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i'm not talking about senselessly edgy/gory shit. i mean horror themes that are philosophically articulate, put a genuine pit in your gut, and sticks in your head long after you read it. picrel is a pretty good example of what i'm looking for.

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>> No.20699277

>>20699271
Tartar steppe

>> No.20699280

>>20699271
The Book of Revelations

>> No.20699281

>>20699271
I don't know and I'm sorry for that but just how you describe that feeling from blood meridian makes me want to read it.

>> No.20699289

>>20699271
Nothing is scary
>>20699276
Except this, if you’re afraid of going insane

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>>20699271
The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe. The last guy I recommended it to in a horror thread was completely filtered by it though.

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>> No.20699304

>>20699271
Ligotti is pretty good for this, he has a "philosophical pessimism" which echoes what McCarthy was going for with the Judge.

>> No.20699327

>>20699276
FPBP

>> No.20700508

Stephen King

>> No.20700509

>>20699271
Dhammapada and Digha Nikaya.

>> No.20700544

>>20699271
Johnson&Johsnon accounting books.

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Thomas Ligotti's works will stick with you with their nightmarish existentialism, also read his nonfiction because the dude has a really disturbing worldview too.

>> No.20700807

>>20700651
If only he weren't such a boring writer.
He causes nightmares only in the sense that he puts you to sleep

>> No.20701893

The Beetle Leg is one of the scariest things I've read. Really chilling stuff.
Wouldn't call him horror but people don't draw enough attention to how disturbing Pynchon can be, especially Bleeding Edge.

>> No.20703528

>>20699276
This is a good one. Loved the twist.