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A Child in the Bush of Ghosts by Olympe Bhely-Quenum (1949)- A story about a child confronting his fear of death. Not sure I got this one, but also nice to have a non-Western story.
The Summer People by Shirley Jackson (1950)- Only Jackson can make what otherwise seems to be a relatively mundane series of events feel so creepy.
The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles by Margaret St. Clair (1951)- A fun satirical one
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The Summer People by Shirley Jackson (1950)- Only Jackson can make what otherwise seems to be a relatively mundane series of events feel so creepy.
The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles by Margaret St. Clair (1951)- A fun satirical one
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The Hungry House by Robert Bloch (1951)- An excellent ghost story about a couple unwittingly moving into a haunted house.
The Complete Gentleman by Amos Tutuola (1952)- A very weird one about a man saving a woman kidnapped by a skull that built its own body.
"It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby (1953)- An excellent story of a town subject to the whims of a terrifyingly powerful child
— 4 hours, 33 min ago
The Complete Gentleman by Amos Tutuola (1952)- A very weird one about a man saving a woman kidnapped by a skull that built its own body.
"It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby (1953)- An excellent story of a town subject to the whims of a terrifyingly powerful child
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The Aleph by Borges (1945)- Loved this. I thought I'd read most Borges, but I don't remember this one. A very interesting take on infinity, as is common with Borges, and a fun and wryly self-deprecating metafictional nature too.
— Feb 08, 2026 09:28PM
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The Crowd by Ray Bradbury (1943)- An imagining of crowds as true, eerie animals.
The Long Sheet by William Sansom (1944)- A very allegorical tale of labour told through the wringing out of a sheet.
— Feb 08, 2026 07:34PM
The Long Sheet by William Sansom (1944)- A very allegorical tale of labour told through the wringing out of a sheet.
Euan
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Smoke Ghost by Fritz Leiber (1941)- An excellent story about a man haunted by a modern industrial ghost.
White Rabbits by Leona Carrington (1941)- A fun story about some quirky neighbours who rear rabbits (/s)
Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim (1942)- A shorter story about what mimics humans may have.
— Feb 07, 2026 08:59PM
White Rabbits by Leona Carrington (1941)- A fun story about some quirky neighbours who rear rabbits (/s)
Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim (1942)- A shorter story about what mimics humans may have.
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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz (1937)- I've been wanting to read this (well, the collection) for a while, and I did love it. The kafkaesque tale of a man visiting his dying (dead?) father in a sanitorium where time is jumbled up (perhaps...)
Far Below by Robert Barbour Johnson (1939)- A tale of the defense against ghouls that attack the NYC subway system. This was... fine.
— Feb 06, 2026 07:55PM
Far Below by Robert Barbour Johnson (1939)- A tale of the defense against ghouls that attack the NYC subway system. This was... fine.
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The Town of Cats by Hagiwara Sakutaro (1935)- A tale about a lost wanderer in the Japanese mountains who wanders into a town of people he wonders if are possessed by the spirits of cats. Wasn't a fan on this one (not even sure it was speculative)
The Tarn by Hugh Walpole (1936)- A short tale of a jealous man driven to take his more successful friend to a mountain Tarn which whispers temptation to him
— Feb 06, 2026 07:52PM
The Tarn by Hugh Walpole (1936)- A short tale of a jealous man driven to take his more successful friend to a mountain Tarn which whispers temptation to him
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The Shadowy Street by Jean Ray (1931)- a very good story about a liminal street, which only exists for one man, and perhaps exacts revenge for crimes against itself.
Genius Loci by Clark Ashton Smith (1933)- an excellent story about a meadow inhabited by a malevolent presence. My first non-Zothique Smith, but I loved this too.
— Feb 06, 2026 01:50PM
Genius Loci by Clark Ashton Smith (1933)- an excellent story about a meadow inhabited by a malevolent presence. My first non-Zothique Smith, but I loved this too.
Euan
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I find amusing that one blurb says "Jean Ray was a Flemish writer..." and the other "Jean Ray was a Belgian writer..."
Flanders is in Belgium ofc, but I wonder if one was written by Ann and one by Jeff?
— Feb 06, 2026 10:57AM
Flanders is in Belgium ofc, but I wonder if one was written by Ann and one by Jeff?
Euan
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The Book by Margaret Irwin (1930)- a very creepy story about a possessed book
The Mainz Psalter by Jean Ray (1930)- an excellent creepy nautical story, about sailing into parts no man should be
— Feb 06, 2026 09:31AM
The Mainz Psalter by Jean Ray (1930)- an excellent creepy nautical story, about sailing into parts no man should be
Euan
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The Night Wire by H. F. Arnold (1926)- Excellent framing, but ultimately just "meh" on the wired story.
The Dunwich Horror by Lovecraft (1929)- This was excellent. Far superior to The Call of Cthulhu (the only other Lovecraft I've read yet, and I thought really wasn't very good).
— Feb 05, 2026 01:11PM
The Dunwich Horror by Lovecraft (1929)- This was excellent. Far superior to The Call of Cthulhu (the only other Lovecraft I've read yet, and I thought really wasn't very good).
