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/lit/ only knows about three horror writers
>HP lovecraft
>thomas ligotti
>Edgar allan poe

These are all the horror writers /lit/ has read.

>> No.14679981

>>14679947
tell us about your favorites anon (kisses you on the forehead)

>> No.14679986
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>>14679947
You can always try Stephen King

>> No.14680015

>>14679947
Yes.

>> No.14680018

>>14679947
We also talk about William Hope Hodgson sometimes

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14680029

This bong has a few fans

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We like some old school stuff

>> No.14680068

>>14680029
Another dead bong worth reading

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>>14680040
What did he mean by this?

>> No.14680076

Because horror is mostly a gimmick

>> No.14680079

>>14680071
I think it means cigarette in bongistan

>> No.14680083

horacio quiroga

>> No.14680084

>>14679947
Jokes on you, I don’t know who Thomas Ligotti is

>> No.14680236

>>14680079
Interesting...

>> No.14681167

>>14680083
>only 2 translated sentences in his whole bibliography

based

>> No.14681190

>>14679947
Clive Barker too

>> No.14681973

>>14681190
Post something scary from him

>> No.14681997
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14681997

I recommend T.E.D Klein. He has only written a couple of short stories and one novel over his career but they are all better than nearly everything else in the genre.

>> No.14682573

walter de la mere and arthur machen

>> No.14683025

Benson, mr James, blackwood, machen, ww Jacobs, rls, stoker, bierce, la fanu, onions, campbell, bradbury, jackson, aickman, straub, king

>> No.14683060

>>14680040
>>14680018
>>14682573
>>14683025
All good taste.

I learn about a lot of off-the-beaten-path horror/ghost story/weird fiction authors through these channels:
>Bitesized Audio Classics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouEmxoQLoBg

>Edward French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SyT6Xga0Eo

>HorrorBabble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP9_W6Xtyp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGcu_o0PT5U

>>14679947
Could you describe the kind of horror he writes?

>> No.14683091

>>14683060
Oops I meant to reply with the question about what kind of horror to >>14681997

>> No.14684635

>>14683025
>>14683060
Good posts

>> No.14684891

>>14679947
>/lit/ has read
>implying
reading is for nerds

>> No.14685314

>>14683060
That HorrorBabble channel is pretty cool desu senpai