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There's a word that's thrown around a lot about stories that I always thought was another generic word for scary or spooky until I read the short story How to Talk to Girls at Parties, by Neil Gaiman: Haunting.

It's become my favorite short story, and I'm looking for more like it. It doesn't need to be scary or even necessarily creepy, and I'm really looking for a short story more than a novel or collection of stories. I just want something that sort of sticks with you, gives you that cool, spooky feeling without the stab of actual fear.
The closest thing to it I read recently was the Daenerys chapter in A Clash of Kings where she goes through the house of the Undying.

for further reference/interest, here's the link for How to Talk to Girls at Parties
http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Short_Stories/How_To_Talk_To_Girls_At_Parties/How_To_Talk_To_
Girls_At_Parties_(Text)

>> No.1839833

MR James

>> No.1839845
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"The Truth is a Cave in The Black Mountains" by Gaiman again.

'Wildcat" by Flannery O'connor.

"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov.

You might not enjoy these three as much as i did, but i'm trying to help you anyway.

>> No.1839850

>>1839845
>"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov.

sigh

>> No.1839859

>>1839850
what nigga

>> No.1839871

>>1839859
that story is so god-damn popular and i still don't see why. it's a bit of science speculation, or idle mindfuckery i guess, beneath a thin veneer of narrative. it's hardly a story at all, it's far from asimov's best work, and yet peopl revere it as the most brilliant thing ever. for god's sake, in a story about haunting stories, does the last question really ned to be recommended? is it a particularly unsettling or weird or eerie story? thought provoking, i'll grant you; but haunting, i don't think. and it's such a weak story and ah man it just bothers me.

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>>1839871
My opinion just differs from yours, i guess.

I don't know what you want me to do about that.

>> No.1839884

>>1839879
stop having bad opinions, clearly

it's not even a fucking story

there's no story there

there's barely a narrative

>> No.1839893

>>1839884
Nah nigga i think i'll read it again.

>> No.1839897

>>1839893
nooooooooooooooooo

damn you nooooooooooooooo

>> No.1839903

>>1839879
>>1839893

Best response I have seen here. I am proud.

>> No.1839905

>>1839845
The truth is a cave in the black mountains was very good, but didn't do it for me in this sense. i'll take a look at the other two though

>> No.1840449

bump