frenemymine

@frenemymine

store-bought is fine

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Keith Rosson’s Fever House is surprisingly good so far. Fun, nasty and fast-paced crime/horror novel executed well— reminds me of certain Laird Barron stories although it doesn’t come anywhere near his caliber of prose and storytelling. You don’t have to be a top-tier stylist to write this sort of thing well, though. I can recognize a few elements he probably cribbed from certain other stories/books but he makes it work and puts his own spin on things. I know this sounds like a middling review but it really is a good time, I can wholeheartedly recommend it if you enjoy schlocky horror and crime/hardboiled.

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Wow this is how I find out Laird Barron is releasing his first collection in 8 years in September

Looks like classic Barron vibes which is how I like it! Very hard to find good horror lit these days honestly so I’m excited for my favorite guy from the 2010s to make his return

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Check out Laird Barron’s collections for sure, very good contemporary horror that’s approachable but extremely well-crafted. I think his best story is Mysterium Tremendum from Occultation. My personal favorite horror book is probably T.E.D. Klein’s novella collection Dark Gods although he’s uh extremely problematic so your call whether it’s something you want to read.

Something I think you might like is Kathe Koja’s The Cipher which is an insanely grimy, very erotic and aggressively 90s novel. I also suspect you would enjoy stuff by Caitlin R. Kiernan which is tricky, psychological and transgressive. Lots of sex and monsters and sex with monsters and meditations on what makes a monster, but in a Big Braine way. I recommend their novel The Red Tree as a good jumping-in point.

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i don't think we've got the right brainworms for audiobooks (have a lot of trouble processing things audially) but i'm pretty sure we would never look for pdfs scoundrels might've uploaded illegally because that's really bad ethics :( and we're good people!!!! we would never.

i did find Occultation!! i did not find the specific titles for Caitlin R. Kiernan or Kathe Koja, but i'm going to check out two other books by them (Vile Affections and The Blue Mirror, respectively -- The Blue Mirror isn't horror but it'll give me an idea of how Kathe Koja writes). T.E.D. Klein is simply not in my public library systems or local university's libraries AT ALL which is kind of bizarre

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Oh wow Vile Affections is kinda uncommon, it’s cool your library has it! I’m not surprised about T.E.D. Klein, he wrote almost nothing and most of his stuff was actually pretty rare and a pain in the ass to get; Dark Gods was FINALLY republished a few years ago

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