Some horror-y, some thriller-y, some ive rec’d elsewhere on here:
-the wasp factory, iain banks (!!)
-fever dream, Samanta schweblin (!!)
-I’m 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 they’re deliciously creepy, scary, a little gross.
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i loved loved lovedd "the candy house" by jennifer egan
"several people are typing" by calvin kasulke
i always rec "out" by natsuo kirino for horror/crime and "earthlings" by sayaka murata if u want to get seriously grossed out
Apr 5, 2024
I’ve loved a good weird, creepy, and/or magical story ever since I first read The Bloody Chamber. Here’s a few I recommend:
Stranger things happen - Kelly link
white cat, black dog - Kelly Link
her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter
the Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enríquez
When Things get dark - Edited by Ellen Datlow
The Frangipani Hotel - Violet Kupersmith
Feb 20, 2024
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Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus— The original Frankenstein story, written in 1818. Shelley started writing this when she was only 18, publishing it at 20. It’s a great, beautifully written horror story, and maybe the first novel ever in the sci-fi genre. It covered so much more ground than I was expecting it to.
Other books I’d call spooky:
The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf: A spooky Swiss/German folktale novella about a haunted medieval village. It’s also old (1842) but you wouldn’t really know.
I rec’ed House of Leaves a little while ago, which is another, more contemporary and post-modern, horror story.
I wouldn’t call Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy primarily a scary story, but it’s amazing and the final chapter is the most chilling passage of any book I’ve ever read.
Sep 27, 2024
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Jun 15, 2024
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Put on the robe, turn on adult swim or whatever, crank the ac, eat a late night snack in one bed and sleep in the other. The freedom of impersonal liminal space.
Oct 21, 2024
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hundreds of thousands of times over
The context may be different but no emotion is completely new— i can cope
Aug 1, 2024