This is probably an extremely niche ask, but I'd love to hear some suggestions for cerebral LGBT+ lit. I adore ergodic formatting and storytelling, I love it when I can feel a story being told through the substance of its media; plus it keeps me engaged ^^
I'm not strictly looking for anything 'scary' per se, not that it bothers me at all, but I prefer the feeling of a malignant, lingering dread. I also love everything absurdist and philosophical if that helps.
In terms of media I love;
– House of Leaves
– Kittyhorrorshow's games
– Disco Elysium
– Obra Dinn
– Jonathan Sims' works
– Exurb1a's videos * Almost exactly the weird sort of eclectic vibe I'm looking for, except he's a horrible person which does spoil the art for me entirely
– Camus' writing
– Voltaire's writing
– Satre's Writing
by Future_Inspection695
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A Guest in the House by EM Carroll (gothic horror graphic novel, sapphic) isn’t QUITE this, but it has an open ending that I think creates a more ergodic viewpoint!
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss — Sapphic literary horror novella. The text is intentionally designed to be difficult to parse because of the way dialogue/thought is deceptively tagged, forcing the reader to repeatedly go over the text to figure out what lines connect to what characters. It adds to the stress of the ominous narrative.
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado — Sapphic literary horror short stories. Magical realism that is sometimes gothic sometimes absurdist. The novella, Especially Heinous, is particularly strange—an unhinged reimagining of every single Law & Order SVU episode.
Maybe Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. It’s not ergodic, but I think it ticks most of your other boxes.