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Anonymous Fri Aug 7 17:49:47 2015 No.6943915 [Reply] [Original]

Is there a better collection of short stories in the horror genre?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 7 18:34:27 2015 No.6944117 File: 584 KB, 1533x2291, 91Qp9%2Bgj-ZL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6943915

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 7 20:03:47 2015 No.6944564 >>6943915 man that cover is spiffy my copy is just a shitty green skeleton

>>	Carpocrates !!U54hziLbHNQ Fri Aug 7 20:09:31 2015 No.6944594 >>6944117 /thread

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 7 21:20:40 2015 No.6944842 >>6943915 Perhaps, but it's pretty damn great. That and Skeleton Crew kept my faith in King's ability even through Christine and The Stand, etc.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 7 21:41:52 2015 No.6944912 File: 87 KB, 324x500, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This comes pretty close.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 7 21:44:19 2015 No.6944923 >>6944842 Dude, what? Those are two of his best books.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 7 21:55:56 2015 No.6944957 >>6944923 Sorry, I'm just not scared of cars. And The Stand was okay til he published his unedited/restored version, but that killed it for me. Too slow for words.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 7 22:15:04 2015 No.6945017 File: 25 KB, 432x505, fuc.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >you will never have a /lit/ browsing girlfriend and tell her from across the room that you're going to go take a Stephen King Night Shit

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 8 00:45:39 2015 No.6945396 It's definitely up there. Skeleton Crew is pretty great, too.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 8 00:47:25 2015 No.6945400 >>6943915 Probably.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 8 01:00:32 2015 No.6945431 >>6944117 I really need to read this again. What other Ligotti books match this one?

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 8 01:10:31 2015 No.6945469 File: 1.69 MB, 245x183, C__Data_Users_DefApps_AppData_INTERNETEXPLORER_Temp_Saved Images_tumblr_mv8y3mPMSz1s94rego8_250.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Has someone here read The King in Yellow by Chambers? Would you recommend it?