5 Best Spine-chilling Horror Books by the Indian Authors

When we talk about horror movies or novels, generally Indians are not up to that level. The good part is, this trend is changing.

Gone are the days when for horror thrill, you have to turn to Stephen King every time. Whether it’s Netflix series, Bollywood movies or literature, the horror genre is getting some rich experience owing to some of the Indian authors. In this post, we are going to talk about those some really very good Indian authors that are giving scary goose bumps to the Indian readers. Be on…find out the best ones!

1)

A Face in the Dark by Ruskin Bond:

Ruskin Bond has a few generations to his name. He has been writing ghost stories and novellas staged against the mystic foothills of the Himalaya for over six decades. His stories about ghost, supernatural, evils are not gory…but subtle and highly pleasing. A Face in the Dark by Ruskin Bond is the most preferred search on the Internet for horror books by Indian authors. But not many of us know that A Face in the Dark is a short story staged against the dark hills of Shimla. The story is widely circulated in schools’ curriculum. A Face in the Dark tells the events that caused sudden death of a famous school teacher when he was coming home in the evening and confronted by a boy and a watchman who had stone-like face.

2)

Maya’s New Husband by Neil D’Silva:

Neil D’Silva has made some name in the horror genre. He is a regular writer, his books done well from the time of being an indie author to traditionally published. Maya’s New Husband is a female protagonist novel set in Mumbai. Maya loses her first husband in an unexpected way. She is a teacher. And in the same school she stumbled across Bhaskar, another teacher. They get along despite differences. When she marries him, life never remains same for her.

3)

The Ten Commandments of Evil by Vignesh Sivasankar:

A debut book by Vignesh. It offers 10 stories of horror, supernatural, evil, scary spine-chilling nights. There is a variety in this book. Being a collection of stories, it was neither banal nor repetitive. The range of stories tells the brilliance of the author and his seriousness in the horror genre. The book features Ten Commandments of evil. If someone is in their grip, it is likely only death can set one free of pain and suffering. Plots of all the stories are tight and action-packed. If you liked this book, you are going to wait for his next book.

4)

The Devourers by Indrapramit Das:

The Devourers is a visceral, graphic story shuttling between two timelines: modern and Mughal-era (1600s) India. It begins when a professor named Alok is approached by a man claiming to be half-werewolf. Alok is drawn to the stranger, but when the stranger gives Alok some historical documents to transcribe that’s when things get stranger. The documents are translations of original scrolls, written on human skin, describing the events around the shapeshifting werewolf from Scandinavia named Fenrir, his French companion and occasional past lover Gévaudan, and the Muslim Persian woman Cyrah whom Fenrir raped and impregnated. A refreshingly beautiful, albeit violent and dark take on the werewolf myth.

5)

The Face at the Window by Kiran Manral:

Mrs McNally has retired as a schoolteacher and lives in her home near the Himalayas. She has secrets of her own that could prove dangerous for both: her daughter and granddaughter. Mrs McNally is tormented by the secrets from her past, but that is nothing compared to presence in the house that continues to haunt her. Will she ever be able to get rid of this unwanted entity in her house? This tale is unlike any other horror story you have read before, and yet will not stop till it scares the hell out of you.