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Books perfect for Halloween?

>> No.19108736

And yes I’ve already read Call of the Crocodile

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>>19108711
john dies at the end
the invention of sound
house of memes
any lovecraft collection

>> No.19108754

>>19108711
My diary

>> No.19108759

>>19108745
Yeah I read House of Memes. That and Call of the Crocodile are by far the ones /lit/ suggests the most so far. I think it’s largely because of the overall aesthetics of those two. Still great choices. Thanks anon.

>> No.19108769

>>19108759
oh this is another shill thread
too bad
i engaged in good faith

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Imma say his cat’s name

>> No.19108779

>>19108769
Excuse me? Those are just the ones I noticed people saying in The thread a week ago so I read them

>> No.19108787

>>19108774
Why? What’s it’s name?

>> No.19108797

>>19108779
we know you bought a 4chan pass and some ads

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>>19108797
Wrong on both counts. Bumping with Halloween books

>> No.19108844

>>19108769
>>19108797
Why can't people just accept that Call of the Crocodile is a good book? We should be proud of Gardner not this petty jealousy crap. We have a real respectable author here with us.

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>>19108844
anyone can open the epub and look for themselves hahahahaha
https://files.catbox.moe/b4bu6p.epub

>> No.19108886

Lovecraft is literally October: The Writer.
Disregard his spooky monsters, and just savor his prose of describing creaky old New England towns.

>> No.19108887

>>19108844
Crab in bucket mentality. Plus a lot of posters on here are women.

>> No.19108895

>>19108844
Call of the Crocodile is insanely good. Probably the best book I read this year desu

>> No.19108956

>>19108745
John dies at the end is scary? I thought it was sci-fi.

>> No.19108970

>>19108956
Yeah it's scary but also very funny. Def not sci-fi. A little bit at the end but it's designed to be more horror. Organic computers and hallucinatory mass sacrifices.

>> No.19108990

>>19108876
>all those tense changes in the first few paragraphs
Ok, I was memed

>> No.19108999

>>19108759
Well yea. Call of the Crocodile takes place almost all on Halloween.

>> No.19109003

>>19108711
The Shadow at the Bottom of the World by Ligotti

>> No.19109019

>>19108990
The tense changes are explained later in the book but that is a spoiler. Gardner is shockingly clever.

>> No.19109226

>>19108832
Is the Johnny Depp movie of this the best one

>> No.19109286

Algernon Blackwood is pretty Halloweencore. The Willows is usually cited as his signature story, along with The Wendigo. The Lost Valley is great too.

>> No.19109332

>>19108711
Read a book called demons by fyodor dostoevsky :) spooky

>> No.19109370

>>19108711
A Night In Lonesome October.
Each chapter is a day in the month, with a bunch of cat and mouse between various characters building to a big ritual on Halloween.

>> No.19109383

>>19108711
Something Wicked This Way Comes is good for right now, like getting into a halloween mood/season.

>> No.19109401

>>19108711
The House on the Borderland makes for comfy fall spooks.

>> No.19109430

>>19109401
Incidentally reading this right now. Good pre-Lovecraft cosmic horror.