/lit/ - Literature

Why do I think?

>>3726489
Don't have false hopes anon, they would just hush us away.

>>3720385
I can't even touch her cause my eyes aren't sexy.

ITT: Post quotes from the book you are currently reading.

"Today, there are so many things I don't want to find out. I'd really rather not know, for example (even though my wife and I feel obliged to probe), exactly what kind of games are played at the parties my teenage daughter goes to, or what kind of cigarettes are smoked, or what color pills or capsules are sniffed or swallowed. When police cars collect, I don't want to know why, although I'm glad they've arrived and hope they've come in time to do what they've been called to do. When an ambulance comes, I'd rather not know for whom. And when children drown, choke, or are killed by automobiles or trains, I don't want to know which children they are, because I'm always afraid they might turn out to be mine." -Joseph Heller (Something Happened)

what's the specific name or term used to describe horror stories that try to scare the reader just by being as bizarre and weird as possible?
does it exist?