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Scary books time
> 14 years old, first time reading Pet Sematary
>Been reading it all night, about 1am at this point
>Get to part where Louis is bring Gage to Sematary
>Louis Walking through swamp
>All of sudden, the high giggling and sobbing of the wendigo
>Thanks to vivid 14yr old imagination practically fucking hear it myself
>NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
>Have to turn on light
> "Loons" holy fuck, yes its just loons Louis, nothing to worry about.
>Fucking sweating im so scared
>Decide I have to finish this that night
>get to the end
>MFW
Jesus Christ Stephen King, still get scared re-reading it to this day.
Any similar stories?

>> No.2686664

>14 years old
>Salems lot
>First time I went to bed with the lights on in fucking years.

I don't know why it scared the shit out of me so much back then. But it did.

>> No.2686708

>rereading Pet Sematary
>smoke a J
>finish it in one sitting

awww yeah thanks stephen. you my nigga

>> No.2688161

Only scary book I've ever read was House of Leaves, and I was 17 so I wasn't scared.
I have very little to contribute to this thread...

>> No.2688174

Stephen King is a joke.

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2688180

Not having this expression on your face all the time when reading stephen King

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>>2688180

You IDIOT that's LARRY KING, not STEPHEN KING! And WHY would STEPHEN KING read his own books YOU BIG SILLY?!

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>>2688188

YOU IDIOT, that's LARRY DAVID, not LARRY KING! WHY would LARRY KING be a JEWISH COMEDIAN and not a CURRENT AFFAIRS broadcaster who MAY OR MAY NOT BE DEAD, I forget, YOU BIG SILLY?!

>> No.2688202

>>2688191
YOU IDIOT, that's LARRY LARRYSON, not LARRY DAVID!

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>Be 13
>reading the Book of Blood
>at night
>lamp is broken, so I can't make light
>the whole fucking night
tried to sleep but couldn't, noises, shadows everywhere
>mfw

also I was terrified while reading IT, I couldn't sleep without lights on.

>> No.2688253

>>2688202

I'm JUST glad that ANOTHER BIG SILLY IDIOT is getting involved with THIS! IT'S A lot of fun.

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>>2688253
I know. Sorry. I got excited.

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>>2688259

OH GOD, now I think YOU'RE MY CLOSEST FRIEND, YOU BIG LOVELY IDIOT!

>> No.2688271

>10 years of age
>reading Stephen King's "It"
>first 18 pages, that little kid gets his arm ripped off by Pennywise in the sewers
>nope the fuck out of there, stop reading the book for like three months
>finally finish it
>it was pretty good

>> No.2688278

>Be Teenager
>Reading Terry Nation's 'Survivors'
>Pandemic flu comes to UK from Hong Kong, decimates population
>Meanwhile in real life: News starts reporting about SARS
>Shit bricks

>> No.2688288

>8 or 9 years old
>Reading Goosebumps book about a kid who thinks her neighbor is a ghost
>THE TWEEST: The narrator-kid is actually the ghost, having died without knowing it (book came out before Sixth Sense too I think)
>Think to my kid-self: Oh my god... what if... what if I'M ALREADY DEAD AND AM ACTUALLY A GHOST AND JUST DONT KNOW IT
>OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD
>existential terror