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The Fisherman was very weak for me. Not bad, but too long for such a short and not very deep story. I recommend Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman, Little Heaven by Nick Cutter and A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by John Hornor Jacobs.
Agreed about the fisherman
It didn’t help the fact that the original story (the one with the old man who became the fisherman) was more compelling than the story into the story. It just made me to wish for it to end, so we could know what happened with the old man.
Churman Blibley, Philomas Lovitz, Francis Rarnaby and Sutter Kane
not OP but I'll check these out. I did enjoy the fisherman. I'm on my second read of The Descent, it puts the movie to shame. Jeff Long is seriously underrated imo
What?
The Descend was a disappointment. The first part was really good, was mysterious, was claustrophobic, and the scope was huge. Eventually it turns into an adventure book, more than a horror one.
The movie took whatever worked of the original story, and made a neat, clean story in that world.
it hooked me, I couldn't put it down. my brain filled in the blanks when my suspension of disbelief was wavering. it was just a dude with a huge story to tell and maybe not all the right tools to pull it off. I even liked the follow up book though it had glaring flaws. it was a passion project and sometimes its fun to be on the receiving end of a crazy, coked up rant unless its King LOL frick that guy.
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Anonymous
I’m not saying it is a bad book. But it’s a bad horror book.
The glowing river, and the bottom of the ocean, and all the cities and fortresses are fun pieces, but more than a half is more akin to Indiana jones/journey to the center of the earth, than a horror story.
And thanks for the heads up about the sequel. I have it in my wish list, but I think I’ll delete now
2 years ago
Anonymous
>And thanks for the heads up about the sequel. I have it in my wish list, but I think I’ll delete now
lmfao
2 years ago
Anonymous
like you are reading anything better? just try it you might be surprised.
2 years ago
Anonymous
> like you are reading anything better?
Yes. Just finished Gateways to Abomination, which was a fun anthology by Matthew Bartlett, and now I’m busy with another anthology, this time by Alastair Reynolds.
Speaking of which, OP, should find something from Cassandra Khaw. Loved Hammers on Bone
2 years ago
Anonymous
>When Jeb was in his cups, which thankfully was not often, he’d grab his overalls in a fist and yank them asunder. Then from his unders, he’d pull out his I-can‘t-say-it, a confused grey mass of you-know-what, held together with a wet and reeking shoelace. THIS, he’d bellow, IS THE SOURCE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD. I USEDTA THINK IT WAS WOMAN BUT ITS THIS. He’d yank from his deep pocket a meat tenderizing mallet, heavy and dirty, and demand that we hammer his mess. I’d give a meaty whack or two, looking away in horror, to placate the lunatic. Earl, though, took to it. He’d wheeze his asthmatic wheeze and swing that hammer like a he-man at a carnival. Trying to ring the bell. BAMM, he’d yell. BAMM BAMM. .
what a fun read! edegelord mall ninja homosexual.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Yes kid. Everybody on this board is an angry teenager like yourself.
And yes, kid, a random couple phrases from an anthology means every single story is exactly the same as that one.
Anything else You want to project before going to bed?
2 years ago
Anonymous
one more. >I could tell you of a rain of bruised babies slamming sickeningly into the pavement of the roads and sidewalks of Leeds, bouncing in dizzying numbers from the roof tops and canopies and awnings.
I could tell you that I was now a part of an army of the dead, whose instructions were dispersed by coded messages on a radio station. I could tell you of our foul mission and of our multitudes of intended victims.
I could tell you these things, my invisible audience, only on the airwaves of WXXT.
WXXT.
If it bleeds, it's Leeds.
who enjoys reading this hammered dogshit? there is nothing of substance, its pure fricking shlock. kid.
did anyone else read the entire border trilogy? I remember the first one being pretty good, the second was kind of a bore with a reality shattering final act and the third book I chucked directly into the trash the moment I finished it.
Borges. Good writer. Also there is a jim Thompson novel i didn't finish even though its short called recoil that seems pretty MK-Ultra. John Dies at the End and This book has Spiders By David Wong (pseudonym) are great, too.Burrough's work. Some of Hunter S Thompson's works obviously. His short monologue "electricity" is really /x/. Its kind of hard to find but there's a version of him reading it floating around on youtube somewhere.
Also there's a short story by Paul Bowles called The Valley or something like that about a spirit called the Atlajala that can possess things and the story is from it's perspective. Its really good.
Churman Blibley, Philomas Lovitz, Francis Rarnaby and Sutter Kane
The Fisherman was very weak for me. Not bad, but too long for such a short and not very deep story. I recommend Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman, Little Heaven by Nick Cutter and A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by John Hornor Jacobs.
Bonus for Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Thanks for the recs. I just downloaded The Fisherman, but haven't read it yet.
Agreed about the fisherman
It didn’t help the fact that the original story (the one with the old man who became the fisherman) was more compelling than the story into the story. It just made me to wish for it to end, so we could know what happened with the old man.
Do you read Sutter Kane….?
not OP but I'll check these out. I did enjoy the fisherman. I'm on my second read of The Descent, it puts the movie to shame. Jeff Long is seriously underrated imo
> I'm on my second read of The Descent, it puts the movie to shame.
OP here. Hard agree. Way more fun than the movie.
What?
The Descend was a disappointment. The first part was really good, was mysterious, was claustrophobic, and the scope was huge. Eventually it turns into an adventure book, more than a horror one.
The movie took whatever worked of the original story, and made a neat, clean story in that world.
it hooked me, I couldn't put it down. my brain filled in the blanks when my suspension of disbelief was wavering. it was just a dude with a huge story to tell and maybe not all the right tools to pull it off. I even liked the follow up book though it had glaring flaws. it was a passion project and sometimes its fun to be on the receiving end of a crazy, coked up rant unless its King LOL frick that guy.
I’m not saying it is a bad book. But it’s a bad horror book.
The glowing river, and the bottom of the ocean, and all the cities and fortresses are fun pieces, but more than a half is more akin to Indiana jones/journey to the center of the earth, than a horror story.
And thanks for the heads up about the sequel. I have it in my wish list, but I think I’ll delete now
>And thanks for the heads up about the sequel. I have it in my wish list, but I think I’ll delete now
lmfao
like you are reading anything better? just try it you might be surprised.
> like you are reading anything better?
Yes. Just finished Gateways to Abomination, which was a fun anthology by Matthew Bartlett, and now I’m busy with another anthology, this time by Alastair Reynolds.
Speaking of which, OP, should find something from Cassandra Khaw. Loved Hammers on Bone
>When Jeb was in his cups, which thankfully was not often, he’d grab his overalls in a fist and yank them asunder. Then from his unders, he’d pull out his I-can‘t-say-it, a confused grey mass of you-know-what, held together with a wet and reeking shoelace. THIS, he’d bellow, IS THE SOURCE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD. I USEDTA THINK IT WAS WOMAN BUT ITS THIS. He’d yank from his deep pocket a meat tenderizing mallet, heavy and dirty, and demand that we hammer his mess. I’d give a meaty whack or two, looking away in horror, to placate the lunatic. Earl, though, took to it. He’d wheeze his asthmatic wheeze and swing that hammer like a he-man at a carnival. Trying to ring the bell. BAMM, he’d yell. BAMM BAMM. .
what a fun read! edegelord mall ninja homosexual.
Yes kid. Everybody on this board is an angry teenager like yourself.
And yes, kid, a random couple phrases from an anthology means every single story is exactly the same as that one.
Anything else You want to project before going to bed?
one more.
>I could tell you of a rain of bruised babies slamming sickeningly into the pavement of the roads and sidewalks of Leeds, bouncing in dizzying numbers from the roof tops and canopies and awnings.
I could tell you that I was now a part of an army of the dead, whose instructions were dispersed by coded messages on a radio station. I could tell you of our foul mission and of our multitudes of intended victims.
I could tell you these things, my invisible audience, only on the airwaves of WXXT.
WXXT.
If it bleeds, it's Leeds.
who enjoys reading this hammered dogshit? there is nothing of substance, its pure fricking shlock. kid.
Between Two Fires looks like it's up my alley. Thanks!
The Bible
i love lovecraft craft
Sure, but it's the most entry level /x/ shit
your opinion i respect it
Yeah. So is HOL, Crowley, and "HURR THE BIBLE" like
this moron
The only more basic b***h /x/ answer would've been Crowley
Or any grimoir that people read about here and think they're super spoopy for having heard of it
I spent quite some time studying the occult and none of it compares to the Bible, I'm sorry but it's true.
No one is arguing that. It's still the most basic "aM i /x/pHilE?" answer you could give to this thread. OP wanted a good spoopy read.
*yawn*
Yes kid, your 14 years in this earth are enough to “spent quite some time studying the “”occult “”ll
>ahem Ive been on /x/ since 2019. I know a little something about the OcCuLt. Im here to lecture you newbies about how occult the bible is.
I forgot about house of leaves. What a bizarre book
the news
Glowies, bots, and normies ruined this board. To answer OP though, The Other Side of the Mountain by Michel Bernanos.
I'll post a few of my favorites that I highly recommend
>endorsement from Jeff VanderMeer on the cover
did anyone else read the entire border trilogy? I remember the first one being pretty good, the second was kind of a bore with a reality shattering final act and the third book I chucked directly into the trash the moment I finished it.
VanderMeer is a fricking pozzed hack but early Barron is based
Borges. Good writer. Also there is a jim Thompson novel i didn't finish even though its short called recoil that seems pretty MK-Ultra. John Dies at the End and This book has Spiders By David Wong (pseudonym) are great, too.Burrough's work. Some of Hunter S Thompson's works obviously. His short monologue "electricity" is really /x/. Its kind of hard to find but there's a version of him reading it floating around on youtube somewhere.
Also there's a short story by Paul Bowles called The Valley or something like that about a spirit called the Atlajala that can possess things and the story is from it's perspective. Its really good.
>love Ligotti's work
>hate his philosophy