{"id":338576,"date":"2015-10-19T19:50:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T11:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/terrible-tales-books-will-scare-halloween-mood-338576.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T07:03:11","slug":"terrible-tales-books-will-scare-halloween-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/terrible-tales-books-will-scare-halloween-mood-338576.html","title":{"rendered":"Terrible Tales: 10 Books that will scare you into the Halloween mood"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is always a good time to curl up with a good book, but horror novels are best reserved for October<\/a>, as Halloween draws near. Of course, these books<\/a> are so terrifying that they transcend seasons and have the potential to scare you even on the sunniest of days.<\/p>

While many readers might not take the horror seriously, it is within this genre that you can find the most gifted novelists. From Edgar Allen Poe to Stephen King, these writers<\/a> are adept at digging out our worse fears, playing with our psyche like a kitten plays with a ball of yarn.<\/p>

For your horrifying pleasure, we rounded up a list of terrible tales to guaranteed to give you the heebie-jeebies. Just be sure to check the locks thrice before switching off the lights.<\/p>

Sleep tight\u2026<\/p>


Amanda Lim<\/em><\/p>

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You\u2019ll be sleeping with the lights on for weeks after Halloween if you\u2019re planning to catch up on some of these horrifying reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":506,"featured_media":135077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Get into the mood of halloween by reading these horrible tales sure to give you the 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