min read

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman · 2013

A man recalls age seven when a lodger's suicide let hunger birds in, and Lettie Hempstock saved him.

2,070-word summary · 9 min read