CliftonR
@CliftonR@wandering.shop
Me:
Reading SF&F since about age 9, friends with LGBTQ people since age 16, working in software/tech since I was 16, practicing Zen since 17 or 18, on Internet by late 1980s. I helped invent modern credit card terminals at Verifone in 1980s, founded small ISP LavaNet in 1994, back to sw dev from 2005 on.
Usenet (talk.bizarre), Making Light, Twitter.
"I'm normal by Cubetown standards."
Mostly here to chat, banter, & boost my friends & favorite writers.
Cis/bi, he/him, relaxed about it.
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@kimlockhartga @greem @bookstodon
Part of the reason I've got such a list of favorite horror books & stories at my fingertips is that I spent 2020 binging horror and writing micro-reviews on Twitter for every horror book I read.
In the context of 2020, it was a pleasant distraction, and 2026 ... maybe I should have done that this year.
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I actually haven't read any Paul Tremblay apart from 'Headful of Ghosts' and a short story or two, so I don't know how his other work compares with it.
That book, though - it just yanked the rug out from under me a number of times. It's very much not a conventional kind of horror story, probably one reason it won the Stoker award.
I have 'Cabin at the End of the World' on my TBR, and I'm curious about that one.
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All of the Kyle Booth stories are very good, but IMO they're very much written as stand-alones.
I had read the earlier stories but I didn't need them to understand anything in the latest one; I picked that because it's a bit longer, works well as a standalone, and also I just think it's one of the best - it slowly gets creepier and creepier.
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@MargaretSefton @kimlockhartga @templetongate @bookstodon
And I haven't read your recommendations, so I'll add them to my list too. 💜
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@MargaretSefton @kimlockhartga @templetongate @bookstodon
Oh!
I've read Samanta Schweblin's 'Fever Dream' and it's a stunning book. The ending is just heartbreaking when you piece together what's going on.
I think it was writer Zin Rocklyn (pseud.) who recommended it to me.
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@Archergal @kimlockhartga @johncomic @GramrgednAngel @bookstodon
I don't think I've ever read that one. I'll have to try it.
'The Willows' would be my go-to story for Algernon Blackwood.
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Also, isn't 'The Library at Mount Char' one of the most amazing books ever?
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@AspiringLuddite @kimlockhartga @bookstodon
Yeah, 'The Hollow Places' and 'The Twisted Ones' are both great books.
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Based on your list, a few I'd suggest are:
Nathan Ballingrud, Wounds [Six Stories from the Borders of Hell]
(same book is also available as Monsterland because some of them were TVfied on Hulu)Paul Tremblay, Head Full of Ghosts
Sarah Monette, A Theory of Hauntings (rather M.R. James like in its sense of brooding dread)