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I'm searching for some fantasy that isn't the common fantasy flick but with more obscure tone and narrative.

>> No.13576884

Ishiguro's The Buried Giant might be worth checking out

>> No.13577002

>>13576879
What you're looking for is called "weird fiction."

>> No.13577116

>>13577002
Examples?

>> No.13577122

Lovecraft
grimdark/ dark fantasy

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The original conan stories

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The black company series

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>>13577116
Algernon Blackwood
Lord Dunsany
Clark Ashton Smith
H. P. Lovecraft
Arthur Machen

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>>13576879
This was asked before and apparently I downloaded The Throne of Bones by B. McNaughton but I've not read it yet. So, there you go...