[The Ornery One]

I don't usually read horror books, but I've gotten hooked on Bently Little's books. I had to buy and read "The Mailman" because my dad is a postal worker, and I wanted to find out which was scarier (dad still wins that one, lol). I've also read "The Summoning" and "The Town", and I'm going to read "The Return" next. What I find so interesting about them, is that they usually have a family for the main characters and most of them are based on some kind of folk legend. "The Mailman" was more of an original one, though.
What I found scary in them was that no matter what the creature/monster was, it was the people fighting each other in their fear of what was happening. Having your father or sister or best friend turn against you (and even physically attack) in a time when you'd need them the most, would be more terrifying than being attacked by any supernatural thing.