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message 1: by Samuel (new)

Samuel Moss (perfidiousscript) | 75 comments The use of the term 'Gnosis' in relation to, or as a thread in, contemporary
and literary horror is becoming more common. This may be a sub-subgenre within literary horror, and may even become a fully fledged subgenre in coming years.

I'd like to have a thread here where we can share anything and everything related to 'Gnosis' in horror and 'Gnostic Horror' as each of us see it.

No hard or fast rules or regulations: if you find it, place it here, including:
- Stories/Novels/Anthologies
- Critical work
- Philosophical work
- Articles and scholarly work
- Interviews with authors and thinkers
- Movies/music/visual art
- Anything else


message 2: by Jordan (new)

Jordan West | 17 comments I would strongly recommend Scott Jones' novel Stonefish, which draws explicitly from gnostic philosophy, along with cosmic horror, Philip Dick-style metaphysics, and Fort/Keel high weirdness.


message 3: by mark (new)

mark monday (majestic-plural) | 89 comments Damian Murphy is a practitioner, although for the most part, I'd hesitate to label his works as horror.

Karim Ghahwagi as well. and perhaps Louis Marvick (at least his excellent book The Star Ushak)

Nameless by Grant Morrison, of course. And his series The Invisibles.


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