Spooky

[close] Welcome to the Deadgar Allen Crow Society where we read spooky books of all kinds; comics, manga, novels etc. We also enjoy the occasional spooky movie and/or board game. The tentative plan is to meet the last Friday of every month. Our members can alternate between book choices starting with Bash in November. We can meet to talk about the book/s for about an hour and then play a spooky board game? Approved by Deadgar, of course.

[close] The rarest of rare, a book that makes you aware that reality is gossamer. A story that bears down on your moorings like an existential 18-wheeler with a thick-gauge bullbar. One that degloves your sense of security like that semi degloves a deer. Most often found in the horror genre. I like to call it a 'sense of cosmic dread'. It can be found in any genre, but it almost certainly invites a perception within the reader of the supernatural or the inexplicable. Fears about social games are scary indeed but not the object of this group's search. This group is searching for those rarest types of stories. It is typically only a few moments within a novel or short that offers this unsettling, eerie, spooky experience. For me: Stephen King The Shining - topiary scene IT - several moments; best I've found so far The Mist The short story about the oil patch on the lake (I think?) Crichton - Sphere House of Leaves VanderMeer's Area X trilogy Most of Lovecraft's stories Algernon Blackwood's Willows and Wendigo William Sloane's The Rim of Morning etc. What is perhaps more helpful is what *doesn't* unsettle. Let's not waste time with that--it's quite fine to be blunt and highly-selective in here. King wrote many good books that never rose to the level of 'Actually Unsettled Me'.

[close] A group where Lucy, Georgia and Gill read a book together, big mood readers. Low commitment.

[close] ⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ welcome to the Coven, a challenge group with an emphasis on fun competition! please invite friends!! ☾est. may 2025☽ click here to be sorted into a house! feel free to check out the houses eerie, ethereal, enchanted, and eclipsed; the quiz takes your preference into account. each house has their own specific rules to follow... be careful to stick to your house's rules! have a look around! share playlists, chat, read the books of the month, and vote for monthly themes and monthly songs! ⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ welcome to the coven, gremlins ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ ⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ inspired by groups like the crowne and the slaughterhouse society (both of which your mod totoro is a part of; come say hi!)