User blog comment:GreyOwl/Book of short stories (suggestions)/@comment-25226524-20140905053415/@comment-25226524-20140905164033

Well if your a fan of the disturbing, I could give you a laundry list. I'll try to avoid mentioning anything you've probably read, e.g. Poe, King, Ketchum, etc. (although Poe is one of my favorite writers)  Ed Lee is one of my favorite writers in the extreme/disturbing horror genre. His Infernal series is good, other than Brides of the Impaler. Lucifer's Lottery is the best in my opinion. The Big Head is probably his most well known work, but it's not for the faint of heart. He has a couple of short story collections that are good but gross- Brain Cheese Buffet (may want to avoid The Dritiliphist) and Bullet Through Your Face.

If you like psychological horror, I would recommend House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and also The Cipher by Kathe Koja. These may mess with your head, especially HOL, but they're definitely worth reading. The Cipher is a much easier read.

Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons is a good read about people with mind control abilities. Sounds a little silly, but it's actually good, a little long though. Also Song of Kali by Dan Simmons is a pretty good but dark read.

Others worth checking out:

The Shoemaker by Flora Schreiber (true story about a murderer with schizophrenia)

Hell House by Richard Matheson (quintessential haunted house story)

The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski (lost child surviving in WWII Europe)

Survivor by JF Gonzalez (very disturbing book about snuff films)

The Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo (sort of a modern day take on Frankenstein)

Urban Gothic by Brian Keene (young adults get trapped in a house full of mutants)

Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille (just a short and strange read)

Just for fun, I'll list three of the most depraved books that I've ever read, but I do NOT recommend reading them, unless your interested in testing the strength of your will and your stomach:

Hogg by Samuel Delaney (words can't describe)

Cows by Matthew Stokoe (don't say I didn't warn you)

120 days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade (his last name is where we get the term Sadism)

Lastly I'd like to throw out Graham Masterton's name. He's a great author, and he's wrote a lot of great short stories. Here is a link to his page- Graham Masterton. I would recommend short stories Eric the Pie, Anti-Claus, and The Sympathy Society. If that link doesn't work just type in http://www.grahammasterton.co.uk/fiction.html.

Well hopefully you can find something in there you like. If you or anyone else reading this ever want any more specific suggestions feel free to ask, I've read hundreds of books, mostly horror, dystopias, and philosophy.