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I'm on the hunt for body horror in the mode of The Thing. Strange body plans, twisted appendages, surreal appearances, different creatures being morphed together, the works. Both people being mutated into weird forms and monsters that are just naturally that way are of interest to me.
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FPyat posted:I'm on the hunt for body horror in the mode of The Thing. Strange body plans, twisted appendages, surreal appearances, different creatures being morphed together, the works. Both people being mutated into weird forms and monsters that are just naturally that way are of interest to me. The Deep does some of that. Also you could read Frozen Hell (or Who Goes There if you just want the novella), it's the inspiration for The Thing, but honestly it's pretty tame so it feels much more like straight-up sci fi in a modern context. The Cipher has some surreal body horror stuff too.
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May 26, 2022 20:08
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FPyat posted:I'm on the hunt for body horror in the mode of The Thing. Strange body plans, twisted appendages, surreal appearances, different creatures being morphed together, the works. Both people being mutated into weird forms and monsters that are just naturally that way are of interest to me. Apocalypse Strain by Jason Parent
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May 26, 2022 20:38
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Opopanax posted:I wish Amazon wasn't so...Amazon. I want to read Carrier Wave but near as I can tell it's only available off the kindle store, and while removing DRM and converting is possible, it's such a pain in the rear end I'd really rather not. Such a stupid system if I buy a book I should be able to read it on whatever device I have It looks like it might not have DRM on the US amazon site at least? It has "Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited" in the product description which from some googling seems like it means there's no DRM/you can do whatever you want with the file (though you might still have to convert it though depending on what you plan to put it on of course). I could be wrong though! I haven't really messed around with converting ebook files in 10+ years. (I absolutely agree their proprietary file formats are hot bullshit.)
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May 26, 2022 21:17
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DurianGray posted:It looks like it might not have DRM on the US amazon site at least? It has "Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited" in the product description which from some googling seems like it means there's no DRM/you can do whatever you want with the file (though you might still have to convert it though depending on what you plan to put it on of course). I could be wrong though! I haven't really messed around with converting ebook files in 10+ years. Maybe, but if I try to buy something it'll just redirect me to the Canadian kindle page  And then yeah it's still going to be in the amazon format so that only saves me one step (although granted it's the most difficult one)I just emailed Brockway to see if he'll direct sell me an epub, that works sometimes.
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May 26, 2022 21:37
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Opopanax posted:Maybe, but if I try to buy something it'll just redirect me to the Canadian kindle page Ah that sucks it's such a pain even without DRM. Good luck with maybe getting that epub copy, though!
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May 26, 2022 21:58
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FPyat posted:I'm on the hunt for body horror in the mode of The Thing. Strange body plans, twisted appendages, surreal appearances, different creatures being morphed together, the works. Both people being mutated into weird forms and monsters that are just naturally that way are of interest to me. The further you go into Necroscope the more of that you'll get. Cabal and The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker have some as well. Sidebar suggestion: Converts by Ian Watson. It's about a mega wealthy industrialist who hires scientists to find a way to create genetically modified supermen. It isn't really horror, but it's still close enough to what you want.
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May 27, 2022 10:43
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FPyat posted:I'm on the hunt for body horror in the mode of The Thing. Strange body plans, twisted appendages, surreal appearances, different creatures being morphed together, the works. Both people being mutated into weird forms and monsters that are just naturally that way are of interest to me. The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
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May 27, 2022 16:18
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Jedit posted:The further you go into Necroscope the more of that you'll get. The Tzimisce (praying I spelled that right) are based on the vampires from Necroscope. It's body horror as all hell in places.
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May 27, 2022 16:19
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Shitstorm Trooper posted:The Tzimisce (praying I spelled that right) are based on the vampires from Necroscope. It's body horror as all hell in places. Did you ever finish Necroscope V or start the Vampire World trilogy? I've been wondering.
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May 27, 2022 16:29
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Nah I haven't finished five. I decided I needed to give it a rest and read The Road and a couple Titus Crow books. I should be back to it soon though.
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May 27, 2022 16:33
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Thank you for all that!
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FPyat posted:I'm on the hunt for body horror in the mode of The Thing. Strange body plans, twisted appendages, surreal appearances, different creatures being morphed together, the works. Both people being mutated into weird forms and monsters that are just naturally that way are of interest to me. The Hematophages by Stephen Kozeniewski
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May 27, 2022 17:24
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Traxis posted:The Hematophages by Stephen Kozeniewski This book disappointed me so much. Such a great, fun story for 99% and then it shits the bed in the last three pages in an effort to be edgy.
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May 28, 2022 01:20
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day-gas posted:Ended up abandoning A God of Hungry Walls as it felt very needlessly cruel with seemingly no development of any narrative, characters, or themes. Curious if somebody else has tried it.
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May 28, 2022 16:03
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Opopanax posted:Maybe, but if I try to buy something it'll just redirect me to the Canadian kindle page He sent me a copy, indie authors rule. Apparently it's amazon exclusive through some deal his agent set so I'll have to buy it there for it to count but that's fair enough
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May 28, 2022 18:06
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Outta curiosity, anyone have recs for horror audio books? I like lighthouse horror on youtube but I'm getting a lil tired of the repetitive stories. I've started The Sound at the End by Kirsty Logan, which isn't horror afaik, it's mystery / thriller. But I really like the variety of voice actors and the characterization. It's no Dark Matter by Michelle Paver but I can pretend it's arctic horror / deep sea horror if I squint at the metaphors lol
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May 30, 2022 01:11
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value-brand cereal posted:Outta curiosity, anyone have recs for horror audio books? I like lighthouse horror on youtube but I'm getting a lil tired of the repetitive stories. If you haven't already check out the NoSleep podcast. There are dozens by now and they're mostly pretty good
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May 30, 2022 01:17
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value-brand cereal posted:Outta curiosity, anyone have recs for horror audio books? I like lighthouse horror on youtube but I'm getting a lil tired of the repetitive stories. Sorry I can't help with audio books, but Knifepoint Horror has some pretty good stuff and the first like 80 episodes of the Magnus Archives is good too. (I don't hate the rest, I just fell off and can't vouch for it.)
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May 30, 2022 02:56
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Another good podcast in that vein is I Am In Eskew, about a man trapped in a city that doesn't exist. It's technically one long narrative but every episode is its own disconnected short story until the halfway point or so, and even then there are standalone episodes that technically connect to the metaplot but stand alone just fine as little bits of city planning horror (they focus on events the narrator isn't seeing in places he's never been to so they never reference established details).
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May 30, 2022 03:15
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Oh right, I forgot podcasts exist. Thanks y'all, I'll give Knifepoint Horror and nosleep a shot. I'm not sure about diving into Magnus archives as that seems like a huge huge story to get invested in at the moment. You have to time it right in order to really let things seep into the brain folds. You know what I mean?Big Mad Drongo posted:Another good podcast in that vein is I Am In Eskew, about a man trapped in a city that doesn't exist. It's technically one long narrative but every episode is its own disconnected short story until the halfway point or so, and even then there are standalone episodes that technically connect to the metaplot but stand alone just fine as little bits of city planning horror (they focus on events the narrator isn't seeing in places he's never been to so they never reference established details). Big thank you to this, I'll pass it onto my BLAME! obsessed friend. They do love some weird architecture / city horror.
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May 30, 2022 04:39
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Magnus technically has a "story" but it's a very, very slow build so I wouldn't stress about it. For reference, I listened to first like half a dozen episodes then jumped ahead by accident to like 90-something and was still following it fine. It's less like missing an episode of a serialized show and more like they reference older episodes. For Knifepoint, the episode from January 21st 2016 "fields" was my intro and it hooked me pretty god drat hard. I was listening to that on my way to class, a student saw me just absolutely losing my poo poo having a cigarette outside the building and it became a joke the whole rest of the semester.
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May 30, 2022 05:40
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I've recently started listening to Old Gods of Appalachia and it would definitely fit the bill too. It's maybe a little more weird fiction flavored than straight-up horror, but at least a couple of the early ones are pretty strong supernatural horror stories.
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May 30, 2022 06:18
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MockingQuantum posted:I've recently started listening to Old Gods of Appalachia and it would definitely fit the bill too. It's maybe a little more weird fiction flavored than straight-up horror, but at least a couple of the early ones are pretty strong supernatural horror stories. Does that pick up? I heard about it from over in Trad Games (  by the way), and I gave it a try but it didn't really hook me. It just seemed kind of fine, I guess, and the highest praise I had was that they correctly pronounced "Appalachia". drat shame too, because "haunted dark rural mountains" is basically my entire life goal and aesthetic.
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May 30, 2022 06:34
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I'm not sure yet, honestly. It's a very slow-burn kind of storytelling, and yeah I agree it's a little too slow at times. I've only listened to four or five so far and I like it a lot, but I definitely have to be in the mood for something that takes its time. I can let you know once I get through a little more, if nobody else chimes in on it.
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May 30, 2022 06:40
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I don't really mind a lame or silly mythos story, has anyone read Tales of Cthulhu Invictus? Should I give it a look? I like the concept but I've been burned by themed mythos story compilations like that before.
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May 30, 2022 06:41
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I need a good novel. A good 300, 400 page novel. Only Good Indians, Boatman's Daughter, Lush And Seething Hell (I know it's two novels), Negative Space, Last Days, Father of Lies, Fisherman, Cabin at the End of the World, Southern Gods, Swan Song, were all ones I enjoyed last year. I probably forgot a few but that gives you a good idea. Heart is a Chainsaw was just okay to me, same with Night of the Mannequins. I am leaning towards Mongrels though. I've been doing a lot of short stories, Evenson, Fracassi, Bartlett, Ligotti, Padgett, Barron, Langan. I just need something a little longer.
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May 31, 2022 01:38
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A Black and Endless Sky by Matthew Lyonsquote:From the author of The Night Will Find Us comes a white-knuckled horror-thriller set across the American Southwest. Sundial by Catriona Ward quote:You can’t escape what’s in your blood… A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers quote:Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy's clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling from Manhattan to Italy for a taste of both. A God in the Shed by J F Dubeau quote:-Move over True Detective. A rich, gothic story of murder and mystery, A God in The Shed is quite possibly one of the most enthralling novels I've read in the last ten years. Dubeau is a force to be reckoned with.- --Jerry Smith, Fangoria Magazine and Blumhouse.com White Tears by Hari Kunzru quote:Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today. Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill quote:Catherine's last job ended badly. Corporate bullying at a top TV network saw her fired and forced to leave London, but she was determined to get her life back. A new job and a few therapists later, things look much brighter. Especially when a challenging new project presents itself -- to catalogue the late M. H. Mason's wildly eccentric cache of antique dolls and puppets. Rarest of all, she'll get to examine his elaborate displays of posed, costumed and preserved animals, depicting bloody scenes from the Great War. Catherine can't believe her luck when Mason's elderly niece invites her to stay at Red House itself, where she maintains the collection until his niece exposes her to the dark message behind her uncle's "Art." Catherine tries to concentrate on the job, but Mason's damaged visions begin to raise dark shadows from her own past. Shadows she'd hoped therapy had finally erased. Soon the barriers between reality, sanity and memory start to merge and some truths seem too terrible to be real... in The House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill. Hopefully one of these books is new and interesting for you. I haven't read anything new that really stuck with me. Jennifer McMahon's newest book ' The Children on the Hill ' looks interest, no clue if it's horror or literary suspense.
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May 31, 2022 03:37
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Conrad_Birdie posted:This might be silly but I’m having trouble finding a reasonably priced copy of Between Two Fires rn and it’s not in the NYPL library system (wtf)… does anyone in this thread want to sell me their copy, or have an extra they can send my way? All the talk in this thread makes me want to read it really badly! O, you don't have PM's. I was wondering why you never messaged me. Free copy of Between two Fires, all yours, just gotta figure out logistics of getting it to you. It's got a knight fighting some sick rear end hell monsters that'd look pretty sweet airbrushed on a van, you'll love it.
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Jun 1, 2022 04:43
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Xiahou Dun posted:O, you don't have PM's. I was wondering why you never messaged me. Whoa, mine is just a skeleton, post that poo poo
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Jun 1, 2022 04:50
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sephiRoth IRA posted:Whoa, mine is just a skeleton, post that poo poo Lol. Now I want that to be all book covers. Like that’s just how copies of The Joy Luck Club are sold from now on.
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Jun 1, 2022 05:03
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nthing the Tender is the flesh rec, short and very good. Also worth mentioning are Samanta Schweblin’s Moutful of Birds, and Mariana Enriquez’s The things we lost in the fire. Both are short horror story collections by female Latin American authors, in case you are trying to up your diversity score.
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Jun 1, 2022 14:42
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Mr. Nemo posted:nthing the Tender is the flesh rec, short and very good. This was gifted to me in a TBB Secret Santa, and I keep forgetting it's a horror book. Gonna bump this up higher on my list.
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Jun 1, 2022 14:56
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Xiahou Dun posted:O, you don't have PM's. I was wondering why you never messaged me. Yeah sorry I meant to tell you that but I’ve also been training for a new job this week so I’m all over da place. Hey that’s really awesome of you! Let me get back to you this evening. I’ll give ya an email address and we can figure it out.
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Jun 1, 2022 17:50
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Conrad_Birdie posted:Yeah sorry I meant to tell you that but I’ve also been training for a new job this week so I’m all over da place. Hey that’s really awesome of you! Let me get back to you this evening. I’ll give ya an email address and we can figure it out. I have a silly cut-out e-mail that I use for this stuff already : [username]sa@gmail Without brackets, obviously, just my username run together plus SA. I'll probably respond with my actual e-mail in case you wonder why you get something from Extremelygerman von Krauterton.
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Jun 1, 2022 19:29
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Xiahou Dun posted:I have a silly cut-out e-mail that I use for this stuff already : [username]sa@gmail You’re wonderful! I’ll email tonight!
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Jun 1, 2022 19:47
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The Discord has failed me. Can anyone here suggest a good horror story set in the Old West?
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Charlz Guybon posted:The Discord has failed me. if short stories count, “Lonegan’s Luck” by Stephen Graham Jones Tom Franklin’s novel Smonk also brushes against horror just by being so grotesque
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Charlz Guybon posted:The Discord has failed me. It’s not the typical Wild West, but Laird Barron’s The Men From Porlock is a great short story set in a late 19th or early 20th century logging camp in the Pacific Northwest. It’s in his Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All collection.
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I know Brian Evenson has a couple too but the names escape me at the moment. Also I think Michael Wehunt has a few? Super helpful, I know.
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