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Recommend some horror books to read this October.

>> No.22466797

I like Laird Barron's horror collections. His detective novels suck cock, though.

>> No.22466807

>>22466787
Guts by Chuck

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>> No.22466899

Aickman
Blackwood
Machen
Racist cat man

>> No.22466902

>>22466891
I actually already was planning to read this along with Dracula and the Dunwich Horror.

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>> No.22466922

>>22466787
>The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies (Clark Ashton Smith)
>The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories (Arthur Machen)
>Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories (Algernon Blackwood)
>The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of M. R. James (M. R. James)
These are all ones I picked up in the last few months and they're all great, affordable if you prefer the physical copies, and fantastic introductions into each author.
>>22466891
Genuinely great recommendation. I'll build on this and suggest:
>The Halloween Tree (Ray Bradbury)

>> No.22466927

>>22466915
Can anyone else recommend this one? I've never heard of it.

>> No.22466941

Fun land by Richard Laymen.
One of the best books I've ever read. Horror with a bit of unexpected fantasy tropes thrown in.

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>>22466787
>ChatGPT
>rewrite goosebumps series stories in Joseph Stalin style

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Basis of the movie Angel Heart
Though they moved part of the action in the movie to New Orleans. It’s all New York City in the book.

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>>22467189
YES... HA HA HA... YES!

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>>22466787
I usually read Dracula.

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>>22466787

>> No.22467495

>>22466941
I'll check it out.

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Related question: Are there any books with a similar feel to King in Yellow?
I can't quite place my finger on why, but whenever I read it, I feel like I'm some scholar in a world where the supernatural exists, about to uncover some profound truths about occult secrets or some shit.

>> No.22468187

Fear Park by R.L. Steinstein

>> No.22468264

>>22467753
Really just Lovecraft, I guess. Dreams in the Witch House, maybe.
I've never read King in Yellow but Lovecraft took significant inspiration from him afaik and it's got that academic supernatural feel.
That's all I got for you, sorry man.

>> No.22468268

>>22466787
Spalovac Mrtvol - Ladislav fuks

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>>22467753
>I'm some scholar in a world where the supernatural exists, about to uncover some profound truths about occult secrets or some shit.

Some of MR James’s stories use this trope
Count Magnus
A View from a Hill
A Warning to the Curious
Oh,Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad

>> No.22468856

>>22466915
>a novel by the author of The Other Harvest Home
Okay, nice, but how is this book titled?
Isnt it a bit weird to have just the authors name and one previous work on the title page?

>> No.22469087

>>22466787
>Dreams of Unknown Kadath , Lovecraft
>The King in Yellow, Chambers

>>22466922
These

>>22467753
>the Body Snatchers, Finney

At least if we're going off the "widespread undeground of mass psychosis cultists poised to cause massive social upheaval that makes the world wars pale in comparison" -- Dostoevsky's Demons serves the same purpose.

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>>22468856
The book is titled Harvest Home

The Other was his first novel

>> No.22469535

>>22466787
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker.

>> No.22471283

Call of the Crocodile

>> No.22471356

>>22466787
The Nest by Gregory A. Douglas. Brutal, meanspirited pulp about mutant cockroaches. It's a blast.

>> No.22471435

>>22466787
my favorite horror book is The Ruins by Adam Neville
I also recently read Silver Nitrate which came out this year and is about a cursed film, was an enjoyable read although it fell apart a bit in the end

>> No.22471437

>>22466787
The fun never ends