Michael Adams

Michael’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (593)
currently-reading‎ (5)
read‎ (954)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
modern-weird-fiction‎ (146)
modern-horror‎ (143)
strange-stories‎ (111)
modern-fantasy‎ (88)
comic-books‎ (72)
modern-sci-fi‎ (65)
monsters‎ (59)
urban-fantasy‎ (57)

psychological-horror‎ (50)
ghost-stories‎ (49)
pulp-era-weird-fiction‎ (43)
cosmic-allegory‎ (40)
exotic-fantasy‎ (40)
1970s-fantasy‎ (37)
post-apocalyptic‎ (35)
literate-fantasy‎ (34)
gothic-horror‎ (33)
sword-and-sorcery‎ (33)
dying-earth‎ (31)
religious-horror‎ (31)

classic-fantasy‎ (29)
divine-incarnations‎ (28)
philosophy‎ (27)
classic-sci-fi‎ (23)
pulp-era-horror‎ (23)
bizarro‎ (22)
sword-and-planet‎ (21)
humor‎ (20)
fairy-tales‎ (19)
lost-civilization‎ (19)
weird-western‎ (19)
self-discovery‎ (18)

dream-logic‎ (17)
spirituality‎ (17)
erotica‎ (15)
aliens‎ (14)
crime-drama‎ (14)
poetry‎ (14)
pulp-era-adventure‎ (12)
quiet-horror‎ (12)
zines‎ (11)
gnosis‎ (10)
1970s-weird-fiction‎ (9)
forteana‎ (9)

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Michael is Currently Reading

Michael Adams is currently reading

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka

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Sep 18, 2024 08:19PM

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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book Two

by Emil Ferris (Goodreads Author)

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May 28, 2024 09:15PM

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The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

by Ann VanderMeer

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To travel alone with the Primordial cannot but be solemn. The moon is of the hue of the glow-worm; and Night of the sepulchre. Nux bore not less Thanatos than Hupuos, and the bitter tears of Isis redundulate to a flood. At three, if a cab ...more

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Michael’s Quotes

“Best-selling horror fiction is indeed necessarily conservative because it must entertain a large number of readers. It’s like network television. I’m your local cable access station.”
― Thomas Ligotti

tags: conservatism, horror, writing

42 likes

“To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be.”
― Thomas Ligotti

296 likes

“You are what you love, not what loves you. ”
― Charlie Kaufman

tags: adaptation

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“The highest wisdom is sometimes found in the lowest people.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Someone asked me what home was, and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your rib cage.”
― e.e. cummings

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