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Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 04:59:56 No.7025

Ok /lit/ I'm looking for a book to spook me. Thinking about Lovecraft but if I go with him then what book edition do I go with?

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 08:22:06 No.7026

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Halloween thread?

I could link you to various American electoral analysis sites, but that wouldn't quite be in the spirit of your request. You said spooky not gore.

The only thing that is both scary and gripping to me now would be a realistic world war depiction, or near term post nuclear war apocalyptic story. The only thing I've read recently with a commanding touch of the supernatural included a visitation from Satan. He was creepy and weird, and not all together here, but it was for only one scene done in passing.

Hmmm … thinking, thinking, …

Ah. One thing that might get you is a fairly realistic portrayal of a serial killer. See pic.

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 09:01:06 No.7028

to my experience this one is the spookiest i've ever read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Stories_of_an_Antiquary

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 19:52:30 No.7040

I guess a holloween thread is in order. Read summary of Zombie and looks good. I'll probably read it.

Will check this one out too.

I like that all the stories are short. You can read them really quickly. I finished one of Lovecraft's on the train in the morning and could of finished another if I wasn't sleepy. Plus I feel dragging out a scary story ruins it. Even the novel was only ~180 pages.

Anonymous 10/14/15 (Wed) 07:58:45 No.7043

Your pic you dingus

Anonymous 10/14/15 (Wed) 09:02:07 No.7044

you might also like lovecraft non cosmic stories like "in the vault".

maybe harvey's "august heat" or jacobs' "monkey paw" that had been done over and over.

or arthur machen's "white powder" which is kinda lovecraftian if i remember correctly.

i think all of these are public domain and you should have no problem finding them OTI.

Anonymous 10/14/15 (Wed) 16:14:45 No.7051

I just read Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad. Starts off pretty slow but the creepy parts are very effective.

Anonymous 10/15/15 (Thu) 08:51:48 No.7055

it's one of my favourites along with "number 13".

i thought they very very good, but on the other hand i'm the kind of impressionable, easily spooked kind of person.

Anonymous 10/16/15 (Fri) 03:47:25 No.7059

I wouldn't say I'm easily frightened, not if we're considering the whole spectrum of horror genres. I like scary movies, but they only really have me on edge in the moment. Spooky fiction usually builds a slow, creeping dread that leaves a lasting impression if it's got truly spooky concepts. Even badly written creepypastas I'm a fan of if the idea is unsettling and it generates creepy images and sensations.

I'll definitely have to read Number 13. I enjoyed both Oh, Whistle and The Mezzotint. Weird how they both have those golf references.

Anonymous 10/16/15 (Fri) 07:23:58 No.7061

not a golfer, i guess i missed them…

Anonymous 10/16/15 (Fri) 21:17:27 No.7065

I mean he had someone playing golf or talking about golf in both stories I read, but the narrator knew nothing about it and would say something like "just imagine what they were talking about if you play golf. If not, then it's not important."

Anonymous 10/17/15 (Sat) 03:13:48 No.7066

Anonymous 10/17/15 (Sat) 09:07:50 No.7069

>checks for trips

>gets dubs

Anonymous 10/17/15 (Sat) 09:07:58 No.7070

i see

Anonymous 01/26/16 (Tue) 20:06:08 No.8420

I have the book in your image and it's cracking, go with that.

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