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a foolish pianist posted: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. Sasquatch involved?
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a foolish pianist posted: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. Well that’s reason to get around to that. Thanks.
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^^ Is that the one that starts out with the Pinkerton detective? I loved that one. Beautiful Thing might've been my favorite Barron, of the three I've read (Occultation / Imago) Andy Davidson's Valley in the Sun is a western vampire story. His second book was great. I haven't read that one though. There's a whole bunch of "Splatter Westerns" with cool covers but I doubt they're worth reading. There is a story in that Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All collection... the last story.... Thomas Ligotti, Ellen Datlow, and a bunch of other authors are characters in a story. It's strange and feels a little mean spirited. I would like to hear other people's thoughts on that.
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Charlz Guybon posted:The Discord has failed me. Joe Lansdale has a whole bunch. Check out Dead in the West.
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Charlz Guybon posted:Can anyone here suggest a good horror story set in the Old West? The Hunger by Alma Katsu is good horror set in the old west. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is amazing. Maybe I'm pushing it a bit on recommending that as horror though.
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Any of y'all write?
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Ornamented Death posted:Joe Lansdale has a whole bunch. Check out Dead in the West. Looks fun, but no Kindle version.
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escape artist posted:Any of y'all write? We dabble
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Charlz Guybon posted:The Discord has failed me. Death's Head Press has a whole series of "splatter westerns" if that's your thing. https://deathsheadpress.com/collections/splatter-westerns
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a foolish pianist posted: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. Bulldozer is another good one like that, I think from occultation?
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Count Thrashula posted:Death's Head Press has a whole series of "splatter westerns" if that's your thing. I'll take all of these, thanks. Leave me alone, I will never read a good book. Actually trying to wrap up Lovecraft's Monsters before I start Necroscope 5 again and the story The Same Deep Waters As You about the animal psychic going to see the prisoners from the Innsmouth raid was extremely cool and good. UwUnabomber fucked around with this message at 14:14 on Jun 3, 2022 |
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escape artist posted:Any of y'all write? Relentlessly.
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escape artist posted:Any of y'all write? No, I just think about it a lot. My husband is an actual writer though.
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escape artist posted:Any of y'all write? Yes.
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So recently I've been getting into what I call "investigative horror". Stuff where the story is told through a standard narrative, but also through the use of police reports, pictures, witness statements, etc. I've read Devolution Max Brooks, Carrie by Stephen King, and The Troop by Nick Cutter. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm really hooked on the stuff now but am not sure how to search for it on Kindle.
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I enjoy the "looking through a collection of documents" horror story because of The Call of Cthulhu.
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Untrustable posted:So recently I've been getting into what I call "investigative horror". Stuff where the story is told through a standard narrative, but also through the use of police reports, pictures, witness statements, etc. I'll assume you've read them already but that's Max Brooks' whole thing, so if you liked Devolution you'll like WWZ and Zombie Survival Guide.
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Untrustable posted:So recently I've been getting into what I call "investigative horror". Stuff where the story is told through a standard narrative, but also through the use of police reports, pictures, witness statements, etc. Check out The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero
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Untrustable posted:So recently I've been getting into what I call "investigative horror". Stuff where the story is told through a standard narrative, but also through the use of police reports, pictures, witness statements, etc. The Boss In the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil by Avram Davidson is great and has one of my favourite ever confront the ghost scenes.
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Untrustable posted:So recently I've been getting into what I call "investigative horror". Stuff where the story is told through a standard narrative, but also through the use of police reports, pictures, witness statements, etc. Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand is a great little folk horror story framed as the recollections of a 60s band about a recording session. tight aspirations fucked around with this message at 11:03 on Jun 5, 2022 |
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Thank you everyone for the suggestions! I had picked up FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven and finished it in a sitting. It's seriously good. It's a series of interviews with the survivors and others surrounding a giant amusement park that is rendered inaccessible by a massive hurricane. Over 40+ days the hundreds of workers at the park go a little bit crazy. I also found out that "investigative horror" has an actual name: "epistolary horror". Untrustable fucked around with this message at 11:09 on Jun 5, 2022 |
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fez_machine posted:The Boss In the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil by Avram Davidson is great and has one of my favourite ever confront the ghost scenes.
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Matt Wesolowski's series 'Six Stories' is a faux podcast covering a single fictional crime that have a horror element to it. It's a little True Crime flavored but not obnoxiously so. It's mainly one person, 'Scott King', investigating and interviewing various people related to each incident. The first book is called 'Six Stories' but so far there is six novels in the series. I think Changeling is my favorite of the series, for the forest horror portion. It hits the sensation of vulnerability quite well. There's also Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall which does have a variety of media transcripts, like video transcripts, interviews, photo descriptions, etc. Though it also features in universe occurrences, so it's not entirely a post incident recounting. However it's Young Adult genre and features teenagers as the main cast. It's no The Fisherman by John Langan, but can scratch an itch if you don't mind tolerating the fact that you're not the intended audience. By the way, Knifepoint horror is great, big thanks for the rec. I'm slowly listening through the whole archive, and so far I love 'Occupiers'. What a great story, really nicely put together. Spoilers for Occupiers by Knifepoint Horror. The grey horse being the Pale Horse that Death rides from the christian bible was a lil on the nose but I do love the ensuing symbolism. And the arrow stabbed into the horse's left flank, sinister side, and not quite hobbling it. A physical, constant reminder of interior and exterior trauma caused by the way, by other humans. drat. How Mephra(sp?) is so terrified of death that he eventually becomes it, literally bound to the grey/pale horse as an avatar of Death itself, unable to escape or break away from the trauma war has done to him. I also love the ending! I didn't expect that. By choosing to not continue being a soldier, or to fire his weapon, by waiting and watching and in some way also choosing mercy like the young blonde woman did, he survives. He survives in some way, and is able to return to society. I mean, that's the way I heard it. I also like the alchemical symbolisms, I think?? The square the horse draws around must be a house, and of all if them present during that only the young blonde woman and the mc soldier returns to said 'house'. Also is gold / blonde the alchemical opposite of silver / grey? I'm not sure. This might be a reach But there's that too. ALSO the religious symbolism, wow. A drat neat story.
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I told you, hoss. Knifepoint owns. Tell me when you get to "fields".
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value-brand cereal posted:Matt Wesolowski's series 'Six Stories' is a faux podcast covering a single fictional crime that have a horror element to it. It's a little True Crime flavored but not obnoxiously so. It's mainly one person, 'Scott King', investigating and interviewing various people related to each incident. The first book is called 'Six Stories' but so far there is six novels in the series. I think Changeling is my favorite of the series, for the forest horror portion. It hits the sensation of vulnerability quite well. I checked this out, and the first three novels are currently available in one collection on Kindle for 99 cents. Picked it up.
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Knifepoint Horror is interesting also because I feel like these stories would absolutely not work in text form (and afaik before the podcast some of them were self published to little acclaim) but are fantastic as audio.
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Xiahou Dun posted:I told you, hoss. Knifepoint owns. It sure as poo poo does. I'm marked down for scared and excited for Fields. I'm working my way back chronologically lest I miss one, and I'm only on 'Excursion'. What the hell. ravenkult posted:Knifepoint Horror is interesting also because I feel like these stories would absolutely not work in text form (and afaik before the podcast some of them were self published to little acclaim) but are fantastic as audio. Absolutely agreed. A lot of times when I check out a podcast I think eh, I'd rather just read the transcript. Nothing against most voice actors or casual podcasters, but I prefer my 'head voice' over listening to other voices. The voice actors, Soren Narnia et al, do a wonderful job making it feel completely natural and not like they're reading a script out loud to their iphone. Untrustable posted:I checked this out, and the first three novels are currently available in one collection on Kindle for 99 cents. Picked it up. Nice!! I hope you enjoy it!
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Charlz Guybon posted:The Discord has failed me. Ever read Ambrose Bierce? Can Such Things Be is pretty great as I recall. Its also free
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Old Gods of Appalachia does indeed pick up, just stick with it. This season’s even focused on the the ‘people’ sworn to the Things Under the Mountains, so a lot more gnarly poo poo is happening. Pseudopod is also an excellent horror story podcast. Unwell is good too, for those of you who like an ongoing story. The White Vaults and first season of The Black Tapes along a similar vein.
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Untrustable posted:I also found out that "investigative horror" has an actual name: "epistolary horror". Don't forget Dracula, the OG epistolary horror.
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Flopstick posted:Don't forget Dracula, the OG epistolary horror. Frankenstein is epistolary and predates Dracula by a good 80 years. And I don't think even that was the first epistolary horror novel; the form goes well back into the 18th century.
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Thank you Xiahao Dun for sending me a copy of Between Two Fires!!! I cannot wait to read it!
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Count Thrashula posted:Death's Head Press has a whole series of "splatter westerns" if that's your thing. Hey so I bought Red Station immediately after you posted this and I just picked it up. I'm about ten pages in and it's really got a lot of character. The author definitely knows how goofy western novels are written.
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Shitstorm Trooper posted:Hey so I bought Red Station immediately after you posted this and I just picked it up. I'm about ten pages in and it's really got a lot of character. The author definitely knows how goofy western novels are written. That's actually the only one in the series I've read! They're all by different authors and aren't necessarily connected, so you can just pick up whichever one. I really enjoyed Red Station.
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The 13th Koyote is by the only author who's ever been gross enough I just quit the book. (The Night Stockers)
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Hey whoever recommended knifepoint horror, it was pretty great. The production values are very nice and the stories suitably creepy
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Count Thrashula posted:Death's Head Press has a whole series of "splatter westerns" if that's your thing. Ooh...Definitely gonna check this out
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Oh hey, new Ellen Datlow anthology? It's called Screams from the Dark and it features thread favorites Nathan Ballingrud, John Langan, and Laird Barron. Here's the full table of contents. I just picked it up, but I'm very excited for Mr Stephen Graham Jones and Ms Priya Sharma. I remember quite enjoying Sharma's Ormeshadow, though that was a few years ago. Going by the copyright, it looks like all new stories? I'm not personally sure, but it looks like a great selection.quote:You Have What I Need by Ian Rogers
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Howls from the Dark Ages is OK. The quality has been pretty variable but most of the stories are at least interesting in their settings. It's cool that some are set outside Europe. I really dislike the tone of the segments between stories where a cheeky narrator introduces an object from the stories. I'm not opposed to the idea when done well - I just find something irritating about this execution.
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