Top 5 Literary Monsters

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos - Joanna Russ, Philip José Farmer, Colin Wilson, Fritz Leiber, Richard A. Lupoff, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Belknap Long, August Derleth, Brian Lumley, Karl Edward Wagner, Henry Kuttner, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft It - Stephen King Weaveworld - Clive Barker Night Shift - Stephen King Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban  - J.K. Rowling Dracula - Bram Stoker

There are so many seriously terrifying and iconic monsters in literary fiction 

This post from the Novelettes list their top 5

 

http://thenovelettesblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/top-5-literary-monsters-a-beginners-guide/   

 

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