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Can /lit/ recommend their favorite works of horror? I have a cabin to myself this weekend and I want to be properly spooked.

>> No.15746460

>>15746356
A pdf copy of Sweden's ethnic demographics

>> No.15746494

>>15746460
chuckled sensibly

>> No.15746501

>>15746494
I used to think it was just a /pol meme
But the fact that racial replacement is real
Fucks with me on so meny levels.

>> No.15746609

>>15746501
It isn't, only weaklings like you will be erased, and that's a good thing.

>> No.15748264

Ligeia, a short story from Poe.
You can probably get it in a collection, I think his stuff is alright and although not nail-bitingly scary, it does contain some kino moments

>> No.15748693

>>15746356
Pound for pound I think short stories are a better medium than novels for horror. Stephen King for instance, has a lot of horror anthologies that are consistently better then his novels (of which I think Salems Lot and It are the best). Pretty much all his short story collections are great.
I spent a big part of last year reading horror anthologies though, most of the best ones came from a collection called 999 (from 1999). You can probably find most of them online. Some good ones are:

Americanski Dead at the Moscow Morgue - Kim Newman

Good Friday - F. Paul Wilson

Catfish Gal Blues - Nancy A Collins

Mad Dog Summer - Joe R Lansdale

All Through The Night - Elise Forier Edie

Really, of all the anthologies I read, that 999 one was the best. I also read all the volumes of Dark Screams, Haunted Nights and a couple of others. There’s some modern horror anthologies that have a sort of “theme” that all the stories are supposed to riff on. Like “The Devil and the Deep” is a bunch of horror stories about the sea. “Dead Letters” all have to do with mail. These seem to have a worse shit : not shit ratio though.

A couple of horror novels I’ve read that are pretty good are:
Those Across the River - Charles Buehlman (this one has prose that I think is a step above most good horror novels)

Rosemary’s Baby - Ira Levin (you know this one of course, but it’s pretty good and Levin is always a solid choice for a mid-brow timekiller)

The Witch’s Trinity - Erika Mailman (it’s about a witchhunt, but leans pretty hard into the realm of literary instead of just straight horror. Probably a good book for the woods though.)

The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen (19th Century and a minor classic)

Really though, when horror is bad, it’s bad. And it’s bad a lot more often than other genres seem to be. There’s a reason Stephen King has such a huge reputation, it’s that he’s so consistently reliable

>> No.15748846

>>15748693
Damn anon thanks for all that

>> No.15749347

>>15746356
A Haunted Island by Algernon Blackwood is literally about a man alone in a cabin

>> No.15749665

>>15746356
Dracula and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

>> No.15749690

Any of the stories of Thomas Ligotti.

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>> No.15750715

>>15746460
Too white or too dark?

>> No.15751175

>>15746356
short story called The Wendigo

>> No.15751191

>>15746356
Try the king in yellow, or maybe some algernon blackwood

>> No.15751484

>>15748693
Really knowledgable post, thanks anon!

>> No.15752330

>>15748693
A++ post

>> No.15752464
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the mask - stanislaw lem

>> No.15753511

The Fabled Lighthouse at Vina Del Mar - Joyce Carol Oates is very good if you like Lovecraft.
I hate Lovecraft.

>> No.15753556

>>15746356
I thoroughly recommend if you haven't yet The Vampyre by Polidori as my gothic recommendation. It sticks with you the more you think on it. And since people have already suggested Machen, Blackwood, and Lovecraft. I would highly suggest Clark Ashton Smith. Particularly, The Hunters From Beyond.

>> No.15753563

>>15748693
You should add The Ruins by Scott Smith to the list of good horror novels. His prose is also above-average for the genre.

>> No.15753570

Turn of the Screw is a really nice quick read. The plot is somewhat predictable until the end but the way James develops it is well worth the read. The twist at the end is great!

>> No.15753572

>>15746460
what the fuck it’s worse than I thought

>> No.15753755

>>15746356
short stories by t.e.d. klein - read poroth farm
wine dark sea by aickman - read second story in the collection
get some ligotti
the plain of sound by campbell

>> No.15754679

>>15753755
Growing things by T.E.D. Klein is good
I wonder if he knows how obnoxious his name is

>> No.15754740

>>15749780
James is too English for me.