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Horror books and the Increasing Number of Sub Genres

What is a sub genre? A sub genre is what could be described as a category within a category. For example, "Horror" is a genre (or category), but "Surreal horror" is a genre of "Horror", thus "Surreal horror" is a sub genre of "Horror". More and more sub genres for horror books are emerging.
Why is this relevant? Well, it’s relevant because based on these new sub genres authors are actually finding their own niches to write particular types of horror books. Rather than looking at genres as a source for confinement, one should look it simply as a means of labeling and convenience. Think of alphabetizing your horror books or stacking them in chronological order, that’s sort of what we’re doing when creating more and more precise labels.

What does the future hold? Well, that’s where we start going the ever lengthening path of speculation. Horror books have a lot of potential futures, however, when it comes to the expanding realm of sub genres I believe its safe to say that there’s not many more to come. Now let’s not forget about crossing two sub genres, such as surreal extreme horror, or extreme erotica horror (although extreme can often contain an abundance of erotica and still be considered extreme horror), there are countless combinations horror books can have these days. Some find the ever expanding realm of horror books confusing, I among many others in the industry find it to be incredibly exciting, especially with the ever improving quality of working being released in this day and age.

What better place to find that then in the depths of extreme horror books? Some are pushing against the ever growing popularity of extreme horror books, claiming the works are not literary but just gore fests to appease the hordes. Well, this may be true in some respects, but one cannot deny the effect extreme horror is having on our industry. So, let the folks have their extreme horror and if you’re into more literary work, well then just read more literary work! A simple solution hm? Simple yet many seem not to understand it, but alas, this is not a new trend in our field my friends.

So in the end, what sub genre is best? Well, obviously, that is purely up to the reader. Granted, the sub genres lend themselves to pretty much open ended creativity, but the frequency of high quality work in those sub genres of horror books are very high. The only way for you to discover what your favorite sub genre of horror books is to well, give them a read! See what you like! And most of all, support the horror books industry so that everyone benefits.

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Filed under: Audio Books on August 31st, 2009