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Meanings of scary fiction in English

Russian
horror
Portuguese
ficção de horror
Spanish
terror
Catalan
ficció de terror
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Genre of fiction.

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horror
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Examples for "horror"
Examples for "horror"
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Art is perhaps particularly necessary when science produces new potential for horror.
The Guardian
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Vlogger Nas Daily had heard many horror stories about South African settlements.
The South African
3
These proceedings excited general horror in the mother country, and Charles II.
The Land We Live In / The Story of Our Country
4
People love horror stories, particularly if they come with extra Yuk Factor.
The Irish Times
5
He thought her horror had been caused by damage to her house.
In the night room: a novel
1
It's a good horror story that touches on some very unpleasant things.
The Guardian
2
Almost every child in her class has a horror story to tell.
The Irish Times
3
Every consultant has a horror story about the old ways of working.
The Guardian
4
Cannibals of Candyland is an erotic horror story for the bizarro reader.
The Cannibals of Candyland
5
The political horror story will turn out to be just that: a story.
Reuters
1
They had seen the final guest, arrived at last like some grim vision out of a horror tale.
The stand
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P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.
At the mountains of madness
3
They might write a horror tale.
The new yorker
4
More important, the horror tale becomes imprinted in us at an emotional level: Shiver by shiver, we gain insight.
Cabinet of Curiosities
5
Period horror tale The Witch was awarded best first feature while writer-director Robert Eggers picked up best first screenplay.
The Guardian
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This is a book lovers of horror fiction won't want to miss.
Magic terror: seven tales
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I never believed horror fiction was simply about morbid fascinations.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
3
Lovecraft's Freudian fantasies constitute the bedrock of contemporary horror fiction.
The Irish Times
4
My former editor lived up to her goal of creating an "empire" of horror fiction.
Carrion comfort
5
Pioneering horror fiction in the 1920s allowed Lovecraft's crippling fear of the world translate into straight-up Anglo-Saxon xenophobia.
The Irish Times