Whitley Strieber writes horror, science fiction and autobiographical paranormal books, moving between conventional genre fiction and claims about anomalous experiences. The Wolfen imagines intelligent predatory creatures living alongside modern cities, while The Hunger follows an ancient vampire whose relationships and need for blood turn immortality into a biological and emotional trap. Communion is very different: Strieber presents disturbing encounters with non-human beings as events he personally experienced, and later books continue that interpretation. His prose is suspenseful and psychologically intense, whether working with fiction or first-person paranormal material. His work fits horror, alien-encounter literature and supernatural memoir. Readers should distinguish the fictional novels from the extraordinary claims in Communion, which remain unverified and contested. Read more Less