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>> No.20406028 [View]
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Just finished pic related, which of their other works should I read next?

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>> No.18399396 [View]
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I write horror short stories and found a lot of inspiration in Roadside Picnic, both for the style the writing is delivered and how the setting is explored. I'll break down what I'm looking for in a few meme arrows.
>The writing and dialogue comes off as very personal to the characters, tending to shy away from trying to be flashy/pompous and instead reading as a very genuine insight from the characters perspective (It really feels like reading from the PoV of a struggling russian man in an uncertain world changed by some event)
>The setting and how it's explored doesn't spoon feed the reader, and instead lets you draw your own conclusions as to exactly what has happened based on the characters thoughts as things come up or in dialogue as things are discussed.
I have gotten a lot of inspiration from Lovecraft and Poe (save your memes), mostly because I like that a lot of it invokes a feeling that you've stumbled upon some diary or journal from the (flawed) perspective of the author. It allows you to question everything you are given, down to whether you can even take the "Author/Narrator" at face value on how they view the occurrences they are subject to.

TL/DR: More Like This?

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