short stories by the author of The Ring, all centered around the theme of water. very creepy & the storytelling is fantastic. i also highly recommend reading The Ring if you like those movies, if i remember correctly itās told from a slightly different perspective but goes much deeper into the story. definitely recommend if you like horror!
Jul 5, 2024
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My favourite short stories tend to be creepy or magical. I think due to the necessary open-endedness of short stories, it lends itself most to mystery and magic.
Angela Carterās Bloody Chamber is a great classic creepy feminist story to start with.
Carmen Maria Machadoās The Husband Stitch continued Carterās legacy
Iām a HUGE Kelly Link fan, but her stuff is very strange so might not be for everyone, but my favourite of hers is probably The Specialistās hat or Skinderās Veil
Shirley Jacksonās The Lottery is also a classic, and if you like creepy stories and want a good overview of writers in that genre, I recommend the collection āWhen Things Get Darkā, a collection inspired by the tone of Jacksonās work; it features Kelly link, Carmen Maria Machado, Joyce Carol Oates, and loads of contemporary short story writers. I discovered the story Tiptoe by Laird Barron through this and its possibly my favourite creepy short story, it sent full shivers down my spine in a way no other story had.
May 22, 2024
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Some horror-y, some thriller-y, some ive recād elsewhere on here:
-the wasp factory, iain banks (!!)
-fever dream, Samanta schweblin (!!)
-Iām thinking of ending things, Iain reed
-out, natsuo kirino
-the faces, tove ditlevsen
-Eileen, otessa moshfegh
-we have always lived in the castle, Shirley jackson
None are too gory but i did find out and the wasp factory to be more disturbing personally.
theyre manga so not traditional novels, but I read through both Tomie and Uzumaki by junji ito a couple years back, and theyāre deliciously creepy, scary, a little gross.
Sep 27, 2024
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two different short stories by the same author, not quite horror or sci fi per se, but sort of spooky / creepy / surreal fiction i love
Apr 5, 2024
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got it the other day & honestly was fire
IT HAS A GIANT CHEEZ IT IN THE MIDDLE
Jul 2, 2024
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something about this video gets me thru the times when i donāt know what to do with myself: https://youtu.be/kXAv8RXmsrc?si=sEzFGI9QbGNpDZq_
jim carreyās advice:
1. eat everything you see
2. if you start to spiral downward, turn the television on
3. change the pattern
4. have someone you know come up and smack you in the head
5. punch yourself in the leg
6. smoke. smoke as much as you possibly can.
i interpret these as:
1. just eat. nourish your body.
2. get out of your own head (tv is great, i use video games for this)
3. change. the. pattern.
4. and 5. stim!! and/or release your emotions! (donāt actually cause harm to yourself or others)
6. allow yourself to use whatever coping tools you have (if you already smoke, smoke. if you donāt, donāt start.)
idk how else to explain it, but for me, it works. hope this helps š©·
Jul 2, 2024
more of a thriller but- so tense, so chilling, phenomenal acting. i watched the 1997 version but the director remade the movie in 2007 also.
Jul 1, 2024