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[Anonymous No.21202202]

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Discuss your favorite horror tales in both short and long form. What have you read lately? What do you want to read? What's a work of horror fiction or an author who you want to recommend?
Previous threads (because I forgot to link it last time):
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>>21165827

[Anonymous No.21202239]

>>21202202
I really really like this book.

[Anonymous No.21202323]

>>21202202
is Call of the Crocodile worth reading

[Anonymous No.21202343]

>>21202323
Yes.

[Anonymous No.21202612]

It sounds awful but how bad is it really

[Anonymous No.21202653]

>>21202323
Unironically yes. Ignore and mass report anyone who says otherwise.

[Anonymous No.21202665]

>>21202612
I listened to the podcast, so I don’t know how the book differs, but the story is pretty legit and the prose is kinda poetic.

Still want the book to see how different it is.

[Anonymous No.21202668]

Can anyone actually post an excerpt from Call of the Croc. I wanna see how terrible the prose actually is. Maybe then I’ll join in on the meme.

[Anonymous No.21202676]

>>21202668
I have a screenshot saved from a thread that summarized the whole plot. Beware spoilers.

[Anonymous No.21202681]

>>21202665
I might give it a shot at some point

[Anonymous No.21202687]

>>21202681
It’s been so damn long since I listened to that podcast I might actually go through it again. Now that I’m going over it there are some pretty creepy scenes that are built up very well. Plus the voice acting was top notch. It felt more like a play than your average audiobook.

[Anonymous No.21202694]

>>21202676
Thanks for posting anon, this was a good laugh. But does anyone have a segment of how bad the prose is? I’m wondering if he actually makes an attempt to write interesting and if so, how badly he fails.

[Anonymous No.21202695]

why do these threads die so quickly. is horror just that not popular of a genre? horror movies make shit tons of money and people know horror tropes but most normies have never read a horror novel and couldn't name any horror writer aside from maybe stephen king

[Anonymous No.21202697]

>>21202695
They actually used to reach bump limit I have no idea what happened between then and now

[Anonymous No.21202710]

>>21202202
I'm on a mission to read all of Stephen King's books. Last story I read was "The breathing method" which was really nice. I'm now reading "Christine".

[Anonymous No.21202725]

>>21202694
many of the submissions in &amp are gardners if you're looking for f. kino.

just buy the book if you want to learn the secrets, though.

[Anonymous No.21202737]

>>21202710
Why did you like The Breathing Method, anon? That was one of the last King stories I read bc I started to realize how shit half his writing was.

>>21202725
I’m a poorfag and would rather just laugh at an excerpt posted here than waste money I could use to keep my crack addiction intact.

[Anonymous No.21202747]

>>21202710
What a weird mission. I loved King's books as a teen but really can't stand his stuff anymore. Anyways heard his newest fantasy book is okay, might check it out

[Anonymous No.21204003]

F Gardner’s new book is awesome

[Anonymous No.21204401]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HsLfrpEAfB8&t=3216s

You guys see this?

[Anonymous No.21204489]

>>21202323
Its boring

but if you are gonna read it anyway, read it up until chapter 20 and then stop.

[Anonymous No.21204499]

>>21202676
I wish at least it was better written because in a nutshell sounds batshit insane fun

[Anonymous No.21204546]

>>21202323
I had to read it for class. It’s one of the better horror stories in contemporary fiction.

[Anonymous No.21204640]

I don't like the way Stephen king worte dialogue for Salem's lot. It's honestly garbage. I also hated something wicked this way comes. I was 100 pages in and on Salem's lot I'm about 25 pages in. I loved the exorcist and the haunting of hill house. Why is that?

[Anonymous No.21204668]

>>21202202
My library doesn't have even half of these authors. Does yours carry a good selection?

[Anonymous No.21204672]

Why is Call of the Crocodile so absurdly popular compared to all the other books F Gardner has written?

[Anonymous No.21204681]

>>21204672
Nostalgia? His new book could overtake COTC in popularity, but there's something nice about revisiting old memories sometimes.

[Anonymous No.21204730]

Woman asks pedophile man to take care of her 5 year old daughter when she is away. Girl is standing on her head, she puts her legs upward, she spread her legs, turn herself backwards - she does lot of kid things that guy perceives as sexual. Man is thinking very deeply if he should fuck her or no, he realizes it would ruin his life so after long hour of mental fight he decides not to. He takes the kid out of his sight - she watches cartoon in the other room when man go back to playing video games. But there is one thing he forgot about - in hentai mantas on he has hide drugs. Girl finds it, eat it all thinking its candy, she gets seizure and later dies in hospital. Man realizes that if he fucked her back then he would actually save her life

[Anonymous No.21205012]

>>21204672
It has the funniest cover and it's the first book in the series

[Anonymous No.21205172]

What is it about lost media that spooks us so much? Is it the aura of mystery?

[Anonymous No.21205485]

>>21204672
Because its the only one avalible in LibZ

[Anonymous No.21205765]

>>21202239

Relateable. Is the future of the Great American Novel self-published?

[Anonymous No.21205774]

>>21202323

It's worth reading three times. You can't fully appreciate it in one read.

[Anonymous No.21205776]

>>21204730
Is this one of F. Gardners?

[Anonymous No.21205781]

>>21202695

Well it's just tough to have a sustained conversation when the answer to answer horror inquiry is to just read F. Gardner. He perfected the genre, so anything else is just a pale imitation.

[Anonymous No.21205786]

>>21204003

Agreed. Don't know how he keeps doing it.

[Anonymous No.21205789]

>>21204499

The clumsy writing is a meta plot point for the story.

[Anonymous No.21205794]

>>21204546

Glad they're finally teaching the F. Man in schools. In a thousand years, they'll have entire classes about this man, like Shakespeare.

[Anonymous No.21205799]

just found F. Gardner's youtube page too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZvG3w2sEQ

[Anonymous No.21205822]

>>21202239
More like...

[Anonymous No.21205830]

>>21202653
Report on what grounds?

[Anonymous No.21205845]

>>21204003
Then why isn't it selling?
Here's the actual record of its Amazon ranking:
Day 1: #86000 (approx.)
Day 2: #202495
Day 3: #211347
Day 4: #320117
Day 5: #398533
Day 6: #495719
Day 7: #554727
Day 8: #632628
Day 9: #241052 (OMG! some sales!)
Day 10: #430088
Day 11: #531694
Day 12: #601990
Day 13: #682710
Day 14: #345984 (at least one sale!)
Day 15: #585473
Day 16: #319885 (an uptick!)
Day 17: #503796
Day 18: #548541
Day 19: #645383
Day 20: #693857
Day 21: #741098
Day 22: #799398
Day 23: #839245
Day 24: #870841
And despite all these claims of fandom in this thread...not one of them has written a review.
It's because you're listening to a samefagging pseud.
The vast majority of this thread is Gardner talking to himself and fellating himself in public.
What an utterly disgusting and phony excuse for a human being.

[Anonymous No.21205858]

>>21205789
Bullshit.
Then the clumsy writing would be a meta plot point for ALL his so-called books.
He's simply a terrible writer.
The "Look Inside" portion of all his brain-droppings on Amazon will tell you that; you don't have to take my (or anyone else's) word for it.

[Anonymous No.21205870]

>>21202695
Because it's one phony's spamming and self-stroking.
My working assumption is that Gardner is both developmentally-disabled and alcoholic.

[Anonymous No.21205874]

>>21202668
It's not a meme.
It's just one phony, stroking himself in public.
If it ever was a meme, it's as dead as David Hogg or Cindy Sheehan.

[Anonymous No.21205880]

>>21202687
Gardner, what is it that's so horrible about your life that you have to lie about it so much in public?
How much longer do you intend to suffer like this?

[Anonymous No.21206038]

>>21202323
Call of the Arcade is better but yeah. its pretty wild

[Anonymous No.21206050]

>>21202202
gardner, pay for ads you filthy fucking nigger. no one is reading your shit. you will never be a real author

[Anonymous No.21206233]

>>21202323
Yeah it’s the best thing to ever come out of this website

[Anonymous No.21206371]

>>21202239
CotC’s really esoteric. Way deeper than I ever expected a horror novel to be.

[Anonymous No.21206416]

>>21206050
Lol I'm not Gardner, I just used it because the last few threads were slow

[Anonymous No.21206506]

It was a good run while it lasted, but I think /hfg/ ran its course now, given that the faggot COTC spammer is here now

[Anonymous No.21206519]

I’m reading It by Stephen King rn. Liking it so far.

[Anonymous No.21206535]

>>21202323
Yes

[Anonymous No.21206867]

What do you think of self published horror authors outside of you know who

[Anonymous No.21207079]

>>21206867
A burgeoning market, especially with the extreme side. Its both a blessing and a curse because those that have, have opened the floodgates to every talentless hack aiming just to shock.

You need to check out the Books of Horror Facebook group. Its quite eye opening on the current scene / trends in the horror market. Lots of authors there, lots of publishing reps.

[Anonymous No.21207094]

>>21206416
Yes you are.
Literally no one mentions that little shit but him.
Your meme has long since expired.

[Anonymous No.21207329]

>>21206371
Pretty much. Doing a read-along of Call of the Crocodile in discord VC was the most fun I’ve had from this board in a while. Btw if you guy haven’t read F Gardner’s Jigoku you really should. It’s like a horror version of Pokémon. The Horror’s Call series is the closest thing we have to a modern day Goosebumps and it’s literally originated from 4chan. I don’t think a series as crazy as that could have originated anywhere but here.

[Anonymous No.21207791]

this general is now ruined
gardner you are a hack and always will be

[Anonymous No.21207802]

>>21206233
This. I’ve had a lot of horror books recommended to me over the years here. Call of the Crocodile and House of Leaves are the most interesting ones, by a large margin.

[Anonymous No.21207847]

>>21207791
>this general is now ruined
It's sad, this general was decent, and people actually talked about books,

[Anonymous No.21207887]

How is Richard Laymon?

[Anonymous No.21207901]

>>21207791
>>21207847
Not yet it isn't, quit doomposting

[Anonymous No.21207909]

What is the best Carlton Mellick III book to read

[Anonymous No.21208698]

>>21202239

[Anonymous No.21208754]

>>21202323
I liked it. The twist was really good. Call of the Crocodile is one of the weirder books available. It’s worthwhile just for how strange of an experience you’ll have

[Anonymous No.21208940]

Where did the KEW poster go

[Anonymous No.21208999]

>>21204640
I liked Salem's Lot, but I think the real horror (as with a lot of King) is human greed. Selling out your fellow man to profit, no matter the evil you unleash.

The Exorcist works in two ways. Demonic posession, or violent accute mental ilness, both are terrifying. And unlike the film, keeps it quite ambiguous until the end. Check out Legion, it's a sorta sequal focussing on detective Kinderman.


Hill House has again many terrors: ghosts, loneliness, being destitute. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would, but it's beautifully written, and I want to give it another go.

Salem's Lot was pretty tame for a horror. The 70s mini series was better. Scared the shit out of me as a boy.

[Anonymous No.21209224]

>>21207887
R U M P
A godfather of the splatterpunk movement, so gore, sexual abuse, depravity etc. My personal fav is "One Rainy Night".

>>21207909
From what Ive read? "Apeshit", but I've not read many at all. He's certainly inventive though

[Anonymous No.21209278]

What are some of your favourite horror novels?
Pic not related to the question

[Anonymous No.21209443]

>>21209278
Negative Space

[Anonymous No.21209814]

>>21208698

[Anonymous No.21210156]

>>21208940
still here
reread ravens eyrie again for the tenth time and it still's fucking great how the fuck is wagner not more well known

[Anonymous No.21210165]

>>21202202
“Toother” by Terry Dowling is a short story I’ve been rereading every couple weeks because of how equally fucked up and well-written it is.

[Anonymous No.21210176]

>>21210165
Gardner vs. Dowling thunderdome?